Bard First Draft

Using Bard to Write a First Draft

As Bard creates a response to input, it is like having a writer available to help.

Writing a text, paper, or article can be very difficult. You can use Bard to get started.

Bard can help you make a first draft for you to start. It will not be perfect, but it can save you time.

Understand your Topic

Before using Generative AI to help you, you should understand what you are writing about.

If, for example, your topic is "The importance of team sports for youth development", you should know a little bit about the topic.

If you know a little bit about this yourself, that is great. But it would be best if you also did a little bit of research, and for additional information, you can also ask Bard:

Example

With the following prompt:

Write a short, 3-paragraph summary about "The importance of team sports for youth development".

A response from Bard could be:

Now that we understand the subject well, we create a table of contents.

Refine and Experiment

Before we ask Bard for further help, let's break down the subject into smaller pieces.

First, we need to figure out what we are writing. It could be a book, an essay, a blog, an article, or something else. In this example, we will write an article.

Now we break down the key things we want to focus on with a Table of Contents:

1. Introduction - including information about team sports and the purpose of the article.
2. Social Benefits of Team Sports - Focusing on how teamwork can help build communication skills, and the importance of building relationships
3. Physical Benefits of Team Sports - Focusing on the difference between an inactive and active lifestyle, and key differences between team sports and solidary workouts.
4. Negatives of Team Sports - Highlighting possible pitfalls of Team Sports, specifically the danger of alienating and isolating individuals
5. Conclusion - Summary of the above points.

Now we have a clear focus and can start asking Bard for help.

Using Bard to Write the First Draft

Now, we can use Bard to write the first draft for each part.

In our example, we will use the text 'For an article about "The importance of team sports for youth development", write a section about xyz' as a starting point:

Part 1 - The Introduction

Example

With the following prompt:

For an article about "The importance of team sports for youth development", write a section about "Introduction - including information about team sports and the purpose of the article":

A response from Bard could be:

Part 2 - Social Benefits of Team Sports

Example

With the following prompt:

For an article about "The importance of team sports for youth development", write a section about "Social Benefits of Team Sports - Focusing on how teamwork can help build communication skills, and the importance of building relationships":

A response from Bard could be:

Part 3 - Physical Benefits of Team Sports

Example

With the following prompt:

For an article about "The importance of team sports for youth development", write a section about "Physical Benefits of Team Sports - Focusing on the difference between an inactive and active lifestyle, and key differences between team sports and solidary workouts."

A response from Bard could be:

Part 4 - Negatives of Team Sports

Example

With the following prompt:

For an article about "The importance of team sports for youth development", write a section about "Negatives of Team Sports - Highlighting possible pitfalls of Team Sports, specifically the danger of alienating and isolating individuals":

A response from Bard could be:

Part 5 - Conclusion

Example

With the following prompt:

For an article about "The importance of team sports for youth development", write a section about "Conclusion - Summary of the above points":

A response from Bard could be:

Now you have a good starting point, a first draft you can use to start writing further. Adding examples and sources for these claims would be the next natural step. But you have used Bard as a tool to help you get started.