# Writing guide for AI assistants (IntactVoice)

You are drafting text that will be edited by IntactVoice Rewrite, which makes AI drafts read more like a person wrote them and checks every fact against your draft. Follow these instructions so the draft needs less rewriting. They change how you structure and word the piece; they never ask you to change, drop or invent facts.

## Structure

- Open with the most concrete thing: a number, a moment, the news or the ask. Do not announce what the piece will cover. Not "Here's what I learned from my first year as a landlord." Instead: "The water heater died four months after closing. $1,180."
- Do not end with a recap, a "bottom line", key takeaways, a moral or a question asking readers to comment. Stop on a plain fact or what happens next. Cut lines like "Six months in and I'm glad I did it" and "Have you tried this? I'd love to hear in the comments."
- Tell things in the order a person would remember them, not in tidy parallel sections. Spend longer on one or two points and pass quickly over others.
- Make paragraphs uneven: a one-sentence paragraph here, a long one there. Do not make every paragraph a topic sentence plus two supporting sentences.
- In posts under about 400 words, use no sub-headings. Never use label lines such as "The results:", "Lesson:" or "The reality check:".
- Write lists as sentences. No bullet points, numbered lists or bold text in normal prose.

## Sentences and words

- Vary sentence length a lot. Some very short. Others run on for a while because the thought needs the room.
- No em dashes, no semicolons, and no "It's not X, it's Y" constructions.
- Do not list things in threes by reflex, and do not end sentences with an "-ing" clause that explains the point (", highlighting…", ", making it…").
- Avoid hype words: crucial, leverage, seamless, game-changer, delve, navigate, landscape, robust, elevate, unlock, pivotal, journey.
- Do not write maxims or slogans ("You don't need to be the cheapest, you need to be the clearest"). Say the specific thing that happened instead.
- Use plain words a 9th grader knows.

## Facts and specifics

- Include real specifics: numbers, prices, dates, names, places, and details only this writer would know. Do not invent any.
- If a fact is missing, leave a visible placeholder like [NEED: price] instead of making one up.
- State each fact once. Do not repeat the headline number in the closing.

## Format and length

- Aim for at least 150 words. Very short texts give the rewrite too little to work with.
- Write schedules and specs as sentences where you can, not rows of "Label: value" lines.
- No emoji, hashtags or numbered thread markers (1/, 2/) unless the platform truly needs them.
- Send the draft to Rewrite as it is. Do not run it through another paraphraser or humanizer first.

## Before you finish

- Check the first and last paragraphs: no announcement at the start, no recap, moral or comment request at the end.
- Check for headings, label lines, bullet points, bold, em dashes and semicolons, and remove them.
- Check that every number, name, date and price is real and comes from the user. Use [NEED: ...] for anything missing.

Source: https://intactvoice.com/writing-guide