5 Professional Writers on Where AI Helps Their Craft — and Where They Draw the Line
every · x · 2026-09-10
Every's latest "How We Write Now" long-read (24 min) features Laura Entis interviewing five professional writers on their AI workflows:
- Alexandra Samuel: uses AI to break writer's block while on deadline for a book on neurodiversity and work
- Dan Shipper (Every CEO): lets AI draft sentences but pushes back on its suggestions
- Kevin Roose (ex-NYT): AI for research, transcription, and fact-checking — writes the book himself
- Maggie Appleton: uses AI to surface research gaps and missed connections
- Miya David: tests story ideas against an AI version of her target reader
Key takeaway: there's no universal recipe — the same tool that helps one writer think more clearly makes another's prose worse; writing with AI is a skill in its own right. The piece includes each writer's custom prompts.
Related event: Five Writers on How They Use AI in Their Craft(3 posts)→
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