Struggling with a severe case of writer’s block?
Get a cup of coffee, take a creative breather and get back to it.
Staring at a blinking cursor?
Think about your favorite memory, relive it for a bit, wake up your brain and get back to it.
These are things I do all the time. I love writing and every emotion and challenge that comes with it.
I don’t just write for a living, I write because it’s as important to me as breathing. Words have meaning. Stories make up a life.
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My Favorite Part of Being a Writer
Our Thoughts and Minds Are Brilliant
I have many novels (one completed) sitting in my files. I have countless short stories and poems I’ve penned to my family and friends. I have boxes of cards with handwritten notes from loved ones that are no longer here and every single card my husband has ever written to me. Nothing can replace handwriting and words that come from someone’s heart and mind.
My favorite part of being a writer is the process of writing.
The thinking, the staring into space, the erasing, the deleting, the joy of coming up with something truly remarkable. I love sitting down at my computer, or my typewriter, or with my notebook and pen, or with a card and simply, creating.
The use of AI in content development in business, and in our schools, has erased the fundamentals of learning to be a writer, or become a better writer. As the next generation begins their journeys, they are at a vast disadvantage.
As the mom of a high schooler in honors English, I have the benefit of sharing the love of language and writing with him. He gets it. He is not a fan of AI. He doesn’t see the value in looking up answers or asking a machine for help. He just…writes. And he truly enjoys it.
His mind is developing the way it should. He has to figure out hard things and think critically. He has to develop his own understanding of literature and know how to analyze words and language. If I wasn’t a writer and I wasn’t instilling the importance of writing to my children, I fear what they’d think or be taught.
In one of my first writing classes in college, we learned about writing stories and we were taught the Wall Street Journal method. It made so much sense to me. Write a lead, a nutshell paragraph, the body and the kicker.
What do people learn now?
How to write a prompt? It’s not hard to tell a story. We do it every single day in our regular lives. But at some point, people decided telling their brand story was too hard. People decided their entire business plans and strategies and content and social posts would be better served coming from AI.
I’m tired of the excuse that “it’s too time consuming” to use your actual brain. Once AI is regulated the way it should be, people’s brains are going to be too stale to get back to it.
I took an Intro to Shakespeare class in college for an English elective and I fell in love with it. Our professor was an older gentleman who came in every day with a cardigan and a cane. He explained Shakespeare to us like no one I’d ever known and I still think about that class 20+ years later. We stood up, a bunch of 19 year old kids, and applauded him on our last day of class, enamored at his genius, and the genius of Shakespeare.
The thought that kids are now plugging Shakespeare quotes into AI and asking it for analysis makes my heart incredibly sad. Without a class forum, with lack of discussion and not hearing other people’s views and ideas, you just get a set of answers from a robot that can’t possibly understand the complexities in the comedies and tragedies from the mind of a brilliant writer. Relying on AI is a disservice to learning, no matter the subject.
Our thoughts, our minds, they are brilliant.
We have built everything we see around us and now we are destroying it and removing all of our creativity and vision, one prompt at a time.
I’ve been a professional writer and worked in marketing for 20 years. I have seen it all. I’ve learned a lot. I can promise to always use my intuition and expertise when you come and work with me at Vendilli. I promise a strategy that feels relevant and real to you and your brand. I promise to write in your style and to write with passion.
At Vendilli, AI is a tool. And tools should stay in their box when not needed.
*Because I value the feedback of my team, one of my colleagues said maybe I should highlight where AI could be useful somewhere in this blog. For writing, maybe to find a typo or for SEO suggestions. For automation or tedious tasks, go ahead and use an agent. I’m not saying it can’t do simple tasks well. But if it requires strategy, please consult your mind first.
