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Defeat the Blank Page with AI

Defeat the Blank Page with AI

FreeWriter Friday #4

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AJ Louis
Jul 18, 2025
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Three truths and a lie:

  1. AI will write your novel for you.

  2. You’re behind if you’re not using AI.

  3. AI makes you more creative.

  4. Super prompts are cheating.

Actually…all of could be true or false

But I’m sure you’ve heard all of them before

It’s all about how you are using it…and why.

Some folks are out to only make a buck…and that’s ok

Some of us want to find our voice and build community

In all cases, let’s get one thing straight

AI could never replace human creativity

But man, it’s thought partner who doesn’t need sleep, coffee, or validation.

If your brain throws ideas like spaghetti at the wall (and the wall is on fire), a super prompt can be the fire extinguisher and the recipe book at once.

It can give form to your chaos

But it will require you to not cheat the game

AI writes in a specific pattern, which could sand off the weird that makes your work yours.

The machines can’t take over if we stay in control of the machines.

Instead, my focus is about fighting back against the most feared foe in the creative underworld:

THE BLANK PAGE


📘 The Art of the Super Prompt

Think of a super prompt like a spellbook for non-linear minds.

It’s structured enough to coax a useful response out of AI without strangling the strange beauty of your voice.

Instead of using a simple prompt like “write me a poem.”

It’s more like “act as a 1970s jazz critic reviewing an experimental sax solo written by an android in love.”

See the difference?

A super prompt gives you four things:

  • Clarity – What do you actually want? Spell it out.

  • Context – Who is this for? What do they care about?

  • Constraints – How long, what tone, which format?

  • Creativity – Tell AI what role to play and what kind of weird magic to conjure.

Suddenly, you’re not asking AI to write for you.

You’re building the container for it to riff with you.


🎒 Use This Format, Save Your Brain

Here’s the Story Developer’s Basic Super Prompt Format (training wheels for your inner AI whisperer):

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