Write fiction or nonfiction prose, such as short stories, novels, biographies, articles, descriptive or critical analyses, and essays.

“Write fiction or nonfiction prose, such as short stories, novels, biographies, articles, descriptive or critical analyses, and essays.” is a core task performed by Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 16th by importance (#1 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Write material for artistic or commercial purposes. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 100% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Develop factors such as themes, plots, characterizations, psychological analyses, historical environments, action, and dialogue to create material. · importance 4.7
• Revise written material to meet personal standards and to satisfy needs of clients, publishers, directors, or producers. · importance 4.6
• Choose subject matter and suitable form to express personal feelings and experiences or ideas, or to narrate stories or events. · importance 4.5
• Prepare works in appropriate format for publication, and send them to publishers or producers. · importance 4.5
• Write narrative, dramatic, lyric, or other types of poetry for publication. · importance 4.4
• Conduct research to obtain factual information and authentic detail, using sources such as newspaper accounts, diaries, and interviews. · importance 4.3
• Write words to fit musical compositions, including lyrics for operas, musical plays, and choral works. · importance 4.3
• Adapt text to accommodate musical requirements of composers and singers. · importance 4.3
• Confer with clients, editors, publishers, or producers to discuss changes or revisions to written material. · importance 4.2
• Plan project arrangements or outlines, and organize material accordingly. · importance 4.0
• Follow appropriate procedures to get copyrights for completed work. · importance 3.5
• Write humorous material for publication, or for performances such as comedy routines, gags, and comedy shows. · importance 3.4
• Attend book launches and publicity events, or conduct public readings. · importance 3.0
• Teach writing classes. · importance 2.8

See all tasks on the Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Write fiction or nonfiction prose, such as short stories, novels, biographies, articles, descriptive or critical analyses, and essays.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-11051}
}