The Writer and the Machine
The blank page remains empty until a writer begins to write. A word processor is a virtual page with a blinking cursor, waiting for the writer to begin. Google is a box with a cursor: Do you feel lucky? ChatGPT is another kind of page, an interface waiting for the writer’s input: Ask it anything. A writer may use a prompt, on paper or on a screen, to begin writing. A sentence emerges from the subconscious, from the interior monologue. We have been taught that a sentence is a complete thought, and the writer builds thought upon thought, sentence upon sentence. ...