Most writing time goes to the unglamorous middle — the setup, the second draft, the review. The right prompt quietly takes that part off your plate.
Reuse the recipe
Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.
- Name the audience and the single goal before you generate
- Ask for three angles, then cut to the one worth shipping
- Compare two outputs instead of trusting one
Make the output reviewable
Treat the first output as a draft, not a verdict. The prompt does the typing; you keep the judgment about what ships.
- Compare two outputs instead of trusting one
- Save the prompt that worked so the next person reuses it
- Name the audience and the single goal before you generate
Write down what you never want as explicitly as what you do. The exclusions often do more work than the instructions.