Why I Trust AI to Write With Heart
(And Why You Should Too)
For years, my writing desk was a stubborn battlefield.
Coffee cup rings on one half, biro-corrected drafts on the other (yes I'm old school and used to print everything out).
I believed every word had to fight its way out of my head the hard way, with no shortcuts and no help.
Then ChatGPT arrived. And I rolled my eyes like everyone else: How could a machine understand loss, nuance, forgiveness, and regret?
Then one anonymous Tuesday afternoon, curiosity won. I gave into the hype and decided to properly test it. (Spoiler: it was good then but is great now).
However, being a curmudgeon, instead of giving AI dry commands like “Write an article about peace,” I wanted to catch it out and prove it wrong, so I poured my own memories into it.
Arguments I wish I’d handled better. Apologies I never made. The soft, private truths I usually hide behind polished paragraphs.
What came back surprised me. Not because it was perfect — but because it reflected something gentle, clear, almost wise.
It showed me that when we feed AI our real experiences, it can remind us of the parts of ourselves we forget to say out loud.
So, how do we actually recognise writing that feels alive and human?
It’s not the length. It’s not even fancy wordplay. It’s that gut-level honesty — the way a childhood memory collides with a lesson you’re still learning today. It’s a sentence that sounds like you at your most truthful.
AI won’t magic this up for you. It needs you to go first.
Most creators use it like a vending machine: “Give me a post about marketing trends.” And the output feels empty because they never added anything personal in the first place.
But when you build a daily writing habit rooted in your own messy stories, you train your voice to show up, no matter the topic.
Then, when you hand that voice to AI, it doesn’t flatten you — it echoes you. It’s a tool for clarity, not a shortcut to soul.
Here’s my advice. Tomorrow morning, before you rush into prompts and outlines, just pause.
Think of a moment you’ve never told your audience — a tiny detail that stings or makes you laugh. Use AI to organise it if you like. But let you be the heart of it.
Your readers will feel the difference, because they’re not scrolling for generic tips. They want your truth dressed up as a story they can see themselves in.
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