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How to Write Better Dialogue by Letting Your Pets Talk Through AI
WRITING 762.19E
Harness the power of new technologies to inspire unexpected directions in your writing.
What you can learn.
- Learn how to create an AI version of your pet for conversation purposes
- Get insight into how to use artificial intelligence to create a "voice box" for a character
- Apply the principles you learn into practical craft lessons
- Find inspiration in creating more compelling dialogue for your characters
About this course:
Pets often provide writers support through their physical presence. However, pets can actually make writers better writers with the help of meditation and AI. This workshop applies meditation techniques to help map the personality of your pet. It then walks you through how to teach ChatGPT to function as an artificial voice box for that map and allow conversations directly with your pet. Finally, it applies the principles learned from this exercise of articulating a voice that is very different from your own into practical craft lessons for writing better dialogue for all sorts of characters. The presence of the writer’s own pet at the workshop is highly encouraged.
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