I Hacked ChatGPT to Write 10x Faster. Here’s the No-BS Prompts I Discovered

They helped me stop staring at a blank screen, outwrite my old self, and finally make writing feel effortless.

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A few months ago, I sat staring at a blinking cursor. I had the headline looming. I had the idea. But the words weren’t coming. My brain felt like a car engine stalling in cold weather.

Then it hit me. “Why am I still doing this the hard way?”

I opened ChatGPT. Not to write the article for me. But to think with me. What happened next wasn’t some AI miracle.

It was the result of months of experimenting, failing, and tweaking the way I prompt. What I discovered changed how I write forever.

This isn’t about tricking the system. It’s about learning how to drive it. Because the better you are at prompting, the faster you’ll write — without losing your voice.

Let me give you the 8 secrets I figured out after weeks of trial, error, and facepalms.

1. I Stopped Asking ChatGPT to “Write Like Me” And Told It to Think Like Me Instead

The first breakthrough came when I stopped seeing ChatGPT as a writer and started…