This is Lesson #11 of the ANTIghostwriter course — a free, complete system for creating authentic content with AI assistance.
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Previous lesson: #10: Generate 50+ Content Ideas with AI in Minutes
What You’ll Learn
My personal method for creating raw content: the morning walk routine. Wake up, go for a walk, meditate for 15 minutes, then record voice notes for the rest. By the end of a typical walk, I have 3,000-4,000 words of authentic content. On longer weekend walks, up to 7,000. This lesson covers structuring your thoughts while speaking and why authentic raw material beats AI-generated content.
Time to complete: ~30 minutes to try the method once
Now that you have an idea for creating content, it’s time to dump your thoughts into notes. This is the method we discussed in lesson 8, where you use one of your tools to capture your thoughts.
You’ll start writing an article—I won’t dictate how to do this, as it’s your personal routine and method. Personally, I use the walking method. The first thing I do after waking up and using the bathroom is go for a walk.
My Personal Method
I begin with a morning meditation during the first 15 minutes of my walk, which helps me set the tone for the day and fully wake up. The light cardio from walking helps my body become alert. Additionally, I make a point to observe the sunrise, allowing me to get my first sunlight exposure of the day and wake up in harmony with nature.
During this time, my mind is clear—there’s no mental clutter yet, as I haven’t consumed any content. I can freely express my thoughts, which are typically already structured and well-formed. This is where my ideas emerge. This is my content.
I turn on a voice recorder and dictate my stream of thoughts. By the end of the walk, I’ve generated a substantial amount of material which I later transcribe. It usually amounts to several thousand words—3-4 thousand from a single walk. On weekends when I walk longer, I can produce up to 7 thousand words.
Why Authenticity Matters
This brings us back to why it’s important to use AI as an editor, not as a content creator. By expressing our own thoughts, we maintain authenticity. We’re not creating content from scratch or shifting responsibility to AI. We use AI to refine our thoughts, which is what we’ll explore next.
At this stage, you need to create original content, even if it’s rough. The language you use doesn’t matter. I create content in Russian because my Russian is more developed—I grew up with it and my vocabulary is broader. I can create beautiful speech patterns in Russian that I can’t achieve in English due to my more limited vocabulary and knowledge of the language.
In Russian, I’ve read great writers like Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, who mastered the art of beautiful writing. Language becomes richer when reading such books. That’s why I use Russian for writing my original articles.
Write in whatever way works best for you. If English works better, use English. It’s better to produce more content than less, because the foundation of good content is deep thinking. A deep thought can be compressed into a 280-character post, but a shallow thought cannot be expanded into a meaningful article—AI will simply invent content that may not align with your ideas.
Content Structure Framework
It’s beneficial to use your natural thought process and immediately structure it according to the framework you’re using. For example:
- Present a problem that a person experiences. Describe the situation and establish the pain point (you can slightly emphasize for impact).
- Briefly mention that a solution exists, making the reader aware.
- Delve deeper into the topic: explain why you reached this conclusion and how it helped in real life.
- Provide a step-by-step plan of what needs to be done to achieve similar results, or what you did.
- Draw a conclusion.
This is a ready-made structure from which you can build posts and create content. The structure is refined into a polished format with the help of AI.
Final Advice
Create a substantial initial draft. Don’t worry if your speech is awkward, if you make mistakes, or if you repeat yourself. That’s precisely what AI is for—to eliminate repetitions, fix errors, and structure the text into a readable and easily digestible format, which we will cover in future lessons.
