Use a pair of prompts like the following: > What are the key ideas in the following: [paste target article]. > Write an outline for a blog using those ideas

an important point: other things being equal, an AI’s output will improve the more interactions you have with it in a given session.

suggest “never-before-heard” blog topics,

What is useful is prompting your AI to cite “authoritative sources.” Then there’s no alternative but to follow them up and use your judgment on a case-by-case basis.

you can amend your prompt to say this: > That script is too staid. Spice it up. Have the narrator throw in funny, crazy things

Editing is an AI superpower that, when used judiciously, will without question improve your work and your life.

ask it to identify problems. This also allows writer and editor to learn. Try the following prompt: > Identify grammar and readability issues in the following: [paste]

When we speak to an AI using the perfect prompt method, we are in declamatory or dictatorial mode, telling the machine what we think it needs to know to help us.

Verbosity is especially pronounced when you ask for an “article” or “blog” about something. Instead, try this: > In [X many] words, tell me about [article subject]