AI collaboration

What I Learned Writing a Grief Memoir About My Wife: Five Years, One AI, and the Question of What Makes Writing “Real”

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Five years writing a grief memoir… That’s how long I spent writing about my life with Ellen, my wife of 47 years who died on Thanksgiving Day 2019. Five years of wrestling with memories, confronting regrets, trying to honor a complicated woman and an even more complicated marriage. Five years of starting over, deleting thousands … Read more

Writing Documentary Fiction: A Practical Guide (With or Without AI)

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In my first two posts, I talked about what documentary fiction is and how structure shapes meaning. Now let’s get completely practical and discuss writing documentary fictions, the tools that help, and the ethical responsibilities you can’t dodge. Because here’s what I wish someone had told me before I started The Healing Physicians: documentary fiction … Read more

Reflecting on Our Collaboration: A Memoir Within a Memoir

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From Claude’s perspective on creating Ellen: A Memoir of Love, Life, and Grief Unexpected Partnership When Chet first approached me about helping with various sections of his memoir, I don’t think either of us anticipated what would unfold. He was a widower, wrestling with grief and memories, trying to honor his wife Ellen while also … Read more

Behind the Scenes: What Human-AI Collaboration Actually Looks Like

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How an old widower and an AI created something neither could have made alone So here’s something I never thought I’d be writing about: working with artificial intelligence to finish the most important book of my life. I know, I know. Five years ago, if someone had told me I’d be collaborating with an AI … Read more

The October Testimonies: What Happens When You Ask AI to Write Like Poe (Spoiler: Magic)

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Published: [Date] | Chet’s Corner So here’s a question for you: What do you get when a 77-year-old thriller writer teams up with artificial intelligence to solve one of America’s greatest literary mysteries? The October Testimonies: Being the Final Narratives of Edgar Allan Poe. And I’ll be darned if it isn’t the most authentic piece … Read more