Prompt Vault · Make something
Get an editable first draft
Start with something you can improve instead of a blank page.
The thing you want to write and enough context to begin.
Your next step
Try it for yourself
You’ll need: The thing you want to write and enough context to begin.
Paste into an AI conversation after adding your own context.
Give me the ugly first draft of [the thing] in sixty seconds. No polish, no hedging. Wrong is fine — blank is not. We'll fix it together.
What happens nextYou have a rough draft to revise; its facts and wording still need your review.
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Stop starting. Version zero exists so version one can.
Preserved from the original Prompt Vault. The active series restarted with the Semantic Tree Learning Navigator and the YouTube Action Plan.
The prompt, ready to paste.
Give me the ugly first draft of [the thing] in sixty seconds. No polish, no hedging. Wrong is fine — blank is not. We'll fix it together.
Replace anything in [brackets] with your real thing. The prompt is deliberately short — resist the urge to pad it.
When to use it.
Anything you're avoiding starting — the email, the post, the plan.
Why it works
Editing is easier than creating. The blank page is the tax you pay for wanting the first version to be good — asking for an UGLY draft removes the standard entirely, and sixty seconds later you're an editor instead of a starter.
The method, step by step.
- Name the thing you’re avoiding
The email, the post, the plan — whatever has been sitting blank. - Demand ugly, in sixty seconds
Ask for the ugly first draft — no polish, no hedging. Wrong is fine; blank is not. - Fix it together
Now you’re editing instead of starting. Editing is easier than creating.
How I actually use it.
Editing is easier than creating. Version zero exists so version one can. The video about this prompt started as an ugly draft.
The video for this one drops on @espoai — the page is live so the prompt is yours already.
The same method, pointed at real situations.
For the email you keep postponing
Give me the ugly first draft of an email to [who] about [what] in sixty seconds. No polish, no hedging. Wrong is fine — blank is not. We'll fix it together.
For a post
Give me the ugly first draft of a post about [the idea] in sixty seconds. No polish, no hedging. Wrong is fine — blank is not. We'll fix it together.
For a hard conversation
Give me the ugly first draft of what I'd say to [who] about [the topic] in sixty seconds. No polish, no hedging. Wrong is fine — blank is not. We'll fix it together.
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