Content Co-creation for Novice Writers: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Blog Posts with Bing Chat
Are you a budding writer who wants to explore the amazing capabilities of Bing Chat? Do you want to learn to use it as a copilot to co-produce clear, coherent, engaging content? If yes, then this guide is for you.
In this guide, I will show you how to use Bing Chat’s feedback to revise and refine your content, improve your writing skills, and create better content.
For those that are not familiar with Bing Chat, it may not be a bad idea to refer to this Getting Started with Bing Chat guide: [http://t.ly/9w8_P] to get acquainted with the basics of Bing Chat.
Again, before going into specifics, let me now explain my philosophy of using applications such as Bing Chat and ChatGPT, among others, as copilots. First, I see myself as a work in progress, so I prefer to write an article without using AI tools. Then, I can use the AI tools to help me improve the readability of my writing. In other words, I use my creativity to create something from scratch and then use AI tools to help me improve its quality. This is the philosophy of a copilot that I follow and that I want to share with you in this guide. In the next section, I will show you how to use Bing Chat as a copilot for your writing tasks.
So, are you ready to embark on this journey of learning and co-creation with Bing Chat? If yes, then let’s get started. Take your time to go through the stages, and let me know what you think about this approach.
Step I:
Compose an essay of three paragraphs on any topic that interests you, using only your words and knowledge. You do not have to worry about perfecting it since we will use Bing chat to help you improve it later. (Alternatively, you can use this deliberately crafted 3-paragraph essay here (t.ly/ZCHEQ) for illustration purposes.)
Step II:
After you finish writing your essay, use the following prompt to solicit feedback from Bing chat:
Hello Bing chat! I have recently written an essay and would greatly appreciate your feedback. Could you please review my essay (below) and provide insights on its strengths and weaknesses? Additionally, I’m looking for constructive feedback on how I can enhance the overall quality of the content. Your input will be invaluable in helping me refine my writing skills. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
My Essay: [Paste your essay here]
After you paste your essay and hit the enter button on the keyboard, Bing Chat will provide you with feedback. At this juncture, you can read through and see the strengths (s) and weaknesses (es) of your creative work and suggestions for improvement. Next, you can implement all the suggestions yourself in your essay manually. This is one way a novice writer can follow to understand and learn how to write better content. However, this is not the only approach. Follow us along to learn another method of improving your content!
Alternative method
Step II
In this approach, all you need to do is to use the following prompt by asking Bing chat to review the content and help by removing unnecessary words or phrases, correcting any spelling and grammar errors, and enhancing the overall clarity, coherence, and transitions between sentences and paragraphs using appropriate connectors:
Hello Bing chat! Could you please review the content below and help by removing unnecessary words or phrases, correcting any spelling and grammar errors, and enhancing the overall clarity, coherence, and transitions between sentences and paragraphs using appropriate connectors? Your expertise will be invaluable in making my writing more polished and effective. Thank you for your time and assistance!
My content: [Paste your essay here]
Bing chat can help you improve your writing by refining your content’s grammar, spelling, transition, and clarity. All you need to do is paste the content and press ENTER on your keyboard, and Bing Chat will provide you with a better version of your initial draft.
Step III
Next, add a hook to introduce the topic to the reader in a persuasive and attention-grabbing way. You can use a quote, a reflective question, or a factual statistic. You might also want to add a closing to the last paragraph to recap and make it memorable. You can ask a question, add a call to action, or summarise the main points. To help you with that, you can use the following prompt:
Hello Bing chat! I’ve written a three-paragraph essay and would appreciate your expertise in enhancing the introduction and conclusion. For the introduction, could you please add a persuasive hook that captivates the reader’s attention? This could involve incorporating a quote, reflexive questions, or factual statistics to make the opening compelling. Additionally, I would like your help in creating a closing paragraph that recaps the main points and leaves a lasting impression. This could involve asking thought-provoking questions and including a call to action to engage the reader further. Your assistance in making these sections more persuasive and memorable would be incredibly valuable. Thank you for your time and support! Find below the essay:
[Now, Paste the revised essay from the previous step here]
After pressing enter, please wait a few seconds and review the improved version of your essay.
Step IV
We can also ask Bing Chat to suggest five potential titles for the essay we have written based on the previous output it produced. To do that, we can use the following prompt:
Hello, Bing chat! Based on your previous feedback, could you please generate five potential titles for my essay? I’m aiming for titles that are catchy and persuasive. Your input will be crucial in making the essay stand out. Thank you for your continued help!
You now have five potential titles to choose from. You can either use one of them as the title or modify it by adding your personal touch to make it unique. This way, you can learn how to use Bing chat as a copilot that will help you improve your content.
Thanks for reading!
