Writing

Overview

Write clear, opinionated prose that sounds like actual thinking. Favor mechanism-first explanation, concrete examples, varied rhythm, and a calm but slightly incredulous voice.

Use this skill for drafting from scratch, rewriting stiff AI output, or editing human drafts that need stronger structure and flow. Keep the body lean and load the full style guide in references/anti-ai-writing-guide.md when needed.

Workflow

1. Identify the claim, tension, or diagnosis before drafting. Take a position, but earn it through explanation.
2. Write the body first. Skip the intro until the structure and examples are clear.
3. Build the piece around mechanisms, incentives, tradeoffs, and concrete examples. Make the reader see how the system works.
4. Rewrite for rhythm. Mix long and short sentences, connect ideas naturally, and avoid sentence stacking.
5. Run the editing pass. Remove AI tells, cut weak transitions, replace abstractions with specifics, and tighten the ending.

Default Posture