A student uses a generator to build a story. I propose that we decide for ourselves the subject, the point of view and the criteria for revision.

In the example, two automatic proposals are discarded because they do not respect the imagined character. Creativity is not just measured by the amount of alternatives.

It counts to be able to explain what choices make the work recognizable. Collaboration with an instrument can expand possibilities, without obliging one to accept the narrative model that it proposes more easily.

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