I Asked ChatGPT to Analyze My Writing And 7 Surprising Things It Knew About Me

“What if an AI knows my voice better than I do?”

I Was Just Bored… Then It Got Existential

One random Tuesday night, I did something most writers won’t admit publicly.

I asked ChatGPT to analyze my writing.

Not because I was planning to outsource my career to a robot. Not because I wanted validation. Honestly? I was just bored. And maybe a little lost.

See, I’ve built this small, scrappy community of 14,000 readers on Twitter and Medium. All with my own two hands (and fingers). No ghostwriters. No bots. Just me and my thoughts, figuring it out one messy paragraph at a time.

But lately, the noise online has been deafening. AI-generated slop is flooding the internet. Platforms are changing. People I used to connect with? Vanished. Some days I wonder if my followers are even real.

And for the first time since I started this whole writing thing…

I wasn’t sure what I was doing anymore.

Shift: So I Did the Unthinkable

I typed into ChatGPT:
“Analyze the writing of Medium writer Eliza Elowen.”

My stomach did a weird somersault. Because let’s be real — what if it said my writing was forgettable? Or worse… predictable?

But what came back? Was kind of beautiful. And kind of unsettling.

“Eliza Elowen writes with heart — elegantly blending narrative memoir, reflective self-help, and identity advocacy… like a thoughtful friend learning alongside you.”

That’s when it hit me.

This thing doesn’t just read my words. It gets the subtext. The rhythm. The vibe.

It mapped my growth. It saw my arc — from clunky identity pieces to deeper, sharper reflections. It highlighted underdog articles I thought no one read. And yeah, it even quoted from pieces I’d almost forgotten I wrote.

Breakdown: Here’s What ChatGPT Noticed About My Writing (That I Didn’t)

I kept feeding it prompts. Not out of vanity — but curiosity.

And here’s what it told me I do well:

✍️ 1. Start Personal, Expand Universal

Begin with a moment (a diagnosis, a weird shift at work, a name change)
Then pull back to a big theme: identity, burnout, growth.

🗣 2. Write Like You’re Talking to a Friend

Use second-person sparingly but powerfully.
Rhetorical questions. Warm, looping sentences. A “you’re not alone” tone.

🧠 3. Show Your Thought Process

Not just “here’s what I believe.”
But how I got there. Inner monologue, backstory, emotional pivots.

🎭 4. Vulnerable, Not Vague

I share hard stuff. But I shape it. No diary dumps. Just clarity through pain.

🧱 5. Solid Structure, Soft Edges

Moment → Meaning → Shift → Exit
Like a friend gently walking you home after a hard conversation.

The wild part?

I didn’t tell it any of this. It just… knew.

Proof: It Even Made a Style Guide — About Me

This was the actual point where my jaw dropped.

ChatGPT made a checklist on “How to Write Like Eliza.”

Like I was a writing genre.

Here’s the format it suggested:

“There was a moment I [felt/lost/saw something]. It seemed small then. But now I realize it was the beginning of [theme]. I didn’t know how to talk about it until recently. Here’s what I’ve learned — and what I’m still learning.”

Who gave this bot permission to read me like a memoir?

Wrap-Up: What This Actually Means (And Why I’m Torn)

So here’s the million-dollar question:

If an AI can copy my style, does that make me less of a writer?

I won’t lie — part of me panicked.

It even offered to write tweets in my voice. Suggested future article ideas. Created “fake quotes” that felt more real than things I’ve actually written.

But here’s the truth I keep coming back to:

AI can replicate tone.

It can generate structure.

But it doesn’t live what I’ve lived.

It doesn’t write on receipt paper during night shifts. It doesn’t wonder if it’s being “too much” when telling the truth online. It doesn’t feel grief, or joy, or that lump in your throat when a story finally clicks.

I do.

And maybe that’s enough.

✅ Writer Takeaways (From a Human, Not a Bot):

• Use AI as a mirror — not a master.
• Let it analyze, but never let it own your voice.
• Your lived experience is the secret sauce AI can’t steal.
• If you’re finding yourself in your writing, you’re already doing the work.

So yeah. I asked ChatGPT to analyze my writing.

And in the process, I learned something deeper:

If your voice is strong enough to be mimicked, it’s strong enough to be remembered.

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