A writing assistant for the staring-at-a-blank-page part
Paste a rough draft to fix, or describe what you need written. Emails, essays, captions, that message you've rewritten four times — the box below handles all of it.
What it's actually useful for
Writing help splits into three jobs, and this handles all of them in one chat.
Starting — the hardest part. Describe the thing ("a friendly reminder email about the unpaid invoice, firm but not cold") and get a draft to react to. A mediocre first draft you can edit beats a perfect blank page every time.
Fixing — paste what you have and say what's wrong: "too formal," "too long," "sounds like a robot wrote it," "make the second point land harder." Because it's a conversation, you can iterate — tighten, then warm it up, then cut it in half — instead of re-rolling from scratch.
Judging — before you hit send, ask "how will this read to my boss?" or "what's the weakest argument here?" It's a decent cold reader that's available at 2am and doesn't get tired of your drafts.
The one skill worth learning is being specific about tone and audience — "professional but warm, to a client I know well" changes everything. We wrote up the patterns in how to write better AI prompts and a whole guide on emails specifically.
Things people actually use it for
- Settle a question: Whatever you'd have typed into a search bar and then dug through ten tabs for — just ask it instead.
- Get unstuck on writing: A toast, a tricky email, the first line of something. It's good at the staring-at-a-blank-page part. Try the writing assistant →
- Work through code: Paste the error, paste the function. It'll tell you what's wrong and explain why, in most languages. Try the coding helper →
- Actually learn something: Pick a thing — a language, a tool, that concept you keep meaning to understand — and it teaches it in order instead of all at once. This is the part I use most. Try the AI tutor →
- Think out loud: Names, angles, plans you're chewing on. Ask it to push back, not just agree, and it's a decent sounding board.
- Read across languages: Translate a message, double-check a phrase before you send it, figure out what that menu actually says. Try the language tutor →
A note on making it sound like you
The stock complaint about AI writing is that it sounds like AI writing — smooth, hedged, and weirdly enthusiastic. The fix is in the instructions: paste a sample of your own writing and say "match this voice," ban the words that annoy you ("don't say leverage"), and always do one human pass at the end. Used that way it's a drafting engine and editor, and the final text is still yours — in voice and in responsibility.
Sharpen the craft
- How-to
How to Use AI to Write Better Emails (10 Prompts That Actually Work)
I write a lot of emails I dread. Here are 10 AI prompts I actually use for professional emails — follow-ups, cold outreach, the mistake apology, and the ones I keep putting off.
- How-to
How to Write Better AI Prompts: 9 Techniques That Actually Work
I spent a week paying attention to which prompts got me useful answers and which ones wasted my time. Here are 9 prompt-writing techniques that held up, with copyable examples and before/after comparisons.
- Prompts
15 AI Prompts for Brainstorming That Actually Work
I kept getting bland bullet lists when I asked AI to brainstorm. These are the 15 prompts that finally got me useful output — devil's advocate, lateral thinking, contrarian takes, and more.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a word or usage limit?
No word counter, no monthly quota, no "upgrade for long documents." Paste an essay or a one-line text message — both are fine, both are free.
Can it write in my voice instead of generic-AI voice?
Yes, if you show it your voice: paste a couple of paragraphs you've written and ask it to match the style. Explicitly banning corporate filler words helps too. Without examples it defaults to polished-neutral.
Does it handle languages other than English?
Yes — it runs on Google Gemini, which is strong multilingually. Draft in one language, translate to another, or ask it to check the register of a message you wrote in your second language.
Will teachers or editors detect it?
Detectors are unreliable in both directions, so treat that as the wrong question. The right workflow: use it to draft and edit, then rewrite in your own voice and judgment. If a context bans AI assistance outright, respect that.
Can it do resumes and cover letters?
It can, and there's a dedicated page for it with better-tuned advice: the [AI resume writer](/ai-resume-writer).