Treat any AI document generator like a scaffold, not a writer, and the drafts get usable
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Every time I ask a model to "write the document," I get something smooth and shapeless. The reframe that helped: use it to build the skeleton first, fill sections one at a time, and never let it invent facts. The scaffold prompt: ``` I need a first draft of a [type of document] for [purpose/audienc…
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Treat any AI document generator like a scaffold, not a writer, and the drafts get usable
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