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Drafting side by side in a shared document view

For Anyone writing or editing something longer than a chat reply.

Canvas style document views put your draft in its own space, so you can ask for edits to a specific paragraph or section instead of regenerating the whole thing. It suits writing that develops over several passes rather than a single reply.

When to use this

You are writing something with real structure, an essay, a proposal, a piece of code or a long email, and you want to refine it in place rather than copying a new version out of chat each time.

  • Holds a draft in a persistent view you can both edit, rather than only in chat replies
  • Applies a requested change to one section without redoing the rest
  • Suggests edits inline that you can accept, reject or adjust individually

Workflow

  1. Start with your own outline or rough draft rather than a blank prompt

  2. Ask for edits to specific sections, being clear about what should stay untouched

  3. Review suggested changes individually rather than accepting everything at once

  4. Read the full document again after several edits to check it still holds together

  5. Keep an earlier version saved before a large restructuring edit

Prompts to try

Use it, adapt it, and make it your own.

Here is my draft of [document]. Only edit the section on [specific part], for [clarity, length or tone]. Leave the rest exactly as it is. Explain briefly what you changed and why.
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Human lens

  • You decide the structure and argument, and whether a suggested edit actually improves it
  • You keep the voice consistent, since AI edits can quietly drift the tone across a long document
  • You do a final read of the whole piece, since edits made section by section can lose the overall shape

What to avoid

  • Section by section edits can leave the document inconsistent in tone or repeat itself
  • Do not accept a large rewrite without reading it fully, a good sounding paragraph can still be wrong
  • Keep a version history or backup before a sweeping structural change

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Tools that fit: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini · Reviewed 2026-07-19