Dear Direct Response Letter Subscriber:

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An overwhelming number of writers today—including virtually every promoter of how-to-write-your-book-fast courses—are cheerleaders for writing with AI.

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Mainly because, it seems to me, they think it's so much faster and easier than writing the book yourself.

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But I agree with writer Eve Fairbanks, who says:

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"No matter how much we may tell ourselves that AI is just a tool like spell-check, it isn't.

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"When we use AI to flesh out ideas, we lose the most important part of the writing process: thinking."

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For instance, one recent email I received promises to teach:

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How to write your first (or your next) non-fiction book in 14 days.

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My immediate thought upon reading this was: Since when did the goal become to write a book in 2 weeks?

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When I wrote my first book in 1982, my goal was to write the best book I possibly could.

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Fast forward to today, and with over 100 published books, writing the best book I can is still the goal I shoot for, even if I don't always achieve it.

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Readers and publishers want it good. Not fast.

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When I signed my first contract with a major publisher, I asked the editor if he had any direction, advice, or requests of me.

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He said immediately: "Just write a good book."

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Focusing on fast is, at least to me, misguided and sad.

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I suspect few people flipping through books at Barnes & Noble to find something to read think:

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"I'll get this one. It looks like it was written fast!"

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Regards,

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