What’s Hiding in Your Writing ‽
Since Learning Producers was founded in the summer of 2023, the Combat Writing method has emerged as our most valuable offering. Here is an outline of the approach:
For complete CW method visit: https://www.learningproducers.com/blog/combat-writing-expressing-bold-ideas-in-a-complex-business-world
Why am I comparing Combat Writing to producing and performing a symphony? I’ll share a behind the scenes glimpse into the making of this piece you’re reading. You’ll see how I uncovered results I was previously unaware of.
CW in Action:
My writing project is to secure testers to use the CW approach in their own high stakes writing.
In search of intel, I went to a startup presentation at IIT hosted by Don DeLoach. During the Q&A I grabbed the mic to ask: “How do I get early participants and customers to test a pilot product or service?”
(Don said it was a “great question” and told me to reach out to my “closest networks”.)
The first insight however came when I shared the IIT moment with Grok (xAI) and he responded with this:
I asked: “Raw SM as your query?”
He clarified:
The event was recorded, meaning there could at some point be a transcript with my question included. Grok was interpreting my field experience as Combat Writing live! For me the question was research for this piece I was working on but for Grok it was already a demo!
Why was it insightful? Because up until that point all my source material was either typed up at a laptop, handwritten on paper notes or dictated to my phone or ipad. The fact that a pertinent question I asked on record at a live event would constitute as source material was completely hidden to me.
Next, I uploaded the CW methodology on nostr, the decentralized protocol and alternative to Twitter/X. After a few days, I was noticing users were engaging with a nostr AI bot called “hal”. Randomly, at that moment I decided I’d test hal with questions regarding CW:
I continued to prompt: “Cite the most compelling component of the framework and what sets it apart from conventional writing processes.”
hal’s response was:
His use of the word “dialogue” resonated with me. Hence, my final question to him:
The word “orchestrated” was another signal. I shared screenshots of my interchanges with hal to the AI crew (Grok, Claude and my customized agent Learning Producer GPT). They all embraced hal’s perspective and after sharing their responses with one other (Synthesis 1), they riffed off each other. (There usually isn’t such eager consensus in the AI crew.)
Claude’s breakdown was notable:
It’s as LP GPT described it:
It is surprising and revealing that Combat Writing by happenstance went from “Reading is peace. Writing is war” to “You are the maestro, find and release your music.”
One word from a random AI I’d never used, restructured CW’s entire positioning. What's hiding in your draft?
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