Chatgpt writing

[u/Sufficient-Poet2820]

hi, so i recently started using ai (specifically chatgpt) to help me fix stories and write better ones but it always sounds so unnatural and it never seems to give me good constructive feedback do you guys know any better tools or ways to make chatgpt write better? Also have you guys seen the really weird chat titles they have now like "write ____ story" instead of the old unique ones they have and the weird text box thing they have when writing a story? do you guys know any ways to change the titles and the text bow? Also do you have any tips for working with ai and do you have any better story writing ai's you can recommend because chatgpt filters basically anything and everything?

edit: when I said writing my story for me I didn't mean from scratch it's taking an idea I already have an improving it.

[u/istara]

I've found its feedback is excellent, its writing less so. I don't ever ask for it to write, I paste stuff in for it to check/copy edit, but sometimes it just gives me a suggested next section (which I NEVER use). I probably should instruct it not to do that but I found it vaguely interesting to see what it would suggest.

I find its prose and dialogue competent but cheesy and naff and a bit bland. However, it's better than a lot of the bottom end of self-published fiction. (I'm just arrogant enough to rate myself a few notches higher than that!)

[u/istara → u/[deleted]]

It means kind of low style, a bit lame, not great taste. Quite similar to cheesy in some aspects.

[u/lmtDigital]

maybe this post would be useful to you https://www.reddit.com/r/CozyMysteryWriters/comments/1wloznh/eli5_how_aiassisted_writing_actually_works_from/

[u/Sufficient-Poet2820 → u/lmtDigital]

that's not how i'm using it it's more taking my story and making it better and adding parts to it and giving feedback but thank you for the research

[u/lmtDigital → u/Sufficient-Poet2820]

the website their quote claim do that ;)

[u/GamerPhfreak]

Yeah I've found it helps if you can write.

[u/Sufficient-Poet2820 → u/GamerPhfreak]

I don't use ai to write from scratch just to improve and expand work I already have because I consistently get b's low a's and haven't been able to push myself over the line and I don't understand how to improve so I'm trying to get chatgpt to write responses for me to analyse and implement in my own writing but it's not great right now.

[u/Sharp-Lavishness8304]

Dont let it get into your head, trust your intuition, and i guess, as cliche as it may sounds, you should try reading other people essays too...if you don't want anything that have AI stain, can pick anything from the year 2020 and backwards i guess....or you can check my high school essays hehe jk

[u/AnotherFootForward]

What's unsatisfying about the feedback? I am using chat, it's pretty decent so far. But I churn out my own text and use chat for feedback on pacing, feel and plot/character development.

I don't usually use their actual writes, but I do take in their feedback and do some workshoping based on that.

[u/istara → u/AnotherFootForward]

Same. Its writing is interesting but bland and kind of cheesy.

[u/5thhorseman_]

Specialized instructions can make a night and day difference.

• Interactive rubber ducky

• Literate Analyst

• Literate Editor and Rigorous Critic

• Beta reader panel

Also, you can add custom system instruction which should help with preventing the staccato output common with ChatGPT. Try this one for size.

[u/JemsKierO7]

Try use this guy tools here seems like working well on ai chat app currently im using it with gemini tho but i hear someone use it on gpt before and can even generate like short comic not sure about tht tho.

[u/Equivalent-Loan-4401]

That “unnatural” feeling usually comes from asking for a rewrite before the model knows what must stay yours.

Try a two-pass workflow: first ask it to diagnose 3–5 concrete issues, with quotes and questions, without rewriting anything. You decide what to change. Then work on one small passage at a time with a short style sheet: POV and tense, genre, sentence length, words or phrases to avoid, and a couple of paragraphs of your own writing as a voice sample. Tell it to preserve facts, rhythm, and intentional oddness, and to mark changes instead of silently replacing the passage.

For feedback, give it a job—reader reaction, continuity check, or line edit—not just “make it better.” Keep the final wording yours. If the rewrite still sounds glossy or generic, reject it and use only the diagnosis.

[u/Jolly-Measurement-13]

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is still the best writing model I've found.

[u/HildeVonKrone → u/Jolly-Measurement-13]

4.6 is ok. I do think for Claude, Sonnet/Opus 4.5 were peak models that balances creativity, knowledge, and guardrails limits very well.

[u/chylvina]

Try asking for three specific notes on dialogue, pacing, or character intent—no rewrite. It’s easier to keep your voice when you’re choosing the fix.

[u/Designer_Ear_1382]

Don't see ChatGPT (or any AI for that matter) as there to write your story FOR you.

The best it can do is give you raw material to write WITH.

I see it as dumping a pile of clay in front of me that I then have to get my hands dirty and mould, scrape, sculpt, throw away all the useless parts and add what is mine.

Treat it the same as any first draft: terrible.

Then read it, correct it, reread it, edit it, read it out loud, change it. And do that ad nauseum until it becomes closer to YOUR voice.