AI has accelerated content creation, but you can't just accept what AI gives you as output and use it or publish it. Whether you're working with ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini as your AI writing assistant, AI text editing is essential.
The problem with raw AI text output
AI generated text is just the starting point. Raw AI output always needs refinement:
- Stylistic changes: em-dash removal, icon-removal, enthusiasm-reduction
- Accuracy: fact-checking, updating errors
- Your tone: editing the content to match your own tone
- Substantive improvements: your ideas and edits
Trying to edit AI text in ChatGPT and Claude and Google
Option 1: The Long Chat Thread
The most common approach to edit AI generated text is to do so in the chat thread. You ask the AI to make a change, rewrite a section, add or correct. And AI does so, repeating what you wrote. This approach is limited:
- Requesting each change in your chat thread is slow
- You lose track of what changed between versions
- You have many copied versions of whatever you are working on
- Its not collaborative if you are working with a team
Option 2: Use ChatGPT Canvas
ChatGPT does allow you to take a section of your chat and put it into a Canvas. That Canvas is editable at a basic level but this approach also has a number of drawbacks:
- Its confusing to keep track of Canvases, go back and forth between your Chat and your Canvases
- If you make changes to a Canvas and then go to a Chat and continue to work, the Chat and the Canvas are not kept in synch
- Only text is fully editable in the Canvas. Tables, Diagrams, etc are not.
- And you still can't see what AI changes in the text when it makes a change. It just does it.
- Its not collaborative if you are working with a team
Option 3: Copying back and forth to a Google Doc
Because of the native limits of working in ChatGPT and Claude, many people take a section of an AI chat and paste it into a Google Doc, where they edit it for a while and then they paste back into the AI chat a section for further questions, work and refinement. This approach is also problematic:
- You are working in two different workspaces
- The AI doesn't have the full context of what you are doing and have changed
- You must maintain two copies of everything and will lose your place
- While Google Doc's is collaborative
Option 4: Full AI text editing in Stravu
An AI editor like Stravu can transform how you work with AI and text. your workflow. Instead of the tedious chat-based editing process and instead of copying and pasting, you get direct control over your AI-generated content integrated with AI.
Direct AI Text Editing
With Stravu, you can directly edit AI output yourself. No more describing changes in chat prompts. You can simply click and edit the text as you would in any professional editor. This immediate control over AI text makes the editing process intuitive and efficient.
Continued use of AI with full context
And, Stravu lets you connect that edited content to your AI for ongoing work and context. Its the best of both worlds. The power of AI and your ability to directly work and edit your content.
Approve every change
One of the biggest frustrations with AI editing is losing track of AI modifications. AI can add a paragraph, rewrite a whole section, change many parts of a document. If you don't have a way of seeing and reviewing this, then errors or just changes you didn't want could slip by you.
Stravu solve this by letting you see and approve what changed. Additions to your text are marked in green. Deletions are marked in red. You can edit what has changed before finally approving or rejecting the change. You maintain complete visibility into the editing process, ensuring nothing gets lost or overlooked.
Streamline you workflow
Instead of opening multiple canvases or chat threads to manage your content, modern AI editors like Stravu provide a unified workspace where you can:
- Generate initial AI text or generate an AI response to your initial text
- Make direct edits and improvements
- Keep your editing and the AI context united
- Track and approve all changes
Best Practices for AI Text Editing
Start with your own ideas: While sometimes, starting with what AI generates can overcome writer's block, its best to start with your own thoughts, brainstorm, or outline and let AI flesh this out.
Always edit AI output: Never publish AI content without review. Even the most sophisticated AI writing tools produce text that benefits from human editing and refinement.
Use the right tools: Choose an AI editor that offers direct editing capabilities rather than relying solely on chat-based revision requests.
Maintain change visibility and approve output: Ensure your AI editing workflow includes clear tracking of what modifications were made with the option to edit those changes before approving or rejecting them.
Iterate efficiently: The best AI text editing happens through multiple quick iterations rather than trying to perfect everything in one pass.
The Future of AI Writing and Editing
As AI writing continues to evolve, the distinction between content generation and content editing is blurring. The most effective content creators are those who bring their own ideas, leverage AI text generation, and do thorough, iterative, collaborative editing of AI text.
Modern AI editors, like Stravu, are enabling this by providing:
- Seamless integration between AI generation and human editing
- Collaboration between AI and human intelligence
- Change tracking and version control for AI-generated content
- Intuitive interfaces that make AI text editing as natural as traditional writing
If you're looking to easily edit and improve AI-generated content without the frustration of slow, repetitive chat-based revisions, it's time to explore modern AI editing solutions.
Check out Stravu today and discover how direct AI text editing can improve your content creation process. Regardless, do not accept raw AI output. Edit it!