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AI Writing Tips: Part 2—Don’t Make AI Think for You
Continuing from last week’s article about AI writing, here are four more ideas to help you use AI for writing. Use one or more of the prompts to develop your article and present your ideas:
- Specialized Summary Mode
- The Source Remix
- The Middle-Out Draft
- The Final Swap Test
1. Specialized Summary Mode
Prompt: “I have a text I need to summarize: [Paste Text]. Please provide the summary in [Pick one: Headline + Dek / Bullet Brief* / Abstract Style].
*If Bullet Brief, ensure you include Goal, Method, Key Finding, Implication, and Caveat.”
2. The Source Remix
Prompt: “I have three different notes/articles: [Paste Sources/Summaries]. I want you to write a [Pick one: Agreement / Tension / Synthesis] essay based on these.
Focus specifically on [where they share common ground / where they conflict / how to reconcile them into a new framework].”
3. The Middle-Out Draft
Prompt: “I’m stuck on the intro. Let’s write the middle first. I’ll provide one body paragraph of evidence and explanation: [Paste Paragraph].
Now, backfill the rest:
- Write a Conclusion that explains the consequences implied by that paragraph.”
- Write an Introduction that establishes the thesis implied by that paragraph.
4. The Final Swap Test
Prompt: “Here is my current draft: [Paste Draft]. I want to strengthen the tone using the ‘Swap Test.’ Please rewrite the draft by swapping:
Option B: ‘should’ to ‘is’ to make it purely analytical
Option A: ‘is’ to ‘should’ to make it an editorial