Control Logs #1: Wrangling with AI Slop In My Writing

i can write with ai machine help much no need think long just type fast post fast

That’s what it feels like when you go back and notice that your writing has progressively increased in AI slop. 

This past week, I scorched through another pen. It was a turquoise Pilot G-2. I like to use my colored set of pens for notes and journaling. But I’ve been doing my writing with AI. I started my blog in May 2025 and looking back, my writing skills may not have improved as much as the amount of my published writings might suggest.

I was working on chapter 4 of Leverage Maps when I noticed it. I wasn’t enjoying the writing process, and it was getting more difficult to maintain a coherent narrative thread. While I have learned how to orchestrate Claude AI with guardrails, elaborate prompt engineering, defined context windows, and constraints to help with my book chapter drafting, I have hit a wall. I can get the AI to imitate my tone, ideas, concept, and perspectives. I can’t get the AI to speak for me. 

Throughout the last couple of months, I knowingly sacrificed writing quality to build IP in a scramble to attempt to write 4 books in 3 months. While the books didn’t materialize, the time did pass, and my writing skills lagged behind what the amount of writing I published online may suggest. While I gained writing adjacent skills, I recognize that my reliance on AI progressively increased. I am at the point of reassessing the role of AI in my writing process. 

How do you maintain AI productivity gains while also improving fundamentals and enjoying the creation process at the same time?

Cheers.

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