So I'm currently working on a new song. I generally throw in a bunch of lines just as fillers and then come back and try to figure out what will continue the story line as well as fit the existing rhyme and groove of the song. Kinda like the ham and eggs story about McCartney writing Yesterday.

If I had a co-writer, normally I'd kick it over to them with instructions such as.... Of the 4 lines in this section, I like the first two and the last one. See if you can come up with something else that fits better for line 3. Feel free to rewrite line 4 if necessary but keeping with the rhyme of the first part.

I use AI in that manner. It comes back with 3 or 4 suggestions. Then it asks, should I suggest something more aggressive, more laid back, or gritty? Choosing one of those options provides several more variants for the lines in question.

As is often the case with suggestions from a live co-writer, what actually happens is that one of those lines kinda somewhat fits or works but it causes me to consider something that is different from the suggestion that works even better and for me.

And that is exactly what happened. I'm still in the refining and editing stage with the lyric but that is how I get to a finished lyric. It starts in my head and comes out with a lot of places that require more work. The more work, editing happens and I end up with a final lyric. That is how I use AI in my writing process. It simply suggests and I edit it to my liking.

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