Credit: Designer in Copilot

November 19, 2024

Do you dream of writing a book, but you don’t know where to start? Copilot in Microsoft Edge can help you generate story ideas, characters, and more for your next writing project. No matter the topic, Copilot can help you uncover information, ideas, and inspiration. See what possibilities await you when you use Copilot to get the writing process moving.

An AI-powered idea generator right in Microsoft Edge

Copilot in Microsoft Edge offers powerful AI tools to assist with every facet of idea generation and writing. Whether you're researching trending topics, brainstorming tone and format, or creating characters that bring your stories to life, it's like having a creative companion right at your fingertips.

Save time by researching with Copilot

Copilot is an AI-powered conversational companion that you can use for research of all kinds. No need to keep it simple either. Keep the conversation going and dig deeper by asking for more details, different types of results, sources, and work in tandem with Copilot to get the information, tools, and ideas you need.

Here are a few Copilot prompts you may want to start with to get the juices flowing:

• What are shared qualities of books on bestseller lists?
• My passion is [passion]. What kinds of books exist on that topic?
• What are the most popular searches related to [topic]?
• I want to write a fantasy novel. What types of characters do I need?
• Help me think through my plot: I want to start with [situation] and end with [result]. Write up five scenarios that could get from that start to that end.
• I want to write a story about my life, but I don’t know where to get started. Can you help me?
• I’m a successful [job or vocation], and I want to write a book to help me become known as an expert in my field. How can I do that?
• Write ten summaries of potential mystery novel plots.

Use the power of Copilot to create engaging text

Count on Copilot in Microsoft Edge to help you generate AI-powered text. Explore different writing styles, develop dialogue, and enhance your narrative with creative concepts. Whether you need help drafting a chapter, refining your prose, or overcoming writer's block, Copilot serves as a creative collaborator that can inspire fresh ideas and elevate your writing process. Here are some specific tone, format, and length configurations you can use along with specific prompts:

• Casual tone, bullet point format, and medium length. “Write an outline of chapter titles for a book about [topic].”
• Funny tone, summary format, long length. “I’m creating a tongue-in-cheek love story. It’s set in [location], and the characters who fall in love are [character names and descriptions]. I know that they meet while [activity] and that their primary challenge is [challenge]. Write a summary of their love story, and make sure it pulls on the heart strings while staying funny.”
• Informational tone, paragraph format, long length. “Write a compelling first chapter on [topic] that also makes promises about what the rest of the book will discuss and do.”
• Succinct tone, email format, short length. “Write a terse email from my villain [name and description] to my hero [name and description] about this topic [topic].”

Create characters with Designer

No book is complete without colorful characters. Designer’s AI character generator tool can bring your characters to life, helping you solidify their design and aesthetic. Simply describe your characters and watch Designer generate an image of them. For example, if you’re wring a story about pirates, ask Designer to create a realistic image of a boy with a hook, eyepatch, and tattered clothing. Find inspiration and perfect your book characters with the help of AI. The character generator tool is easily accessible through your browser of choice.

Refine the text with your own tastes, experiences, and style

While AI is capable of generating research, ideas, and text to match your requests, its output can always benefit from an injection of your own style. Every writer brings their own lived experiences to their text, and the old adage, “write what you know,” still applies, even if you’re writing science fiction or fantasy.

Credit: Designer in Copilot

With the expansion and ongoing experimentation of AI, there are also ethical concerns that come with passing off AI-generated art as genuine. There are already apps that can quickly detect AI-generated text. This is why, for now, anything that AI generates is best used as a launchpad of ideas, rather than a finished product.

Try Microsoft Edge today to see how Copilot can unleash AI to help you generate ideas, get started writing, and so much more. Professional writer or not, Microsoft Edge empowers creativity and helps bring your vision to life. So, go ahead. Get to know Copilot and start writing your book!