Great ideas that AI gave you Carole. I don't use AI much at all, but since reading your posts, I've been experimenting with asking for help with ideas. I've been still writing my own posts, but the AI information, often gets me started. After the AtoZ Challenge is over, I will be back to deep dive into your posts.
Glad to have inspired you. After this A to Z challenge, I need to reflect on my process and how the posts changed and morphed over the weeks in April. Some reflection time in May, methinks.
Yes, my AI conversations have changed and morphed over the weeks of this April challenge. The process is one thing, and the learning is another. Discipline is definitely part of that learning. I know that you have done several similar challenges to share your family stories over the years. Do you have some tips that might help me next time around?
I start planning several months in advance with a spreadsheet of ideas for each letter. I have columns that link to relevant wikitree profiles, documents with draft posts ... I colour code for progress. As different ideas come to me or something new arrives that catches my attention I juggle. For example my post on H was prompted by an email I had received only a few days before the post and my work on H is for Henrietta was bumped to W is for Wilhelmine. Similarly my work on L is for Lafcadio was moved to today's Y post when I could not think of another Y. Knowing what you are going to write about helps enormously. I research and write my posts ahead of time but sometimes only just. I have just finished Zed which is tomorrow ...
The challenge of writing on different letters takes me to places in my family research I might not otherwise have gone. In my very first challenge I wrote about the Zulu war as I asked my son for help about the letter Z - having got the topic I just needed to find a person who was involved and I was pretty confident I would find a Mainwaring there - there were a lot of the in the British army - sure enough ;) https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/z-is-for-zulu-war/
Great ideas that AI gave you Carole. I don't use AI much at all, but since reading your posts, I've been experimenting with asking for help with ideas. I've been still writing my own posts, but the AI information, often gets me started. After the AtoZ Challenge is over, I will be back to deep dive into your posts.
Glad to have inspired you. After this A to Z challenge, I need to reflect on my process and how the posts changed and morphed over the weeks in April. Some reflection time in May, methinks.
My limited experience with ChatGPT is very much of a conversation and I can relate to the conversation you were having as you developed this post.
Yes, my AI conversations have changed and morphed over the weeks of this April challenge. The process is one thing, and the learning is another. Discipline is definitely part of that learning. I know that you have done several similar challenges to share your family stories over the years. Do you have some tips that might help me next time around?
I start planning several months in advance with a spreadsheet of ideas for each letter. I have columns that link to relevant wikitree profiles, documents with draft posts ... I colour code for progress. As different ideas come to me or something new arrives that catches my attention I juggle. For example my post on H was prompted by an email I had received only a few days before the post and my work on H is for Henrietta was bumped to W is for Wilhelmine. Similarly my work on L is for Lafcadio was moved to today's Y post when I could not think of another Y. Knowing what you are going to write about helps enormously. I research and write my posts ahead of time but sometimes only just. I have just finished Zed which is tomorrow ...
The challenge of writing on different letters takes me to places in my family research I might not otherwise have gone. In my very first challenge I wrote about the Zulu war as I asked my son for help about the letter Z - having got the topic I just needed to find a person who was involved and I was pretty confident I would find a Mainwaring there - there were a lot of the in the British army - sure enough ;) https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/z-is-for-zulu-war/
Thanks Anne that is awesome advice! I will put some of that preparation for another challenge.