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Using AI without sounding like everyone else

AI is a drafting tool, not a voice.

Paul Wakefield · 21 July 2026 · 6 min read

Using AI without sounding like everyone else

The generic trap

AI defaults to the average of everything ever written. Your value is everything that isn't average — your stories, your numbers, your opinions.

A better process

  1. Talk your ideas out loud and transcribe them.
  2. Use AI to structure, not to originate.
  3. Rewrite every opening line yourself.
  4. Cut any sentence you wouldn't say to a client.

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