AI & I How to Supercharge Your Writing With AI Tools - Ep. 33 with Evan Armstrong
Sep 4, 2024
Evan Armstrong, the lead writer at Every and creator of the 'How to Write with AI' course, dives into enhancing writing with AI tools. He explains taste as the art of articulation, sharing how it shapes writing styles. Evan discusses his unique idea-generation routine during sauna sessions and showcases how to use AI for refining thesis statements and crafting metaphors. Moreover, he introduces Spiral for automating content distribution and explores the ethical considerations around AI transformation in writing. A must-listen for aspiring writers!
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Articulate Your Taste With AI
- Taste is the ability to articulate why something is good rather than follow trends.
- Evan and Dan used AI to surface and name their tastes, which then guided their writing choices.
Entertain Boring Topics Well
- Evan defines good writing as making boring topics entertaining and accessible.
- He aims for accuracy plus enjoyment when explaining technical subjects like finance or accounting.
Mirror Exercise: Writers List To Vibes
- Dan collected writers he liked, fed the list to Claude/ChatGPT, and asked for their 'vibes.'
- That synthesis felt like looking in a mirror and helped him articulate his own literary taste.
