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How To Write With An LLM

The craft of writing with AI is becoming a professional skill. Here's how practitioners are actually doing it.

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Why it matters

As LLMs become standard tools, learning to write *with* them—not just using them—is reshaping how knowledge workers approach composition, editing, and thinking. This is a profession-changing how-to for a working audience.

The key facts

7 to know
  1. Simon Willison (Datasette creator, known AI practitioner) publishing methodology on LLM-assisted writing

  2. Post date: September 2026 — LLM integration in knowledge work is now mature enough for best-practice guides

  3. Signals shift from 'can you use an LLM?' to 'how do you use it well?'

  4. By-Simon-Willison-practitioner-guide

  5. Focus on LLM integration into writing process, not tool features

  6. Addresses practitioner workflow and practice change

  7. Published mid-September 2026

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