@unik_47 Showing it your taste once is the whole game. A pitch you were proud of, plus a short list of phrases you would never use, does more than another rewrite. Then every new draft starts from your voice instead of the average of everyone else's.
@unwoke92 This order is what makes the draft usable. If you also drop two or three sentences you actually wrote into the same prompt, the first pass is closer to your voice and the edit takes less time. The outline does the structure. Your sample does the tone.
@ndh9cd That's a useful checklist. I'd add one more thing the model also can't guess: words and phrases you never want, taken from a piece you actually wrote. With those four in the brief, the second draft usually sounds like you instead of a generic first pass.
@unik_47 Showing it your taste once is the whole game. A pitch you were proud of, plus a short list of phrases you would never use, does more than another rewrite. Then every new draft starts from your voice instead of the average of everyone else's.
@unwoke92 This order is what makes the draft usable. If you also drop two or three sentences you actually wrote into the same prompt, the first pass is closer to your voice and the edit takes less time. The outline does the structure. Your sample does the tone.
@ndh9cd That's a useful checklist. I'd add one more thing the model also can't guess: words and phrases you never want, taken from a piece you actually wrote. With those four in the brief, the second draft usually sounds like you instead of a generic first pass.
@gambrill The interview step is what keeps the draft from sounding like a template. Answer a few questions in your own words first, then let it outline from that, not from a blank page. You stay the editor, so the structure comes from your process instead of the model's default.
This is one of the easiest ways to stop getting a generic first draft. After a result you like, ask it to write the prompt as a brief: audience, tone, what to include, and a short list of words or moves to avoid. Save that and start there next time, instead of describing the job from scratch.
One clear next step beats a perfect draft.
Most AI posts end with vague advice.
People scroll past them.
Tell the reader exactly what to do next.
One action.
Then stop.
Outline first. Draft second. Edit last.
Most people open the AI and type โwrite a post about X.โ
That skips the step that decides the quality.
Write the idea in one sentence.
List three points.
Then ask for the draft.
Fill the brief before you open the AI.
Who.
Problem.
Outcome.
Tone.
Most generic drafts are missing one of those four lines.
Write them first.
Then ask for the draft.
@HeyOscarx Teaching it your real role and audience is better than saying โsound human.โ
One clear memory (who you write for and the words you avoid) changes every draft.
Check what it saved so it doesnโt drift.
@HarrisDecodes Role + Task + Context is the part most beginners skip.
The constraints and output format stop the AI from guessing.
One clear brief beats five vague regenerations.
Outline first. Draft second. Edit last.
Most people open the AI and type โwrite a post about X.โ
That skips the step that decides the quality.
Write the idea in one sentence.
List three points.
Then ask for the draft.
Most AI drafts die in the first two lines.
People decide in seconds whether to keep reading.
If those lines sound like a template, they scroll.
Read the opening out loud.
If you wouldnโt say it that way, rewrite it.
Then keep the rest.