How to Write Your Life Story with an AI Interviewer

You have amazing stories to tell—about your childhood, your first job, or how you met your spouse. You have probably thought about writing them down for your family, but staring at a blank page is intimidating. You don't know where to start, so you don't start at all.

You don't need to be a writer. You just need to be a talker. You can ask AI to "interview" you. It will ask you one question at a time, just like a journalist. You answer the question, and then it asks another one. Before you know it, you have told a whole story.

Later, you can ask the AI to take your messy answers and rewrite them into a beautiful chapter of a memoir. It captures your voice and your memories without the struggle of structuring a book.

Here's how: Start your memoir today with one small story.

Open your AI tool.

Set the stage. Type this: "I want to write down a memory about my childhood home. Please act as a friendly interviewer. Ask me one question at a time to help me describe the house, the smells, and the people."

Answer the first question. (e.g., "It was a white house with a big porch...")

Keep going. Answer 5 or 6 questions.

Finish up. Type: "Okay, please take all my answers and write a short story in the first person."

You can save these stories in a document, print them out, or email them to your kids. It is a wonderful way to leave a legacy, one conversation at a time.

Next step: Try the "Interview" method for just 10 minutes. Ask ChatGPT to interview you about your first car.