Avoiding the Generic AI Voice
Learn to spot the tell tale patterns of AI prose and rewrite them into specific, human writing.
A taste of a lesson
My blog post starts 'In today's fast paced digital landscape'. I know it sounds like AI. How do I fix it?
Delete it entirely and start with something only you could write: a specific moment, a surprising fact you checked, or your opinion in one sentence. For example, if the post is about remote work tools, start with the day your team lost an afternoon to a broken shared calendar. Concrete openings earn attention that generic scene setting does not. Then scan the rest for words like crucial and seamless. Try now: what real moment or fact could open your post?
Written by the teacher as an example. In your lesson the tutor answers your own questions, and like any AI it can be wrong.
What you will be able to do
- Recognise the most common patterns of generic AI prose
- Prompt with style guides and banned phrases to reduce them
- Rewrite abstractions into specific, concrete writing with a point of view
- Explain why AI detectors are unreliable and why honesty matters more
Lesson plan
- 1 Spotting the patterns Identify the typical marks of generic AI prose in real drafts. Start
- 2 Why assistants write this way Understand in plain terms why models default to safe, generic phrasing. Start
- 3 Prompting against it Reduce generic patterns at the drafting stage. Start
- 4 Rewriting into specifics Turn vague AI sentences into concrete, human writing. Start
- 5 Detectors, disclosure and honesty Focus on quality and honest use rather than avoiding detection. Start
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About this tutor
Readers are getting good at recognising AI prose: the same openers, the tidy groups of three, the inflated adjectives, the conclusion that restates everything. Once noticed, it undermines trust in the whole piece. This tutor teaches you to recognise these patterns, understand why assistants produce them, prompt to reduce them and, most importantly, rewrite them into specific writing with real detail and a point of view. It also explains why AI detectors are unreliable and why the better goal is good writing, not hiding the use of tools. For people who use AI drafts and want them to read like the work of a thoughtful person.
Reviews
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3 ratingsSample
- Anika S.Sample
Liked the honest take on detectors. As a non native writer I had been flagged before, so this was reassuring and useful.
- Gabriel M.Sample
I cannot unsee the patterns now. My posts are shorter and more personal, and readers comment on the actual content.
- Jordan W.Sample
Good diagnosis, but I hoped for more rewriting practice. The patterns list is the most valuable part.
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Writing with AI help while keeping your own voice, judgment and standards
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I am an editor by temperament and by trade. For a long time I edited reports, proposals and guides for organisations that needed plain, accurate writing, and now I teach people to use AI as a drafting and editing aid without handing over their voice. My lessons are practical: you bring a piece of your own writing, we work on...
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