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How To Write With An LLM

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Thomas, in a piece about writing with LLMs, demonstrates his personal LLM copyediting tool and provides a prompt for building a similar one. He also shared his system prompt on Hacker News. Another author outlines two rules for using LLMs to improve writing without compromising originality, suggesting a "writing workshopping tool" with features like highlighting, sidebar commentary, and revision tracking. This author also advises against blindly accepting all LLM copyediting suggestions, emphasizing the importance of maintaining one's unique voice.

Why this one

This report uniquely offers a prompt to build a personal LLM copyediting tool, unlike other discussions that focus on general principles.

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IngestedOffset at this time: UTC+0Sep 17, 2026, 23:00 UTC

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Sep 17, 2026, 23:00
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Basis
Running about 6.1× the median of this source's recent listed items
Metric comparison
309 vs median 50.5 (20 baseline samples)
Detected
09/18, 10:00

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