I just did not one but TWO developmental edits in a row with Grok 3.
This is for my book Have a Nice Trip!
For context, a "developmental edit" is when you restructure a book, which is one of the most cognitive demanding tasks ANY author can do.
Not only can Grok keep track of the entire throughline of the book, it can pick out needles in a haystack AND riff with you in the stream of the conversation.
I moved a few chapters around, added a new chapter, merged a couple chapters, and all the while, Grok kept up with the play-by-play.
This didn't save me hours or days, this saved me weeks or months of drafting and editing. Furthermore, with each pass, I could just copy/paste the whole manuscript into a new chat and see which points were smoothed out. It was a "squeaky wheel gets the grease" kind of thing.
Now it's on to final beta reads and professional edits to tighten up the copy... holy crap...
