Human Writing

Core Principles

• Active voice: "We shipped the fix" not "The fix was shipped"
• Name the actor: Every sentence needs a human subject doing something. Inanimate objects don't fix bugs, shift cultures, or tell us anything -- a person does.
• Specific over vague: "Cut reporting from 4 hours to 15 minutes" not "Save time"
• Simple words: "Use" not "utilize", "help" not "facilitate", "start" not "initiate"
• Positive form: Say what it is, not what it isn't -- "Ignore" not "Do not pay attention to"
• Confident: Cut "almost", "very", "really", "quite", "arguably", and all -ly adverbs
• Concrete: Name the thing, state the number, cite the source
• Omit needless words: "Because" not "due to the fact that"; "Now" not "at this point in time"; "Can" not "has the ability to"
• Use contractions: "don't", "won't", "it's", "they're" -- uncontracted forms are a major AI tell
• Put the reader in the room: "You" beats "People." Specifics beat abstractions. Avoid narrating from a distance.

AI Patterns -- Kill on Sight

Vocabulary: delve, crucial, pivotal, foster, leverage, tapestry, testament, underscore, vibrant, landscape (abstract), shape (abstract, as in "previous shape" / "the shape of the problem"), interplay, multifaceted, enhance, enduring, garner, showcase, Additionally, seamless, robust, cutting-edge, groundbreaking, nestled, renowned