From nothing to a first draft, and stopping there
One moment, narrowly. The blank page on a Tuesday morning, and the shortest route out of it that does not end in publishing something hollow.
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What it does
What changes
You start from something, not nothing
A draft on the page is easier to argue with than an empty one. Most people can edit when they cannot begin.
The job you did today is the prompt
Tell it what you fixed this morning and it will shape a post around that, which is more specific than any general request.
It costs a minute, not an hour
The blank page usually costs a morning of avoidance. This costs the time it takes to type one line of instruction.
How it works
How it goes
- Type one line about the job you did today.
- Let it draft something around that line.
- Cut everything that does not sound like you, which is usually half.
- Post it, or save it for the next batch.
Worth knowing
Worth knowing
- Stopping at the draft is the whole discipline. Published unedited it reads like everybody else's, and readers can tell.
- It cannot know what happened on your job. Feed it the specifics or you get something generic back.
- This solves not starting. It does not solve having nothing worth saying.
Related
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Content AI
What else it drafts, and the rule that it is all drafts.
Content AI in the editor
The three controls you meet while writing.
Social media planner
Scheduling it once it sounds like you.
Describe today's job
Log in, type one line about the work you did today, and draft a post from it.