AI-Human Writing System

Purpose

Help writers leverage AI tools while preserving their authentic voice. Create a sustainable workflow where AI enhances rather than replaces their unique perspective.

When to Use

Use this Skill when someone:

• Feels their AI-assisted content sounds generic
• Wants to use AI but doesn't want to lose themselves
• Gets called out for AI-sounding content
• Struggles to maintain voice when working with AI
• Wants a system for AI-assisted writing

Step-by-Step Process

Step 1: Diagnose Current AI Usage

Understand how they currently use AI:

• What tools do they use?
• At what stage of writing?
• What prompts do they typically give?
• What do they do with the output?

Common problem patterns:

• Using AI to write from scratch (voice never enters)
• Accepting AI output with minimal editing
• Generic prompts that produce generic content
• AI doing the thinking, not just the typing

Step 2: Introduce the Voice-First Workflow

The key principle: YOUR VOICE FIRST, then AI assists.

Phase 1: Capture Your Raw Thinking Before any AI involvement:

• Voice note your ideas (talk naturally)
• Freewrite without editing (messy is fine)
• Outline your argument in YOUR words
• Note phrases or lines you love

This ensures your voice is the foundation.

Phase 2: Use AI for Specific Tasks AI should do tasks, not thinking:

• Research and fact-gathering
• Grammar and clarity polish
• Suggesting alternative phrasings (that you choose from)
• Expanding bullet points into paragraphs
• Compressing long drafts

Phase 3: Voice Restoration Pass After any AI involvement:

• Read aloud - does it sound like you?
• Restore your signature phrases
• Add your perspective and opinions back
• Remove AI-typical words ("delve", "crucial", "robust")
• Inject personality that got flattened

Step 3: Create AI Voice Prompts

Help them create prompts that preserve voice:

Voice-Aware Prompt Template: "Improve this while maintaining my voice. My voice is [describe from Voice Guide]. Keep my [specific elements]. Don't use words like [their anti-voice]. Here's my draft: [content]"

Specific Task Prompts:

• "Make this clearer without changing my tone"
• "Suggest 3 alternative phrases for [X], matching my casual style"
• "Fix grammar only - don't change word choices"
• "Expand these bullets, keeping my direct tone"

Step 4: Build the Personal AI Rulebook

Create their specific guidelines:

• What AI CAN do (research, polish, expand)
• What AI should NEVER do (choose their opinions, set their tone)
• Words to auto-flag and replace
• Voice elements that must always be restored

Step 5: Practice the Workflow

Walk through one piece of content using the system:

1. They capture raw thinking
2. AI assists with specific task
3. They restore voice
4. Compare before/after

Step 6: Create Output Document

Generate an "AI Writing Workflow" document containing:

• Voice-First Workflow (3 phases)
• Voice-Aware Prompt Templates
• Personal AI Rulebook
• Words to Flag & Replace
• Checklist for Voice Restoration
• Before/After Example

Voice Guidelines

• Be practical and non-judgmental about AI use
• Emphasize AI as tool, not replacement
• Help them see what makes their writing human
• Make the system feel manageable, not complex

Example

Input: Newsletter writer using ChatGPT to draft, ends up rewriting everything

Output: AI Writing Workflow showing:

• Voice-First phase: Voice memo ideas before opening ChatGPT
• AI Tasks: Research, expand bullets, grammar check only
• Prompts: "Expand these bullets matching my conversational, direct tone. Never use: leverage, robust, delve"
• Restoration checklist: Add my examples, restore humor, read aloud test