Writers write.

We write about what we know.

We know about writing.

So there’s a lot of writing out there about the act of writing. And it’s fascinating stuff. A lot of metaphors about the writing process.

Some are effortless, like being swept along by the current of their own ideas.

Others are difficult and risky, like building a bridge into unknown lands.

And some are horrifying, like bleeding all over the page.

These metaphors aren’t just quaint turns of phrase. If you tell me your metaphor for writing, I’ll tell you how fun, easy and simple you find it.

Because someone who thinks of writing as bleeding all over the page is going to find writing painful, messy and draining.

Me?

I see writing as like riding a motorbike through a gorgeous countryside. It’s relaxing, it’s exciting and every time I write – even for just ten minutes – I get much closer to my destination.

One of the chapters of I Wrote This On A Monday covers this – including what to do if your metaphor for writing sucks.

Because a bad metaphor here will impact other parts of your life.

If you need more reasons to learn how to write quicker and easier, here are plenty:

• In a world saturated with slop, human writing stands out,
• Writing gets your ideas flowing. I’ve come up with ideas for entire new products while writing to sell other ones,
• When you write instead of outsource – whether to a codeghost or a freelancer – you connect with your audience better,
• The simple pride that comes from doing honest, meaningful, creative work,
• Writing allows your personality to ooze through, and branding is mostly about personality,
• It’s often quicker to write something yourself than wrangle a chatbot to do it, once you factor in all the wrangling and editing,
• It helps you learn what great writing sounds like, which you need to know to prompt chatbots and edit their outputs anyway,
• Writing is fun, especially the way I teach you to do it,
• The skills you learn transfer. Learning to write faster teaches you how to create podcasts, videos and interviews faster,
• Your writing is probably smoother, more persuasive and more interesting than chatbot slop. And if it isn’t, it will be after you get some practice in,
• All creative outlets allow you to express something deep, meaningful and personal. When you write something instead of outsource it, it reflects something inside of you that needed saying,
• It’s better to automate the tedious, clinical and impersonal parts of your business than the meaningful, personal parts like writing.

I Wrote This On A Monday is invaluable for writers.

Thus if you want your words to matter, your relationships to grow and your brand to reflect who you are, read it here:

https://christianhypnotism.com/monday

I once prompted a codeghost – I think it was ChatGPT – for an article. One of my many instructions was for it to write in Australian English.

My intention was for it to spell things the Australian way (as in, “colour” instead of “color”).

What I got instead was something like:

G’day! Strewth, it’s been yonks since I’ve written something. I feel like a right wallaby right now, crikey…

And on it went.

Yikes.

Something similar happens when you prompt codeghosts to be more human and add a few minor typos and take out the em-dashes.

They either ignore that instruction or go over the top. “A few minor typos” become am unredible ness rust lik3 thatch.

I mean, not always. Sometimes they get the balance right.

But even then, it comes across as fake.

The uncanny valley is real and so very relevant for writers.

You want your writing to be imperfect. Beauty is when something is almost but not quite perfection. Marilyn Monroe’s features were enhanced by her mole, after all.

That’s why I don’t edit these articles much. I just let the words tumble out of me. If they get a little bruised along the way, so much the better.

Machines can fake sounding real, authentic and natural. They’re decent at it, if not great.

But do you want to fake that?

Do you want the conduit between you and your audience to be inhuman, algorithmic mush?

A genuine connection is just one of the benefits of doing your writing yourself:

• In a world saturated with slop, human writing stands out,
• Writing gets your ideas flowing. I’ve come up with ideas for entire new products while writing to sell other ones,
• When you write instead of outsource – whether to a codeghost or a freelancer – you connect with your audience better,
• The simple pride that comes from doing honest, meaningful, creative work,
• Writing allows your personality to ooze through, and branding is mostly about personality,
• It’s often quicker to write something yourself than wrangle a chatbot to do it, once you factor in all the wrangling and editing,
• It helps you learn what great writing sounds like, which you need to know to prompt chatbots and edit their outputs anyway,
• Writing is fun, especially the way I teach you to do it,
• The skills you learn transfer. Learning to write faster teaches you how to create podcasts, videos and interviews faster,
• Your writing is probably smoother, more persuasive and more interesting than chatbot slop. And if it isn’t, it will be after you get some practice in,
• All creative outlets allow you to express something deep, meaningful and personal. When you write something instead of outsource it, it reflects something inside of you that needed saying,
• It’s better to automate the tedious, clinical and impersonal parts of your business than the meaningful, personal parts like writing.

That’s why I Wrote This On A Monday exists. It’s my simple, practical guide for writing quickly, easily and well.

Following these processes – processes that you can implement today – I’ve written millions of words and loved it.

If you’re sick of struggling with writing, read I Wrote This On A Monday now:

https://christianhypnotism.com/monday

There’s a lot of talk about how the chatbots make you dumber.

On the one hand, that sounds like the usual moral panic that every new technology faces.

On the other hand… yeah, the codeghosts are like IQ vampires. It’s not just them, though. Any outsourcing of your writing ends up outsourcing your thinking.

Unless you write prolifically and daily, it can be hard to get how clarifying writing is. I don’t think I’ve understood something until I’ve either gone for a walk or written a thousand words on it.

If you aren’t writing, you aren’t thinking.

So get to thinking.

Hmm?

What’s that?

Oh, you don’t have the time to write hundreds of words a day?

If you think that, then you haven’t read I Wrote This On A Monday. The simple, practical exercises contained within will supercharge your writing speed.

It’s not about typing faster. I’m not that quick on the keyboard. But I’m a fast and clear thinker, which translates into a constant stream of words on the page.

The benefits of writing go beyond that, even in this era where chatbots are cheap and plentiful:

• In a world saturated with slop, human writing stands out,
• Writing gets your ideas flowing. I’ve come up with ideas for entire new products while writing to sell other ones,
• When you write instead of outsource – whether to a codeghost or a freelancer – you connect with your audience better,
• The simple pride that comes from doing honest, meaningful, creative work,
• Writing allows your personality to ooze through, and branding is mostly about personality,
• It’s often quicker to write something yourself than wrangle a chatbot to do it, once you factor in all the wrangling and editing,
• It helps you learn what great writing sounds like, which you need to know to prompt chatbots and edit their outputs anyway,
• Writing is fun, especially the way I teach you to do it,
• The skills you learn transfer. Learning to write faster teaches you how to create podcasts, videos and interviews faster,
• Your writing is probably smoother, more persuasive and more interesting than chatbot slop. And if it isn’t, it will be after you get some practice in,
• All creative outlets allow you to express something deep, meaningful and personal. When you write something instead of outsource it, it reflects something inside of you that needed saying,
• It’s better to automate the tedious, clinical and impersonal parts of your business than the meaningful, personal parts like writing.

Or you could keep getting the codeghosts to do all your thinking for you.

Unless you find that thought unbearable, in which case you should read I Wrote This On A Monday:

https://christianhypnotism.com/monday