I mainly use ChatGPT for editing work I’ve already written, and it saves me a huge amount of time by fixing grammar issues and offering alternative sentence structures, among other things. However, I wanted to test its abilities in crafting creative writing prose. It turned out that the initial outputs required some editing, but after a few adjustments and iterations, I switched roles, becoming the editor while ChatGPT became the writer. And while not exactly Shakespearean prose, the paragraph below is certainly acceptable as a piece of creative writing. It was generated using one prompt that was refined twice, and three different responses were then combined to create the best possible paragraph. Overall, the whole process took less than five minutes.
Don’t Look Up
The sky was painted with streaks of red and orange as the sun began its descent beyond the horizon. Thunderous footsteps of colossal beasts shook the earth as mighty herbivores lumbered across the plains. Roars of ferocious carnivores, hunting down their next meal, echoed throughout the mountains. The wild and untamed ancient ecosystem was alive with activity and teeming with life; a vibrant tapestry carpeted in the day’s fading sunlight. But as the long summer day began its journey to night, the attention of all creatures, great and small, was drawn to the sky. All fixated on the magnificent glowing ball of light, shimmering with an otherworldly radiance, growing larger and more brilliant with each passing minute. The thunderous footsteps and the mighty roars ceased and, for a moment, the world stood still. Eyes of all shapes and sizes were mesmerized by the beauty of the celestial object hurtling toward them.