According to a PCWorld article by Senior Writer Ben Patterson, instead of asking ChatGPT to rewrite drafts, users should prompt it to act as a writing coach. The recommended prompt is: "Here’s my [email / post / message / draft]. Don’t rewrite it. Read it as a thoughtful editor and tell me: what’s weak, what’s unclear, and where would a reader lose interest or get confused. Be direct — I want your honest assessment, not a polished version." This approach stops the AI from optimizing writing into a generic, polished version and forces it to give blunt feedback on vagueness, structure, or boring sections. Patterson tested this prompt on ChatGPT’s GPT-5.5 “Thinking” model with one of his articles, receiving a critique that the piece "takes too long to get there" and that "the news setup overwhelms the practical lesson." A suggested follow-up prompt is: "Now tell me which issue, if fixed, would do the most for the reader."