Why this matters

A rough draft of yours plus a sharp edit beats a polished draft from the model every time.

The 20-minute experiment

1. 1Write 200 messy words about something — don't tidy as you go
2. 2Paste it into Claude or ChatGPT
3. 3Ask: 'Line-edit this for clarity and rhythm. Don't add ideas. Show me the changes as a list with reasons.'
4. 4Read the suggestions. Reject half of them (be honest: some will be wrong for your voice)
5. 5In a separate chat, ask for a polished draft of the same topic from scratch
6. 6Compare. Your draft plus the edits should read better and sound more like you

Line-edit this for clarity and rhythm. Do not add ideas. Show changes as a bulleted list with your reason for each one.

• 200 messy words written and pasted in
• Editing suggestions received as a list
• You rejected at least three suggestions
• A generated draft written from scratch
• Your draft plus edits sounded closer to your voice than the generated version