The AI essay writer guide: How to craft the perfect essay prompt with Venice.ai

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2024-09-20

To harness AI's full potential for essay writing, it’s crucial to understand how to craft the perfect prompt.

In this blog, we will cover tips and techniques for writing an effective AI essay prompt, including specifying essay length, developing a thesis statement, maintaining academic style and citations, and incorporating details such as quotes and statistics. Plus, we show an example of how to write an essay using Venice.ai.

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Prompt writing tips for AI essay writing

Tip 1: Specifying the essay length

Setting a clear essay length in your prompt helps guide the AI, ensuring that the generated content is tailored to your needs. Whether you require a concise 500-word essay or an in-depth 2,000-word research paper, explicitly stating the desired length allows the AI to better balance brevity and detail.

Example prompt: "Write a 1,200-word essay on the impact of technology on modern communication, including an introduction, body, and conclusion."

Tip 2: Craft a thesis statement with AI

The thesis statement serves as the central argument or focus of your essay. By providing clear guidelines and examples, you can guide the AI in refining or generating a thesis statement that aligns with your expectations. State the topic or research question you want the AI to address, and specify the main points you wish to cover.

Example prompt: "Develop a thesis statement for an essay exploring the effects of social media on the ability to concentrate throughout the day."

AI response: "The constant distractions and notifications from social media platforms have a detrimental impact on an individual's ability to maintain focus and concentration throughout the day, leading to decreased productivity and impaired cognitive functions."

Pro tip: Write your thesis statement first with the help of AI prior to writing the article. Once you have the thesis, you can direct the AI to structure the essay accordingly by asking it to elaborate on arguments and counterarguments in the body paragraphs.

Tip 3: Clarify academic style and citations

Academic writing follows specific style and format guidelines, including proper citations and referencing. To ensure your AI-generated essay adheres to these standards, specify the citation style (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago) in your prompt. Additionally, provide examples of how to format in-text citations and references. This guidance will help the AI incorporate the necessary citations and maintain a consistent academic tone throughout the essay.

Example prompt: "Write a 1,500-word essay on the role of women in World War II, following MLA style. Include in-text citations and a works cited page."

Tip 4: Incorporate specific details: Quotes, statistics, and research

To create a more engaging and informative essay, direct the AI to incorporate specific details such as quotes, statistics, and research. You can provide the AI with relevant sources or references to draw from and specify the types of details you want to be included in the essay. For instance, you can ask the AI to include a quote from a renowned expert in the field or to incorporate relevant statistics to support the main points.

Example prompt: "Write a 750-word essay on the benefits of renewable energy, incorporating at least three direct quotes from scholarly sources and including relevant statistics on solar power growth."

Tip 5: Match your academic writing level

Different academic levels require different tones, vocabularies, and writing complexities. When working with AI, specify the level of writing required, whether it's high school, undergraduate, or graduate level. This ensures that the essay matches the level of sophistication and depth expected in your academic work.

Example prompt: "Write a graduate-level essay on post-colonial theory in literature, analyzing its application in Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart.'"

Bonus Tip: Always edit the AI’s output

To polish your essay, always read the output and make edits to ensure the essay aligns with your point of view, especially if your thesis statement may be controversial or one you need to defend. Additionally, you’ll likely want to format the essay in a way similar to your natural written work and check for any potential errors. Remember, AI can make mistakes—it’s a tool to empower you to be more productive.

Example: Writing an essay with Venice.ai

Now, we combine all the tips from above to write a short essay in Venice.ai. We start with our prompt:

Write an essay on the impact of mobile devices on young children’s brain development. Include a thesis statement at the top and write clear sections supporting the thesis statement. Use APA format. Write 1,000 words at the bachelor’s level. Include two statistics and one quote from scholarly sources.

We type our prompt into Venice.ai and get our essay generated in seconds. Here’s a preview of the thesis statement and introduction, which includes APA-style in-text citations:

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View the complete essay generated by Venice.ai

The entire essay written by Venice.ai had the following sections in APA style:

Thesis Statement
Introduction
Section 1: Cognitive Development
Section 2: Social-Emotional Development
Section 3: Physical Health and Sleep
Conclusion
References

With a detailed prompt, Venice.ai can generate an essay in less than two seconds. Then, in minutes, you can edit the essay to your liking and writing style, making it your own. Give it a try today.

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