Turn a Messy Brain Dump Into an Outline Using AI in 10 Minutes While Chilling On The Couch.

How to Use AI to Kickstart Your Writing — Without Getting Generic Content

For a long time, I resisted using AI for my writing. There were a lot of reasons for that — mostly because I LOVE writing. It’s something I genuinely enjoy.

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So, why would I want to delegate that to a machine?

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But there are parts of writing that can be hard and time-consuming:

• Staring at a blank screen
• Turning a messy brain dump into a coherent outline
• Not overthinking every single word
• Making sure it all comes together cohesively

So, I’ve started experimenting with using AI at the start of my writing process. To help me go from idea to brain dump to outline quicker.

But here’s the thing — most people ask AI to do the thinking for them. I see prompts like this all the time: “Write me a blog post on {topic}.”

Honestly prompts like that are how the internet dies.