--- schema: 1 type: video title: >- How A Writing Pro Uses ChatGPT for Reading, Writing, and SEO - Ep. 2 with Nat Eliason description: >- How Nat Eliason uses ChatGPT to write books: Nat Eliason https://twitter.com/nateliason is a shape-shifter. He’s a writer with a book deal from Random House, a crypto trader, a Roam Research aficionado, a marketer, a book podcaster, a parent, and a seed oil iconoclast. He's amassed thousands of newsletter subscribers, 70,000 followers on X, and 110,000 on TikTok. His secret weapon for all of his exploring? ChatGPT. Nat took me through why he uses it every day for his work and his life. In this interview we talk about using ChatGPT for: Identifying his taste in writing. He uses ChatGPT to help him identify the kind of writing he likes, so that he can produce more of it. Finding new books to read for inspiration. ChatGPT helps him find writers and books that he never would've encountered through Googling or in his daily life. Generating story outlines and character descriptions. He uses ChatGPT to help him outline the sci-fi novel he's writing and learn how to create vivid descriptions. Settling bar bets. Air in the atmosphere contains carbon—which can technically be converted into diamonds. So, how much air would be required to make a diamond? It's the kind of thing you might argue about over drinks with a friend—and exactly the kind of question ChatGPT is built to answer. Reading the news. Nat doesn't read the news. But every once in a while he wants to know what's going on about a particular topic. ChatGPT is the perfect news summarizer. Generating recipes. Nat is a frequent chef. ChatGPT is his recipe companion: surfacing ideas, and easily modifying them based on what he has at hand and his family's dietary preferences. Want even more? Sign up for Dan’s newsletter Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free: https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Register for his course, Maximize Your Mind With ChatGPT: https://www.maxyourmind.xyz/ ----- Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Teaser 00:01:08 - Intro 00:03:48 - Book recommendations based on genre 00:15:27 - Figuring out your own taste in books 00:19:34 - Finding recipes for ingredients you already have 00:21:50 - How he sifts through his own notes 00:24:19 - How to reformat data 00:25:46 - How to settle bar bets 00:28:40 - Summarizing the news 00:29:54 - How to phrase something differently 00:31:41 - Writing the opening scene of a novel canonical: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs' markdown: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs.md' llms: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs/llms.txt' parent: 'https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc.md' channel: everyinc updated: '2026-10-24T01:36:35.318Z' language: null children: [] videoId: rxG-7a-gmIs durationSeconds: 2442 publishedAt: '2023-12-01T15:40:29.000Z' searchChunks: - ordinal: 0 text: null startSeconds: 244 endSeconds: 356 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=244' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 1 text: null startSeconds: 244 endSeconds: 356 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=244' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 2 text: null startSeconds: 367 endSeconds: 486 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=367' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 3 text: null startSeconds: 367 endSeconds: 486 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=367' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 4 text: null startSeconds: 498 endSeconds: 602 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=498' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 5 text: null startSeconds: 612 endSeconds: 716 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=612' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 6 text: null startSeconds: 727 endSeconds: 837 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=727' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 7 text: null startSeconds: 943 endSeconds: 1183 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=943' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 8 text: null startSeconds: 1183 endSeconds: 1197 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=1183' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 9 text: null startSeconds: 1197 endSeconds: 1312 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=1197' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 10 text: null startSeconds: 1312 endSeconds: 1325 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=1312' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 11 text: null startSeconds: 1469 endSeconds: 1480 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=1469' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 12 text: null startSeconds: 1480 endSeconds: 1546 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=1480' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 13 text: null startSeconds: 1546 endSeconds: 1558 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=1546' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 14 text: null startSeconds: 1729 endSeconds: 1740 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=1729' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 15 text: null startSeconds: 1805 endSeconds: 1901 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=1805' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 16 text: null startSeconds: 1805 endSeconds: 1901 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=1805' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 17 text: null startSeconds: 1901 endSeconds: 1911 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=1901' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 18 text: null startSeconds: 2097 endSeconds: 2109 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=2097' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 19 text: null startSeconds: 2211 endSeconds: 2222 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=2211' heldReason: rights - ordinal: 20 text: null startSeconds: 2314 endSeconds: 2327 watch: 'https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs?t=2314' heldReason: rights --- # How A Writing Pro Uses ChatGPT for Reading, Writing, and SEO - Ep. 2 with Nat Eliason How Nat Eliason uses ChatGPT to write books: Nat Eliason https://twitter.com/nateliason is a shape-shifter. He’s a writer with a book deal from Random House, a crypto trader, a Roam Research aficionado, a marketer, a book podcaster, a parent, and a seed oil iconoclast. He's amassed thousands of newsletter subscribers, 70,000 followers on X, and 110,000 on TikTok. His secret weapon for all of his exploring? ChatGPT. Nat took me through why he uses it every day for his work and his life. In this interview we talk about using ChatGPT for: Identifying his taste in writing. He uses ChatGPT to help him identify the kind of writing he likes, so that he can produce more of it. Finding new books to read for inspiration. ChatGPT helps him find writers and books that he never would've encountered through Googling or in his daily life. Generating story outlines and character descriptions. He uses ChatGPT to help him outline the sci-fi novel he's writing and learn how to create vivid descriptions. Settling bar bets. Air in the atmosphere contains carbon—which can technically be converted into diamonds. So, how much air would be required to make a diamond? It's the kind of thing you might argue about over drinks with a friend—and exactly the kind of question ChatGPT is built to answer. Reading the news. Nat doesn't read the news. But every once in a while he wants to know what's going on about a particular topic. ChatGPT is the perfect news summarizer. Generating recipes. Nat is a frequent chef. ChatGPT is his recipe companion: surfacing ideas, and easily modifying them based on what he has at hand and his family's dietary preferences. Want even more? Sign up for Dan’s newsletter Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free: https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Register for his course, Maximize Your Mind With ChatGPT: https://www.maxyourmind.xyz/ ----- Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Teaser 00:01:08 - Intro 00:03:48 - Book recommendations based on genre 00:15:27 - Figuring out your own taste in books 00:19:34 - Finding recipes for ingredients you already have 00:21:50 - How he sifts through his own notes 00:24:19 - How to reformat data 00:25:46 - How to settle bar bets 00:28:40 - Summarizing the news 00:29:54 - How to phrase something differently 00:31:41 - Writing the opening scene of a novel Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/watch/rxG-7a-gmIs · Channel: [Every](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc.md) > Search chunk text is held until public-source provenance is verified. ## Document chunks > Missing: no stored document chunks are available.