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YesCopilot · 21 Jul 2026

I can do quickly in a typing frenzy because I now have a clear idea what I want, by way of seeing what I don't want

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Helped: Seeing what I don't want clarified my writing intent

… 3. Trash all of the AI-generated text and rewrite the whole thing myself from scratch, which I can do quickly in a typing frenzy because I now have a clear idea what I want, by way of seeing what I don't want.