I wrote the previous piece, and it was good, but then I asked the free version of ChatGPT to improve it, and it sure did. It really likes colons and likes em-dashes even more. Here is my original version and its suggested rewrites, including, amusingly, headings. You said: Would you improve this piece of writing? ChatGPT said: Absolutely! Please go ahead and share the piece of writing you’d like me to improve. You said: Marvelous May Motivationby Jonah Jack asked me what my motivation for racing was. “I’m just here to drink,” I answered. He wasn’t buying it. We had…
Jack asked me what my motivation for racing was. “I’m just here to drink,” I answered. He wasn’t buying it. We were back from a track walk at High Plains, sitting on askew picnic benches in the pavilion, waiting out the rain that had cut our walk short. “Track walk after dinner?” I had asked Jack after our last race on Saturday. He’d raced. I hadn’t—I’d been driving alone, faster than Lori, who hadn’t raced with us in a while and was nursing a busted spring, but slower than everyone else. Berck’s advice had been simple: “You’re doing all the…