To Write Better, Use AI to Write Faster

What’s more valuable: Writing fast, or writing well?

Thanks to GPT and other generative AI tools, you don’t have to choose. In fact, you may find that writing more quickly (with the help of Al) lets you produce much better writing.

Turning speed into quality

The secret lies in knowing how to turn speed into quality. When you bleed for a 1,200-word draft, or spend hours and hours to write a single page, it’s incredibly painful to admit that something’s not working, that a paragraph you sweated for needs to be cut, or that your whole post or article has headed in the wrong direction.

When you can toss off a draft very quickly, you can bear to change it, or even to start fresh. You can take the time to set your work aside, and return to it with fresh eyes; you can listen to tough criticism, and take feedback that calls for major changes, without wanting to weep. You can even write multiple drafts of the same document, and then pick the best parts from each version.