As a journalist, a former scriptwriter and someone who loves to self-publish sci-fi books, I often use data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/how-to-use-ai-for-writing-and-still-keep-it-authentically-yours” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/how-to-use-ai-for-writing-and-still-keep-it-authentically-yours”> AI for writing — but not in the way you’d expect. In fact, many times, I don’t prompt it at all. Instead, I get everything I need to know with what I call my “zero prompt” prompt.
If you’ve ever stared at a messy draft wondering what’s wrong with it, you’re not alone — but I use a trick that makes that moment a lot less painful. And it’s almost laughably simple.
I stopped prompting.
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