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I asked Rowan, the founder of the fastest-growing AI newsletter (2,500 new subs/day) about hi writing practice. Here's the 5 things he does:

by Joel Hansen

  1. It's pretty old-fashioned. I don't use AI to write my newsletter because a) there's a risk of hallucinations (which can lead to misinformation), b) AI produces really bulky, unreadable copy, and c) I just like the human touch.

  2. The entire process is essentially Links of biggest developments dropped in Notion -> Read, digest, find most important headlines, notes (this is normally done throughout the entire day, since I'm on Twitter 24/7) -> Draft -> Add Images, sponsors, post settings -> Edit like crazy (spend 50% of my time here). Oh, and I test AI tools in between all of that, so I'm only recommending the best of the best to my readers.

  3. For research tools, I use:

  • Feedly (https://feedly.com/), and
  • Twitter,
  • as well as several "Influencer programs" with major tech companies, which essentially just give me big news drops a little earlier than publicly available.
  • I also look on ProductHunt every day for new AI product launches that I might've missed on Twitter or in general.

  1. Occasionally if I'm stuck with writer's block, I copy what I've written, and I ask ChatGPT (GPT-4) to "Make this easier to read" or "Turn this into bullet points."

  2. Another thing I do often is when editing, I copy the entire article that I wrote, paste it into ChatGPT, and prompt it: "Rate this newsletter out of 10. If it's not perfect, provide me with edits to take it to a 10." I don't always like ALL the changes ChatGPT has made, but I take the bits and pieces that I do like and add those in. It definitely helps me find basic errors and helps everything flow a bit better. You can kind of think of it as having a co-editor, except it's not a real human.

I do write the newsletter by myself still, however, I do have an editor who comes in and helps me edit things up in case I missed anything.

Pretty basic stuff. Let me know if I should expand on anything!

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on August 3, 2023
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