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Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
Create original written works, such as scripts, essays, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Write fiction or nonfiction prose, such as short stories, novels, biographies, articles, descriptive or critical analyses, and essays.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Develop factors such as themes, plots, characterizations, psychological analyses, historical environments, action, and dialogue to create material.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Revise written material to meet personal standards and to satisfy needs of clients, publishers, directors, or producers.People already use AI for this at work
- 04Choose subject matter and suitable form to express personal feelings and experiences or ideas, or to narrate stories or events.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Prepare works in appropriate format for publication, and send them to publishers or producers.AI could speed this up a lot
- 06Conduct research to obtain factual information and authentic detail, using sources such as newspaper accounts, diaries, and interviews.AI could speed this up a lot
- 07Confer with clients, editors, publishers, or producers to discuss changes or revisions to written material.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Plan project arrangements or outlines, and organize material accordingly.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Follow appropriate procedures to get copyrights for completed work.AI could speed this up a lot
- 10Attend book launches and publicity events, or conduct public readings.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss25%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
89%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 100% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Attend book launches and publicity events, or conduct public readings.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps writers and editors use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.