The co-writer, Clembot, suggests items when you are stuck. It gives you a nudge. The list should still sound like you.
How suggestions are made
When you open the co-writer, it reads your topic and the items you have already written. It also reads four published lists as examples of the voice: the two closest to your topic, plus two picked at random so the suggestions do not all sound alike.
Nothing is trained on your writing. The examples and your draft are read fresh each time.
What you see
Each suggestion is a short title with a sentence or two of description. They come three at a time. For each one you can:
- Add it to your list
- Skip it and see the next one
- Add all three at once
Added items are a starting point. Rewrite them in your own words.
What shapes the suggestions
The co-writer follows the same rules as the published lists:
- First person, when it fits.
- Specific numbers and names beat adjectives.
- Say what it cost, or what went wrong, before defending it.
- No em dashes.
It will not repeat an item you already have.
Using it well
The co-writer is most useful in the Middle zone, items 11 to 20, when the obvious items are gone and you need a push toward something specific.
Use it less near the end. Items 21 to 30 are the ones only you could write, and item 30 especially. A suggestion can point you in a direction. It cannot know what you admitted to yourself while writing the other 29.
If something goes wrong
If the co-writer fails, it says so in one plain message. Close it and try again in a minute. Your draft is not affected.