If you, like me, are a fan of late ’70s and early ’80s rock, you might recognize the subject line from the famous Meat Loaf song. If not that’s okay. This isn’t a music lesson, but it is a deep dive into a crucial lesson I’ve learned while writing my upcoming book, Fry Your Chickens!

The lesson? AI can be a powerful tool in the writing process—but it can’t replace the writer.

Since starting my book, I’ve used AI in a variety of ways. It’s helped me organize my thoughts, refine my writing, and even break down complex research into understandable insights. But when it comes to humor, storytelling, and heart? That’s 100% on me.

Here’s what I’ve learned.

Where AI Has Actually Helped

AI has been a huge time-saver in my writing process. Here are a few ways it’s made my life easier:

✅ Outlining
AI helped me map out the structure of Fry Your Chickens! in a way that made sense, giving me a strong foundation to build on.

✅ Editing & Polishing
Since my book is based on spoken word (keynote modules), the transition to print required some smoothing out. AI helped refine my phrasing while keeping my voice intact.

✅ Summarization
Notebook LM helped me summarize and rate each chapter, ensuring they stayed focused and engaging. Fun fact: AI even generated a podcast summary that was longer than the chapter itself.

✅ Fact-Checking & Research
AI didn’t just clean up my writing—it also helped me dig deeper into the science behind my ideas.

Perplexity found me the Yerkes-Dodson experimental study on stress in Japanese Dancing Mice when I was researching how stepping outside your comfort zone affects performance.
It then translated the findings into terms I could actually understand. (In fact, it even generated a podcast script for a high school freshman—because, obviously, the best way to explain lab mice getting zapped is through a script aimed at teenagers.)

✅ Tying Science to Storytelling
Notebook LM and ChatGPT rated how well my scientific research connected to my stories and conclusions, helping me ensure the book was grounded in real psychology while remaining engaging.

So yes—AI has been an incredible tool. But here’s where it falls short.

What AI Can’t Do (And Shouldn’t Do)

🚫 It Can’t Write My Book
I tried asking AI to draft a sample chapter. What did it do? It made things up. That’s on me for not giving it clearer instructions—but even with the best prompts, AI tends to take shortcuts, which can lead to more rewrites than if I had just done it myself.

🚫 It Can’t Capture My Voice, Heart, or Humor
AI can suggest edits, but it can’t inject the emotion that drives real storytelling. My book is about personal struggles, humor, and heart—I had to bring that in myself.

🚫 It Can’t Replace Your Thinking
Sure, AI can generate a solid first draft of things like, oh I don’t know, a blog post (cough, cough). But at the end of the day, your insights and experiences shape the final product. AI can assist, but it can’t think for you.

Even if AI somehow got 90% of the “heart” right (spoiler: it can’t), I’d still write that part myself.

Because when it comes to heart and humor, it has to be 100% me.

The Bottom Line

AI is an incredible assistant—but it’s not a ghostwriter. It’s great at:
✔️ Organizing ideas
✔️ Summarizing research
✔️ Helping with editing

But it can’t do the most important thing: be you.

If you let AI do all the work, you’ll end up with something technically fine, but totally forgettable. And if you want your book to actually resonate with people, you have to be the one writing it.

AI will do anything for your book—but it won’t do that.

What Do You Think?
Have you used AI in your creative process? Has it been a game-changer or just another tool in your belt? Let’s talk—drop your thoughts in the comments!

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AI Will Do Anything for Your Book—But It Won’t Do That ultima modifica: 2025-02-02T14:04:25-05:00 da Client