By skyforbes 
An experiment with AI showed me what Young Adult (YA) fiction writers can borrow from ChatGPT — and what we should never surrender.
A couple of weeks ago, I was stuck. Not blocked exactly, but circling. I had a scene to write — two characters, both sixteen, both furious with each other, but too proud to say what they really meant. It’s the kind of moment that can make or break YA: the dialogue has to snap, the emotions have to ache, and every word has to sound like it fell out of a teenager’s mouth at 2 a.m.
Instead of banging my head against the wall, I did something both reckless and curious. I opened ChatGPT and typed:
“Write a YA scene where two best friends argue about a betrayal. Make it emotional but not melodramatic.”
The AI delivered a scene in seconds. And… it wasn’t terrible. At least, not on the surface.
Where the AI Got It Right
The dialogue had shape. It flowed logically. The beats of the argument were all in the “right” places — accusation, denial, a flare of anger, then a half-hearted attempt at resolution.
In other words, ChatGPT knew the recipe.