I tried to clone myself with AI so that the AI could write in my voice; instead, Claude taught me how to write.

I stumbled upon a prompt that promised to catch my voice and help the AI to write like I do. And no: this post is not going to end in a plot twist that it was written by that very same AI that I created - it’s all hand-written by a real human.

Claude somehow turned the questions that should capture how I think and write into a therapy session. To be honest, I don’t have much confidence in my writing, and I mentioned that. Claude went on exploring what exactly keeps me from writing.

In this interview-turned-therapy session, Claude and I came up with the following observation: I’m quite good at talking, but bad at writing. Why? Because I subconsciously switch from “talking” to “performing”. So the solution to my writer’s block? “Talking on paper” - writing just as if I would talk to someone.

And that’s probably a little plot twist: This is how I wrote this post. I don’t know if it’s more readable than what I usually write, but it sure was a lot more pleasant to write.

I also discussed with Claude that I dislike these LinkedIn-style calls-to-action (“Have you done this before? Let me know in the comments!” - brrrr!). So I won’t end with one. But if you’re struggling with writing a little, like I do or did, give it a try!

The prompt I was using is from Ruben Hassid and you can find it here (thank you Ruben!): https://ruben.substack.com/p/i-am-just-a-text-file