Phase 3: Writing & Content With AI · 30 min · ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini (any)

Drafting vs. Editing Prompts

Creating from nothing and improving what exists are different jobs. Use different prompts for each.

Real-world application: What changes when you use this: you stop asking AI to 'write something' when you should be asking it to 'improve something' — and your output quality jumps because you're using the right tool for the right job.

What you will learn

Write drafting prompts that produce usable first drafts from nothing
Write editing prompts that improve existing text
Know when to draft vs when to edit
Give the AI something to react to instead of asking it to generate from scratch

Introduction

Drafting vs. Editing Prompts

Objective

Write a rough draft from your own notes, use an editing prompt to improve it, and compare to an AI-generated-from-scratch version.

Creating from nothing and improving what exists are different jobs. Use different prompts for each.

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