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Using AI without losing your voice or inventing your experience
A practical drafting workflow: supply facts, set the job, edit the voice, and verify the claims.
AI can organize an idea, suggest a structure, and help you revise a confusing sentence. It can also produce confident writing that says very little—or invent experience you never had.
The useful approach is to give it your material and a specific writing job. The tool assists the draft. You remain responsible for the message, examples, claims, and final decision to publish.
Supply material before asking for a post
Write a few notes about the reader, the question, what you actually observed, and the lesson you can support. Include any limitation. If you haven’t tested a product, say that in the brief.
“Write something about trust” invites a broad speech. “Turn these notes about a confusing bio into a 180-word lesson for beginner Facebook marketers” gives the draft a concrete task.
Set boundaries in the prompt
Specify the structure and the tone. Ask for plain language, a practical example, and a next step related to the lesson. Explicitly forbid invented testimonials, earnings, firsthand use, statistics, and personal stories.
Try this brief: “Use only my notes below. Write for a beginner who can’t explain who they help. Lead with the problem, teach one change, show my example, and end with one action. Use plain, conversational language and mild sarcasm without insulting the reader. Do not invent results, experience, quotes, or facts. Mark anything needing verification.”
Make the draft sound like a person
Read it aloud. When you reach a phrase you would never say, rewrite it. Remove generic openings and padded conclusions. Add a specific observation from your notes rather than asking for more “authenticity.”
Your voice includes how you explain a problem and what you notice—not just a few catchphrases. Sarcasm can point out the absurdity of bad advice. It doesn’t need to mock the beginner trying to follow it.
Separate your experience from an example
If the draft says “I changed my bio and doubled my leads,” stop unless that is true and supported by your own evidence. You can show an illustrative before-and-after bio without attaching a fictional business result.
A plausible story is still invented if it didn’t happen. Label hypothetical examples clearly. If you quote somebody, check the wording and permission instead of trusting a polished reconstruction.
Verify the parts that can change
Product prices, access terms, platform features, and current rules need current sources. Don’t accept a claim because it sounds specific. Use official provider information and give the checked date when the detail matters.
For a timeless writing lesson, you may not need statistics at all. A clear example can teach the task without an unsupported “studies show” sentence.
Use AI for revision, not only generation
Ask it to identify vague phrases, missing steps, or mismatches between the hook and the lesson. Ask which claims require evidence. Then decide what to change.
You can also ask for two different structures using the same facts. Comparing them may reveal a clearer order without changing the substance of your message.
Keep a human check at the end
Before publishing, confirm that the post helps the named reader, teaches one concrete point, represents your experience accurately, and leads to a fitting next step. Check the linked resource too.
The TAS Post Toolkit includes prompts and formats you can use for this process. Bring your own material to them. A draft that sounds convincing is a starting point for review, not proof that it is accurate.
Your next useful step
Put it to work.
Draft a brief using only real notes. Generate one version, read it aloud, remove invented claims, and replace generic advice with your example.
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