WriteWise: An AI Writing Assistant Rooted In Linguistic Theory


Dear Scholar,

This week, we are reviewing a different AI tool to help with academic writing. Instead of helping you to edit, WriteWise helps you start—and it does so by grounding its entire drafting system in the linguistic theories of John Swales.

If you’ve ever taught students to identify the “research space” or structure an introduction using Swales’ CARS model, you understand what makes WriteWise different to ChatGPT or Paperpal.

Writewise is designed to create first drafts, not finished manuscripts. It deliberately leaves out references in the first draft, but has tools to add them semi-automatically, step-by-step, creating an excellent draft for your manuscript. Additionally, you can find an academic phrases database, a cover letter generator, a journal finder and a few other valuable tools.

As always, there is a discount code for the tool: EFFORTLESS20

Effortless Writing with AI

If you're in the process of writing your paper, AI can be your best friend, but it's not always as easy as telling ChatGPT "hey, write a paper on X". A little over a month, I invited you to the Effortless Writing with AI webinar, where I presented 10+ different tools and how they work together to speed up the writing process. Download the recording, if you haven't had a chance to yet. Here is what people said about the webinar:

Here are the topics:

  • Using CoPilot to synthesize your academic notes into narratives
  • The Core-Sentence method of step-by-step AI paper writing
  • Using ChatGPT Projects to create an academic writing companion
  • Using NotebookLM to draw insights from 20+ papers at once
  • Using ChatGPT Canvas to convert loose ideas to academic paragraphs
  • Using CustomGPTs to improve your writing
  • Using Paperpal to polish your manuscripts
  • Using Consensus and SciSpace to find the right references
  • Peer Reviewing your manuscript with Paper Wizard
  • Reformatting Manuscripts for Medical Journals with ReSub
  • Discovering Citations you forgot in your Manuscript with Litmaps
  • What is considered ethical use of AI and how to acknowledge it

And I am also proud to have received my very first video testimonial from Melinda. Here's what she said about the Effortless Writing with AI workshop:

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Whether or not you should use AI for writing is no longer a valid question. The only question is how to use it ethically, without losing critical thinking skills as academics. This is what the webinar hopes to convey.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend,

Ilya Shabanov, The Effortless Academic

ps. Last week, I informed you about an upcoming Mastermind Community that I am building, and 100s of academics are eager to join. Most of you prefer a mixture of courses and coaching, making it technically a bit challenging to host the experience. So I decided to experiment with a new platform (circle.so) and host the program for students at Victoria University in Wellington as a test first. So if you are at Vic, you can join for free. I will keep you updated!

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