How to use ChatGPT to write an essay

Writing an essay can be a challenging task. However, with ChatGPT, we can write enthralling essays efficiently. ChatGPT is a powerful chatbot developed by OpenAI that uses natural language processing to generate responses to different queries. It can be used for content creation, language translations, customer engagement, coding, etc.

Some of the steps we can follow to write an effective essay are given in the diagram below:

ChatGPT can help us in different stages of essay writing. There are no specific rules we must follow to write an essay using ChatGPT, but there are some tips and tricks to get the most out of it.

Now that we have a basic understanding of how to write an essay, let's start writing an essay using ChatGPT.

Open ChatGPT

Follow the steps given below to setup ChatGPT:

1. Navigate to OpenAI's homepage.

2. Click "Try ChatGPT."

3. Log in or sign up by providing the required credentials.

4. Start typing queries in the text box given at the bottom of the page.

Select a topic

If we don't have a topic for our essay, we can use ChatGPT to generate topics for us. ChatGPT can provide us with numerous topics within a few seconds. It is best to provide as much information as possible to ChatGPT about our area of interest to get the desired response. Some sample queries are given below:

• What are some good essay topics related to the 1992 Cricket World Cup?

• Provide potential essay topics related to the future of automobiles.

• What are some interesting essay topics about the impact of social media on children?

Research about the topic

ChatGPT is a powerful tool that can help us research any topic efficiently. A simple way to go about this is by first asking it to provide some interesting points about our topic and then asking it to give more detailed information related to a specific point. A sample query is given below:

• What are some interesting facts about the impact of climate change on the future of environmental sustainability?

Once we get a response to our query, we can ask ChatGPT to explain a certain point. For example, we can ask ChatGPT to "Explain point 4."

Create an outline

Now that we have completed research about our topic, we can start writing an essay. An efficient way to go about this is by creating an outline. We can use ChatGPT here by providing it with our topic and the type of essay we want to write. We can also provide some major points we want to specifically incorporate in our essay, or we can provide additional points if they aren't present in the outline generated by ChapGPT. For example, we can provide the following query to ChatGPT:

• Create an outline for a cause-and-effect essay about the effects of social media on mental health and focus on cyberbullying.

Start writing an essay

We can directly ask ChatGPT to write an essay for us, but there is a high chance the content will be plagiarized and not of good quality. It may also provide a similar response to everyone querying about a specific topic. It's good practice to write the essay ourselves. However, we can ask ChatGPT for samples to get a better understanding of how to write an effective essay. Some sample queries are given below:

• Write an introductory paragraph about the effects of social media on mental health.

• Write a thesis statement for the topic "The ultimate guide to avoiding small talk at social events."

Review and revise

The final step in the journey of essay writing is to review and revise our essay. We can do this by providing our essay to ChatGPT and asking it to edit it. ChatGPT can help us get rid of grammatical errors, typos, etc. As there is no word limit to the query we provide to ChatGPT, we can easily use it to edit our entire essay. We can also use it to find tags relevant to our essay.

ChatGPT uses NLP to give a response to our queries, so it is important to provide it with clear and specific queries. Also, we should use multiple queries if we are not satisfied with the response it generates. As far as writing an essay goes, we should let ChatGPT assist us in essay writing rather than asking it to write the entire essay by itself.