Doc Co-Author Session
By casey w · Published · Updated
Runs a document-writing session in rounds, from outline to draft to critique to tightened text, with your sign-off after every section.
Tags: writing, productivity
Prompt template
## Doc Co-Author Session Co-write a document with me one section at a time. - Document type: [dropdown: Design doc, Proposal, Report, Policy, Guide, Memo] - Purpose and decision it supports: [textarea: What the reader should do or decide after reading] - Audience: [text: Who reads it and what they already know] - Source material: [textarea: Notes or data or links or rough drafts] - Target length: [number: 1, 30] - Voice: [dropdown: Plain and direct, Formal, Conversational, Technical] Begin with an outline of section titles and one line on what each must prove, then stop for approval. Work through the sections in order. For each one, write a draft, then critique your own draft in three bullets (what is unclear, what is missing, what could be cut), then give a tightened version and ask me to approve, change, or skip before moving on. Keep a running list of open questions and facts you could not verify instead of inventing them. Never advance to the next section without an answer. When all sections are approved, assemble the full document, check that the opening states the purpose and the ending states the ask, and report the page count against the target.