Writing guides

Each page below takes one specific thing that makes text read as machine-written — an em dash pile-up, a cover letter that opens with "I am writing to express my sincere interest", a product description that lists features instead of scenes — and shows the rewrite. They are short on purpose: read one, fix your draft, close the tab.

What is here

• 20 guides, one problem each, with before/after examples pulled from real drafts.
• Every page says plainly what it will not do — no promise of passing an AI detector, no rewrite of your facts or numbers.
• Written to be read on a phone during a commute, not to keep you scrolling.

All 20 guides

• How to make ChatGPT text sound human
  Six concrete edits that make ChatGPT output read like a person wrote it — sentence rhythm, unhedged claims, specific detail, and the words to cut.
• Rewriting a LinkedIn post that sounds like AI
  Why LinkedIn posts read as AI, what the top three lines have to do, and a line-by-line rewrite method you can apply in ten minutes.
• Why your cold email reads as AI-written
  The delivery tells that make a cold email read as generated, plus a 90-word structure that survives a real reader's first two seconds.
• Rewriting an Etsy listing description that reads as AI
  What shoppers scan for in an Etsy listing, why generated descriptions fail the first scroll, and how to rewrite one in four passes.
• The AI tell words, and what to write instead
  A practical list of words and phrases that make text read as generated, with replacements that do not sound like a thesaurus swap.
• Why em dashes give away AI writing
  Em dashes are a weak but real AI signal. Here is how readers notice them, why the cluster matters more than the mark, and what to do instead.
• Writing an apology email that reads as sincere
  A five-line structure for apology emails, the phrases that destroy credibility, and how to state the fix without hedging.
• Product Hunt launch copy that survives the scroll
  The tagline has 60 characters and the first comment decides the day. Structures, real examples, and the phrases that get skipped.
• Rewriting a SaaS hero that sounds generated
  The four jobs of a hero section, why abstract benefit copy fails, and a rewrite method with concrete before/after lines.
• A cover letter that does not read as AI-written
  The three-paragraph cover letter that gets read, the sentences that mark generated text, and how to name one real thing you did.
• Rewriting a blog intro that reads as AI
  Why the first two sentences get skipped, four openings that work, and a method for cutting the warm-up paragraph entirely.
• A freelance proposal that does not read as a template
  The four lines a client actually reads, how to show competence without portfolio links, and the proposal sentences that read as mailed-in.
• Rewriting an app store description that reads as AI
  The subtitle does the ranking work, the first three lines do the selling. How to rewrite a store listing without keyword stuffing.
• Writing a Reddit post that does not read as marketing
  Why promotional posts get removed, what subreddit rules actually check, and how to write a post that survives a skeptical comment section.
• Rewriting AI text when English is not your first language
  Why translated-sounding and generated-sounding are different problems, and a method that fixes both without erasing your voice.
• Rewriting a thread hook so people read the second post
  The first post in a thread has one job. Structures that work, the hooks that read as generated, and how to keep a thread honest.
• Rewriting a newsletter intro that gets skipped
  Subscribers skip your intro to reach the links. Here is how to make the intro earn its place, or cut it entirely.
• AI writing tells: a checklist for before you send
  A short pre-send checklist covering hedging, rhythm, specificity, word choice and formatting — plus the two tells that actually matter.
• Cleaning chatbot artefacts out of published copy
  As an AI language model, I cannot — how chatbot artefacts end up in published pages and the checks that catch them before they ship.
• Making AI text sound like you wrote it
  How to extract your own writing patterns and apply them to generated drafts — the four things worth copying from your own past writing.

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