by John Macdonald | Sep 13, 2023 | AI, The250
ChatGPT can be a writer’s friend. ChatGPT is already my friend as a software developer. I do use it to help me write code just about every day. I’ve described it as a crappy intern. But as I’ve gotten better at managing it (i.e., prompt... by John Macdonald | Sep 12, 2023 | The250
I wondered if it would get easier as the year wore on. It got easier, but not in the way I was thinking. The writing itself didn’t get any easier. The commitment, however, did get easier. I knew that each day I had to write (except for just a handful). At first,... by John Macdonald | Sep 11, 2023 | The250
I gave myself the 250 word limit to give myself permission to write and publish small bits. Short would be ok. But a curious thing happened along the way. Many times I found myself having to cut articles down to fit within 250 words. I didn’t expect that,... by John Macdonald | Sep 10, 2023 | The250
My parameter was to publish each day, not write each day. Not initially, though. Since my purpose is to get better at writing, my initial goal was to write to completion each day. Come hell or high water, I’d need to commit. Just f’n do it — David... by John Macdonald | Sep 9, 2023 | The250
I purposely wanted to try writing different types of stories. I wasn’t sticking to a rigid timeline, as in, “OK, let’s try narrative personal stories for the next 6 weeks,” but I found that once I started with a genre, I tended to stay... by John Macdonald | Sep 8, 2023 | The250
Some observations from the “Every Day for a Year” project. I needed boundaries. Luckily, I recognized going in that I would need to bound the problem, or I would fail right away. Hence, the parameters. I knew this from writing articles for...