Last week, I embarked on an exciting journey of AI-powered content creation, centered around the theme of affirmations. What started as a simple idea to use the WordPress plugin that I previously created in ChatGPT, snowballed into a multi-faceted project that resulted in two published books and a wealth of digital content. Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of my process:
- Generating Affirmations with AI: I began by using ChatGPT to generate 50 affirmations in the ReachingMyDreams brand voice. After careful selection, I narrowed it down to 34 powerful statements.
- Creating AI-Generated Images: I combined these affirmations with my favorite Stable Diffusion prompts and ran them through EasyDiffusion on my dedicated computer. After a week, I had about 340 images to choose from, selecting the best one for each affirmation.
- Designing Affirmation Cards: Using Canva’s batch feature, I overlaid the affirmations onto the chosen images. While this process required manual adjustments, it resulted in visually striking affirmation cards.
- Using my Random Image Generator: I integrated these affirmation cards into a custom WordPress plugin I had previously created with ChatGPT’s assistance. This plugin randomly displays affirmations on the page: https://reachingmydreams.com/transformative-affirmation-images/
- Generating Meditations with AI: For each image, I used ChatGPT (in ReachingMyDreams brand voice) to generate a corresponding meditation, creating a powerful pairing of visual, affirmation, and guided reflection.
- I struggled with designing the picture-intense book in Canva, so took a break and enjoyed the unusually mild and gorgeous weather!
- Designing and Publishing “Radiant Reflections“: After a brief hiatus, I returned to the ebook design, creating “Radiant Reflections: 34 Transformative Affirmations and Meditations.“ I formatted it using Kindle Create and published it as both an ebook and print-on-demand version on Amazon.
- Creating a Longer Book: I then turned my attention back to the longer, more comprehensive book: “Transformative Affirmations: Embrace Your Inner Light.“ I used MagicBookifier to draft, and then refined further in Afforai with my custom GPT for ReachingMyDreams brand vocie. This 25-page book delves deeper into the power of affirmations and how to use them effectively.
- Refining and Editing: To polish the longer book, I used tools like Autocrit and ProWritingAid to improve the AI-generated content, removing redundancies and ensuring grammatical consistency.
- Publishing on Amazon: Both books are now available on Amazon in ebook and print formats. I also set up my Author Central page and bio to establish my presence as an author.
- Future Plans: My next steps include creating an audiobook version of both titles using AI text-to-speech technology and implementing a newsletter incentive using the shorter ebook as a lead magnet.
This week-long adventure in AI-assisted content creation has been both challenging and rewarding. It’s amazing to see how a single idea – creating a WordPress plugin for random image generation, and the content for that plugin to randomize – could evolve into a multi-faceted project resulting in published books and a variety of digital content.
The process highlighted the power of AI tools in content creation, from generating ideas and text to creating images and assisting with editing. However, it also underscored the importance of human creativity, decision-making, and refinement in producing high-quality, meaningful content.
As we continue to explore the possibilities of AI in content creation, I’m excited to see how these tools will evolve and what new creative avenues they’ll open up for writers, marketers, and creators of all kinds.
Have you experimented with AI in your content creation process? I’d love to hear about your experiences in the comments below!
PS: Check out my two ebooks below (clicking on images will take you Amazon):
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