--- schema: 1 type: video title: Supercharge Your Writing With AI - Ep. 33 with Evan Armstrong description: >- How do two professional writers use AI to do the best work of their lives? In today’s show, Every’s lead writer Evan Armstrong and I conduct an expert workshop on how we use ChatGPT, Claude, AI-powered word processor Lex https://lex.page/, and the prompt builder that Every launched, Spiral https://spiral.computer/, to feed our obsession with words—and help us write for more than 78,000 readers every day. We talk about how AI helps us: Understand our taste—understanding what good is Pick a topic—knowing what to write about Craft our words—everything from sketching out an outline to writing and editing Build an audience—learn how to reach people We get into: How I used Claude and ChatGPT to help me identify the kind of writing I like—and why that’s critically important for mastery How Evan uses ChatGPT to explore his taste across books, movies, and paintings The way I use Claude Projects to help me turn a vast amount of research into a clear thesis statement for major projects The routine Evan swears by to publish two pieces every week How Evan and I use Lex to push through writer’s block and catch common writing mistakes like passive voice My workflow inside Claude to craft emphatic metaphors How we use Spiral to write viral tweets Evan is the lead writer at Every who writes the column Napkin Math twice a week. He’s smart, funny, curious—and has the rare combination of business acumen, way with words, and crazy required to be a professional writer. This is a must-watch for aspiring writers, or anyone whose job involves writing more than six sentences in a row. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here: https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Timestamps: 00:01:04 - Introduction 00:04:28 - How to develop good taste 00:13:34 - Dan uses Claude to articulate his taste in books 00:21:06 - How to use LLMs to explore art across different mediums 00:33:45 - The way Evan chooses his next essay topic 00:38:20 - Go from research notes to clear thesis in Claude Projects 00:46:51 - How Evan uses AI to master new topics quickly 00:59:21 - Evan leverages AI to power through writer’s block 01:04:28 - How to use Claude to find good metaphors 01:11:44 - The role of AI in building an audience Links to resources mentioned in the episode: Evan Armstrong: @itsurboyevan The column Evan writes at Every: Napkin Math https://every.to/napkin-math Evan’s upcoming course about how to write with AI: https://www.writewithai.xyz/ The piece Dan wrote about using LLMs to articulate his taste: "What I Do When I Can’t Sleep" https://every.to/chain-of-thought/what-i-do-when-i-can-t-sleep-360ff5b5-41f7-4244-aea9-7f71f7892df7 Dan’s article about admitting that he wants to be a writer: "Admitting What Is Obvious" https://every.to/chain-of-thought/admitting-what-is-obvious canonical: >- https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/video/supercharge-your-writing-with-ai-ep-33-with-evan-ar-db9039f65c67 markdown: >- https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/video/supercharge-your-writing-with-ai-ep-33-with-evan-ar-db9039f65c67.md llms: null parent: 'https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc.md' channel: everyinc updated: '2026-10-24T01:11:15.961Z' language: null children: [] videoId: xh54WgXEI8o durationSeconds: 5724 publishedAt: '2024-09-04T13:42:29.000Z' searchChunks: - 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In today’s show, Every’s lead writer Evan Armstrong and I conduct an expert workshop on how we use ChatGPT, Claude, AI-powered word processor Lex https://lex.page/, and the prompt builder that Every launched, Spiral https://spiral.computer/, to feed our obsession with words—and help us write for more than 78,000 readers every day. We talk about how AI helps us: Understand our taste—understanding what good is Pick a topic—knowing what to write about Craft our words—everything from sketching out an outline to writing and editing Build an audience—learn how to reach people We get into: How I used Claude and ChatGPT to help me identify the kind of writing I like—and why that’s critically important for mastery How Evan uses ChatGPT to explore his taste across books, movies, and paintings The way I use Claude Projects to help me turn a vast amount of research into a clear thesis statement for major projects The routine Evan swears by to publish two pieces every week How Evan and I use Lex to push through writer’s block and catch common writing mistakes like passive voice My workflow inside Claude to craft emphatic metaphors How we use Spiral to write viral tweets Evan is the lead writer at Every who writes the column Napkin Math twice a week. He’s smart, funny, curious—and has the rare combination of business acumen, way with words, and crazy required to be a professional writer. This is a must-watch for aspiring writers, or anyone whose job involves writing more than six sentences in a row. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here: https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Timestamps: 00:01:04 - Introduction 00:04:28 - How to develop good taste 00:13:34 - Dan uses Claude to articulate his taste in books 00:21:06 - How to use LLMs to explore art across different mediums 00:33:45 - The way Evan chooses his next essay topic 00:38:20 - Go from research notes to clear thesis in Claude Projects 00:46:51 - How Evan uses AI to master new topics quickly 00:59:21 - Evan leverages AI to power through writer’s block 01:04:28 - How to use Claude to find good metaphors 01:11:44 - The role of AI in building an audience Links to resources mentioned in the episode: Evan Armstrong: @itsurboyevan The column Evan writes at Every: Napkin Math https://every.to/napkin-math Evan’s upcoming course about how to write with AI: https://www.writewithai.xyz/ The piece Dan wrote about using LLMs to articulate his taste: "What I Do When I Can’t Sleep" https://every.to/chain-of-thought/what-i-do-when-i-can-t-sleep-360ff5b5-41f7-4244-aea9-7f71f7892df7 Dan’s article about admitting that he wants to be a writer: "Admitting What Is Obvious" https://every.to/chain-of-thought/admitting-what-is-obvious Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/video/supercharge-your-writing-with-ai-ep-33-with-evan-ar-db9039f65c67 · Channel: [Every](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc.md) > Search chunk text is held until public-source provenance is verified. ## Document chunks > Missing: no stored document chunks are available.