As a journalist, a former scriptwriter and someone who loves to self-publish sci-fi books, I often use AI for writing — but not in the way you’d expect. In fact, many times, I don’t prompt it at all. Instead, I get everything I need to know with what I call my “zero prompt” prompt.
If you’ve ever stared at a messy draft wondering what’s wrong with it, you’re not alone — but I use a trick that makes that moment a lot less painful. And it’s almost laughably simple.
I stopped prompting.
Instead…
