Who Is This For? Define the Reader Situation Before You Prompt
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AI Writing Assistance · Find Your Voice · Public Lesson 3
This public lesson gives you something useful to do now, then points you to the deeper Find Your Voice practice if it is included in your access.
A strong draft is rarely written for 'everyone.' It is written for someone in a specific situation who needs something from the page.
The Jack Righteous approach
Define the reader's situation before you choose tone, structure or level of explanation.
Use this workflow
- Name the reader in practical terms, not a demographic label alone.
- Write what they probably already know.
- Write what they are trying to understand, decide or do right now.
- Identify the point most likely to confuse or slow them down.
- Decide what should be clearer or easier after they read.
Why this matters
AI is very good at producing language that looks finished. That makes it easy to skip the human decision that should have happened first. This step slows the process down just enough to keep the meaning, reader and purpose visible before the writing gets more polished.
A prompt you can actually use
Copy and adapt:
Before we draft, help me define the reader situation. Ask me who the reader is, what they already understand, what they are trying to do, what could confuse them, and what should change for them after reading. Do not draft until the reader situation is clear.
What a useful AI response should do
A useful response should make the decision easier to inspect. It should surface options, gaps, contradictions or patterns without quietly converting them into a final answer. You should still be able to see where your judgment enters the process.
Your five-minute exercise
The reader is: ______________________________
Right now they are trying to: ______________________________
They probably already know: ______________________________
After reading, I want this to be clearer: ______________________________
What the human still decides
AI can help you organize, compare, question and revise. It cannot decide what you truly mean, what deserves emphasis, what is accurate enough to publish, or which version you are willing to stand behind. Keep those decisions with you.
Continue from here
If you are reading publicly: continue through the AI Writing & Story Development Library for more free writing, story, manuscript and creator workflows.
If Find Your Voice training is included in your access: continue with FIND Practice 3 — Define the First Reader Situation. That link enters the protected practice layer, so you may be asked to log in.
If you are unsure where you fit, use How to Use Jack Righteous and start with one project, one blocker and one useful next action.
Jack Righteous principle: Use AI to make your thinking clearer—not to make your thinking disappear.
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