Prose Writing vs AI Writing Detox — Which AI Skill Should You Use?

The short version

By Haowjy (Creative Writing)

Draft scenes and chapters following craft principles for fiction and creative non-fiction.

By James Anditis (Journalism)

Strip AI-sounding phrases and jargon from your writing to make it sound human and trustworthy.

Controls psychic distance to create intimacy or context depending on the scene
Uses free indirect discourse so third-person narration carries the character's voice
Varies sentence rhythm to match emotional intensity and pacing
Grounds scenes in specific sensory details filtered through the POV character
Shows character states through action and behavior instead of labeling emotions

Flags and suggests replacements for AI signature words like 'delve', 'robust', 'leverage', and 'tapestry'
Identifies empty phrases and throat-clearing ('It's important to note that...', 'In today's landscape...') and removes them
Catches corporate jargon, hedges, and hyperbolic claims that make writing sound generic
Enforces sentence case for headings and simpler sentence structures
Runs a verbal tic test to ensure your writing sounds like something you'd actually say

You're drafting or revising fiction and the prose feels flat or generic
You need emotional scenes to feel intimate and high-stakes scenes to feel tense
You're writing creative non-fiction or memoir and want vivid, immersive storytelling
You want AI to write in a character's voice, not just report what happened

You've drafted content with AI help and need to make it sound like a real person wrote it
You're publishing journalism, press releases, or reports where credibility matters
You're reviewing any text before it goes live and want to catch AI tells
You need to strip jargon and buzzwords from corporate or marketing copy