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I've seen this in action as well. The biggest value by far is seeing the overused phrases and tics in your writing style. The prompt I like is to tell it to hig
by awithrow 18d ago
I've seen this in action as well. The biggest value by far is seeing the overused phrases and tics in your writing style. The prompt I like is to tell it to highlight and flag passive voice and run ons since those are my major pain points. I can also tell when its getting out of "real" advice since it'll offer the same "trim 10-15%". Also important to tell it to highlight specifics otherwise it'll give vague editorial advice that isn't anchored. Another fun exercise is to submit other authors writing as well. Say a short story from a magazine. Some of the edits are legit, but do it enough times and you'll start to see the same generic writing advice gets applies to just about any input.
another iteresting thing models can do is to highlight and notice themes and motifs in a piece. I find that helpful when thinking about a piece of work. Might be obvious ones, sometimes it can be subtle themes. Good for stirring your own brain.
- Retr0id 18d ago> overused phrases and tics in your writing style In the extreme these can be annoying, but more often I find them kinda charming, as an expression of the author's personality.
- tptacek 18d agoSimple example from this piece: I scrubbed 7 instances of the word “just” from it. Obviously, Emacs can do that on their own, but you have to know to look for that word, and every other one.
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- grey-area 18d agoYou are erasing yourself in doing this, not improving your writing. If you want to improve your writing, read more.
- tptacek 17d agoNo, you're wrong about this. One obvious reason why: I'd have gotten rid of those "justs" myself before models were available; it just would have taken me longer.
- awithrow 18d agoAgreed and depends on the writing. It's a very helpful tool though to be able to flag and highlight that sort of thing