How to use Claude/ChatGPT smartly for academic writing:
[This process involves no plagiarism.]
Example prompts included 👇
[This process involves no plagiarism.]
Example prompts included 👇
You can use any free or paid version of ChatGPT or Claude for this. For the purposes of this post, I am using Claude 3 Opus.
Start by telling Claude/ChatGPT that you would like it act as your academic writing assistant.
Example prompt:
"I would like you to act as my academic writing assistant. You don't have to write for me. I will write myself but I'd need your help. Does that make sense?"
Claude/ChatGPT will say it will help you with brainstorming, structuring, proofreading, etc.
Start by telling Claude/ChatGPT that you would like it act as your academic writing assistant.
Example prompt:
"I would like you to act as my academic writing assistant. You don't have to write for me. I will write myself but I'd need your help. Does that make sense?"
Claude/ChatGPT will say it will help you with brainstorming, structuring, proofreading, etc.
Tell Claude/ChatGPT about your project and ask it to give you five suggestions on how to start your paper.
Example prompt:
"I am working on a journal article on [your topic]. Give me five suggestion about how I should start my paper."
Read through the suggestions Claude/ChatGPT give you and pick the one you find most interesting.
Open a new document in MS Word and start writing. You just need to write a single sentence.
Don't try to write a "perfect" sentence. Read the suggestion and start writing the first that comes to your mind.
Example prompt:
"I am working on a journal article on [your topic]. Give me five suggestion about how I should start my paper."
Read through the suggestions Claude/ChatGPT give you and pick the one you find most interesting.
Open a new document in MS Word and start writing. You just need to write a single sentence.
Don't try to write a "perfect" sentence. Read the suggestion and start writing the first that comes to your mind.
Tell Claude/ChatGPT about the suggestion you liked and then paste sentence you wrote. Then ask it to five directions in which you can write the next sentence.
Tell Calude/ChatGPT not to give you any sentences of its own.
If you use a sentence generated by Claude/ChatGPT, it will no longer remain your own work. It could be flagged as AI generated.
Example prompt:
"I followed your suggestion number 4 and wrote the following sentence:
[Sentence that you just wrote]
Please give me five directions in which I can write the next sentence. Do not give me any sentences."
Once again, Claude/ChatGPT will give you fives suggestions. Pick the one you find most interesting and write a sentence about it.
Tell Calude/ChatGPT not to give you any sentences of its own.
If you use a sentence generated by Claude/ChatGPT, it will no longer remain your own work. It could be flagged as AI generated.
Example prompt:
"I followed your suggestion number 4 and wrote the following sentence:
[Sentence that you just wrote]
Please give me five directions in which I can write the next sentence. Do not give me any sentences."
Once again, Claude/ChatGPT will give you fives suggestions. Pick the one you find most interesting and write a sentence about it.
Repeat the above process.
Tell Claude/ChatGPT the suggestion you found usefull and paste the sentence(s) you wrote.
Then ask it to give you five directions in which to write the next sentences.
After repeating this process a few times you will have written a decent paragraph.
Tell Claude/ChatGPT the suggestion you found usefull and paste the sentence(s) you wrote.
Then ask it to give you five directions in which to write the next sentences.
After repeating this process a few times you will have written a decent paragraph.
Once you have written a whole paragraph, you can ask Claude/ChatGPT to give you five suggestion on how to start the next paragraph.
Example prompt:
"I have followed your suggestions and now I have the following paragraph:
[paste your paragraph]
Please give me five directions in which I should start my next paragraph. Please keep in mind coherence, cohesion, and a smooth transition."
Example prompt:
"I have followed your suggestions and now I have the following paragraph:
[paste your paragraph]
Please give me five directions in which I should start my next paragraph. Please keep in mind coherence, cohesion, and a smooth transition."
Repeat the above process until you have written words equal to your target word-count. Most journal articles are between 5,000 to 8,000 words.
Please remember not to ask Claude/ChatGPT to write any sentences for you. You may be tempted to do so, but that will corrupt the whole process.
Most people use Claude/ChatGPT to create content. That's not a smart way of using these apps for academic writing.
Instead, ask these apps to give you questions and prompts and write your answers. That will ensure your text is authentic and not AI-generated.
Please remember not to ask Claude/ChatGPT to write any sentences for you. You may be tempted to do so, but that will corrupt the whole process.
Most people use Claude/ChatGPT to create content. That's not a smart way of using these apps for academic writing.
Instead, ask these apps to give you questions and prompts and write your answers. That will ensure your text is authentic and not AI-generated.
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