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Long-form draft with a real voice

Drafts an article that doesn't read like AI wrote it.

Use this template

Opens the composer with the prompt filled in. Free — an emailed code is all you need.

The prompt

Copy it, or use the button above to drop it straight into the composer. Everything in [SQUARE BRACKETS] is a slot you fill in.

Write a [WORD COUNT]-word piece on [TOPIC] for [AUDIENCE].

Voice: [DESCRIBE — e.g. direct, dry humour, no corporate hedging]
Goal of the piece: [WHAT THE READER SHOULD DO OR BELIEVE AFTERWARDS]
What I know that a generic writer wouldn't: [YOUR ANGLE, EXPERIENCE, DATA]

Requirements:
- Open with a specific situation, claim or number. No "in today's world" scene-setting.
- Vary sentence length deliberately. Some short. Some that run longer and carry a full thought through a couple of clauses before landing.
- Every general claim gets a concrete example within two sentences.
- Use the second person when giving instructions, first person when relaying experience.
- No listicle-ification of prose that should flow, and no prose-ification of steps that should be a list.
- Where a statistic would help but you don't have one, write [verify: X] rather than inventing it.
- End on the action or the consequence, not a summary of what you just said.

When to use it

  • You need a full draft with a hook, a middle and an ending
  • You have the facts and want them turned into something readable
  • Existing copy reads like a machine wrote it and needs rescuing

Which mode suits it

Drafting benefits from range: more angles, sharper examples, a voice with an opinion. Switch to Precise for the edit pass afterwards.

  • Creative — more angles, more expressive

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