For a long time, my writing process was a series of micro-interruptions. I’d have Microsoft Word open on one side of my screen and ChatGPT or Claude in a Chrome tab on the other. Every time I hit a wall or needed a paragraph tightened, I’d perform a productivity-killing ritual: copy the text, alt-tab to the browser, paste it into the prompt box, wait for the response and then copy-paste it back into my document.
It didn't feel like a big deal at the time, but the "context switching" was quietly killing my momentum. And although Copilot is available in Word, I have found it to be a bit too instrusive and usually keep it turned off.
