Steal Like an Artist - No Original Ideas
“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take; and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different from that which it was torn.” - T.S. Eliot*
There are no original ideas. Every artist steals from the artists who came before them, but that is not an excuse to be lazy with your work. Even as you use AI to write, you can still make it your own. Even so, you can take an old idea and put your own twist on it. The best part: you can find your voice without ChatGPT.
Develop Your Personal Voice and Style: Write without the assistance of AI. Free write for 10 minutes, either on your computer or by hand. Do this practice every day.
Customize and Edit: Use the AI-generated text as a draft or a starting point. Edit extensively to infuse the content with your own insights, perspectives, and creative flair.
Curate Content: Act as a curator, selecting and refining the output from AI. By choosing what to keep, what to discard, and what to revise, you exercise creative control over the final work.
*T.S. Eliot quote from Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
