There was a time when people used pen, paper, and some quiet place to write a story, then people started using typewriters, and then it was the turn of a keyboard.
Many times when a writer tries to start a story, he keeps wandering in search of words and the story is not able to start.
Writing a great and unique story and finding fiction story writing topics are like searching for pearls in the ocean. Writing is actually a very challenging job.
But, at the end of 2022, a large language model, ChatGPT, was developed by Openai. ChatGPT as a writing assistant can be used to write prompts for writing fiction stories.
Gone are the days when you would spend days and weeks just writing the first line to start your story.
Now you can give the ChatGPT some correlated words and it can give you a great prompt to write a story.
Not only a professional writer, but even a commonly educated person can write an engaging story with the help of ChatGPT, and by editing and giving a personal touch, they can make it unique.
Your success will largely depend on how well you can use the CahtGPT to create great ChatGPT prompts for fiction writing.
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Why Use ChatGPT for Fiction Writing?
At present, there are many other tools like ChatGPT in the market, which have made writing a lot more creative and easy. The answers to the questions for which we use ChatGPT are given below:
Breaks Writer’s Block
You can use ChatGPT to generate new ideas and perspectives for your storytelling. Writing is a creative task and ChatGPT can reduce the difficulty you face while writing a story.
Saves Time and Boost Productivity
Idea generation takes most of the time in story writing. ChatGPT makes this process faster by generating ideas and in this way, writers can give more time to refine their narrative.
Enhances Imagination
ChatGPT just needs you to give certain specific prompts and thus, it presents you with a wealth of ideas that allows you to go beyond the boundaries of traditional storytelling.
According to the Washington Post, 21% of users on ChatGPT are dedicated to creative writing, which shows the increasing demand for AI in creative writing.
ChatGPT Prompts to Help With Fiction Writing
Maybe you’re about to write your first book and you have no idea how books are written.
We will discuss some very important steps that will help you from the initial stages of writing a book to the final step.
Each step will have at least one prompt that will empower you to show your creativity.
Step 1: Creating Plot Ideas
It happens almost every time that when you start writing a book, its plot is not forming in your mind. Think of the plot idea as the foundation of the story on which the entire story rests.
If you want to write a novel or a fictional book, ChatGPT can help you a lot in creating a plot idea.
The following prompt can be the one you want to create suitable plot ideas for your story.
“Consider yourself as an expert writer. I want you to write an attractive fictional story for today’s youth aged 13-19 years. Suggest me some of the best topics for the same that most blogs on the internet haven’t covered yet.”
Step 2: Creating Engaging Storyline
The biggest challenge while creating a storyline is how to keep the audience fascinated from start to finish. The following prompt can help you generate the kind of storyline you want.
“The topic idea is ‘The Anonymous Blogger Who Controls Reality’. The details are: “One day the ‘Anonymous blogger’ suddenly realizes that the things he writes on the blog are coming true one by one. When he digs deep into the truth he finds out that he is unknowingly shaping the fate of his personal life and the great events taking place in the world. But one day, the villain finds out his secret and tries to change it for his own benefit. Seeing all this he feels that it is a good decision to close the blog forever.” Make a story out of this idea.
Step 3: Suggesting a title
I have chosen a title for the story as ‘The Anonymous Blogger Who Controls Reality’, but you can ask ChatGPT for other titles.
For fiction book writing, use the following prompt to create other attractive titles.
“Act as a professional fictional writer and generate more eye-catching tiles for my fictional story about the anonymous blogger who controls reality.”
Step 4: Developing Characters
It’s impossible to imagine a story without its characters. Many times it happens that we are unable to bring life into the characters due to which the audience gets engaged in that story.
In this situation, we can use ChaGPT prompts to enhance and bring life to our characters.
“Act as a professional writer and create the character of the story, ‘The Anonymous Blogger’, and its supporting characters. The blogger is a young man and realizes that the things he writes on the blog are coming true. He doesn’t know that he is unknowingly shaping the fate of his personal life and the other events that are taking place in the world.”
Step 5: Developing Scenes
So far we have prepared a storyline and created our characters. To make it attractive, we may ask ChatGPT to create exciting scenes that keep the readers hooked for a longer period.
“Create a scene of the moment when the villain gets to know the secret of the anonymous blogger. Develop the scene in a way that makes the people feel dangerous due to the secret being disclosed. Make it so exciting that people are just hooked and feel the danger and curiosity.”
Step 6: Writing Dialogues
The right dialogue reveals the personality of the character and the importance of his role in the story.
The better the dialogues are, the more the characters of the story will stand out and our story will move forward smoothly.
“As an expert writer, write a dialogue between the anonymous blogger and the villain in the scene [Paste the scene here]. Make the dialogue rich in character development, convey the emotions effectively, and drive the plot forward.”
Step 7: Editing and Proofreading
After writing a story for the first time, there is always a lack of dialogue delivery, character development, scene creation, etc.
With the help of the following prompt, whatever flaw is there in your fictional book or novel, whether it is a grammatical flaw or any other flaw, it will be polished and made error-free.
“I have written a short fictional novel for teenagers. I want you to proofread my short novel. Check the overall structure, plot development, and scenes and give useful suggestions if there is any break in the flow of the story. Your important task is to make the story engaging and readable while keeping the original idea of the writer intact.”
Story: [Paset the full story here]
Considering all the aspects of a story, you have to write the first draft of your fictional story using the prompts that we have written.
Your story might have different scenes and different characters with dialogues between them. You have to arrange the scenes in proper order so that the story is engaging and flows flawlessly.
Conclusion
Whether you are a completely new writer or a professional writer, it takes time to bring creativity into the story.
If you use ChatGPT, it not only saves your time but also provides a great platform to enhance your creativity.
After preparing a rough idea for the story, you will have to make your own effort so that your story has a uniqueness. Refine it and keep doing this until you get a unique and flawless story.
FAQs
Can ChatGPT write an entire novel?
Yes, it can generate ideas to draft your story. But input human creativity and emotions in it.
Are there ethical concerns with using AI in creative writing?
Yes, it is ethical. But try to make changes and input human emotions and creativity in your ChatGPT output.
How do I make my AI-generated stories feel more original?
In the output, you can change the theme and perspectives, and infuse your own ideas to make it original.
Thanks for reading.
I hold a Master’s Degree in Mathematics. I am a teacher by profession from India, but I have a deep interest in STEM, Psychology, and Philosophy.