Writing non-fiction can be a mix of inspiration and tedium. The flash of that first idea and the initial free writing experience to get your thoughts on paper can feel like magic, but organizing that inspiration into clear categories with a logical outline can be a much different experience, which is more akin to project management than writing.
AI tools can help here. Currently, AI tools can’t (and ideally won’t) do the thinking and writing for you—but they can help you speed up the process of writing and editing. There are many tools you can use for AI-supported writing (e.g. Claude, Lex, Gemini) but we’re going with ChatGPT because it has many baked-in features that make it excellent for writing support (web browsing, projects, and more).
In this tutorial, we’ll go from a rough draft of non-fiction free writing to a structured outline with actionable insights, research, and fact-checking feedback.
Steps we’ll follow in this tutorial:
- Set up a ChatGPT project
- Transform free writing into a logical outline
- Request actionable insights, research, and fact-checking feedback
- Ask for a revised sample draft
Tools:
- ChatGPT
Let’s get started!