#ai-assisted-writing

#ai-assisted-writing

Some days, starting feels effortless. A clear challenge or opportunity presents itself, an idea crystallizes, and then contracts into a single coherent thought. Today, frankly? That's not happening. I'm staring at a pristine white canvas while the cursor mocks me. That uncomfortable space-the blinking cursor, the first messy draft, the false starts-isn't a nuisance. It's where creativity lives. Today, the temptation is to skip past all that.

I use AI to help me write blog posts, LinkedIn updates, and YouTube scripts. It is part of how I share my design ideas. But there is something small that kept bothering me. Every time I asked an AI tool to write something, it added a long dash and the medium dash. The em dash. This one ( - ). And the en dash. This one (-).