I extracted every Note from 11 top AI Substack writers and reverse-engineered their patterns. Here's the DNA behind each voice, plus a Claude Artifact that writes in their style.
Hi Gencay, I paid for Inner Circle subscription on Wednesday 22nd April. I am unable to access the Prompts section of your vault. It takes me back to the "Subscribe" link even though I am a fully paid subscriber! How do I get access? Please help!
Definitely, but we (Orel and I) had to reach out to the writers to get their approval for this one. So expanding the scope would be great, but it would also require much more approval and effort.
Noooo waaaay! this is so good, I also ended up learning a few things about my writing patterns, lol. And the fact that you created artifacts for everyone? omg. So much value in one single post.
Glad you liked it! I also loved your branding while analyzing your notes, especially how you naturally repeat your newsletter name, āAI Blew My Mind.ā A very clever move.
Thank you for this, Gencay! I didnāt realize I was using so many em dashes, lol. I do find them useful in notes, but really appreciate you surfacing that pattern.
Thanks, Jenny! Yes, itās quite unusual, but also a bold move, it shows you donāt worry too much about what others think about em dashes and just write freely, which I really respect
While AI is effective at reverse engineering and identifying patterns in good writing, there is an element of taste and judgment that a writer must add to their work, which AI may not fully provide. As we use AI to better understand how good writers craft their notes and to find ways to imitate those patterns, it is important not to outsource your unique perspective and taste. Those qualities are what make your work stand out and truly unique.
I have around 9ā10 different note types (AI learning materials, GitHub repos, useful prompts). But I also leave space to share what Iām observing in the moment.
I think itās a mix. Some writers use these patterns deliberately, while others emerge naturally over time.
When you look at enough notes, you start to see those patterns almost mathematically.
I watched him build this analysis for a week. I didn't expect to learn something about my own writing. I did.
Glad you liked it, Mother Using AI š
I hope you enjoy your artifact and find it useful.
This was such a fun read! And the artifacts are so cool! Glad to see I have similarities with Karo and Dari, Iām in good company ;)
Great minds think alike
Hi Gencay, I paid for Inner Circle subscription on Wednesday 22nd April. I am unable to access the Prompts section of your vault. It takes me back to the "Subscribe" link even though I am a fully paid subscriber! How do I get access? Please help!
Hey Sam,
Sent you a DM, can you check?
Edit: Solved the issue, feel free to message me via DM if you have any further issues.
This is really neat and the artifacts are so cool. Definitely learned a lot about this amazing writers, who I love following and learning from.
What would be neat is to also see a break this for writers who are not writing in the learning AI space.
Definitely, but we (Orel and I) had to reach out to the writers to get their approval for this one. So expanding the scope would be great, but it would also require much more approval and effort.
Noooo waaaay! this is so good, I also ended up learning a few things about my writing patterns, lol. And the fact that you created artifacts for everyone? omg. So much value in one single post.
Glad you liked it! I also loved your branding while analyzing your notes, especially how you naturally repeat your newsletter name, āAI Blew My Mind.ā A very clever move.
Thank you for this, Gencay! I didnāt realize I was using so many em dashes, lol. I do find them useful in notes, but really appreciate you surfacing that pattern.
I love your note pattern :)
Thanks, Jenny! Yes, itās quite unusual, but also a bold move, it shows you donāt worry too much about what others think about em dashes and just write freely, which I really respect
Thanks for doing this! :)
Defly learning from these people to improve my notes! šš»
Thanks for the permission, Wyndo, I learned a lot from your patterns š
While AI is effective at reverse engineering and identifying patterns in good writing, there is an element of taste and judgment that a writer must add to their work, which AI may not fully provide. As we use AI to better understand how good writers craft their notes and to find ways to imitate those patterns, it is important not to outsource your unique perspective and taste. Those qualities are what make your work stand out and truly unique.
I definitely agree with you, and āhuman-in-the-loopā is a great term to describe this.
Very interesting. Great job!
Thanks Jose, glad you liked it!
This was great Gencay. Thanks for sharing
I wonder tho, did the writers created these structures and followed these patterns on purpose, or those emerged naturally
Thanks Hugo, really good question.
I have around 9ā10 different note types (AI learning materials, GitHub repos, useful prompts). But I also leave space to share what Iām observing in the moment.
I think itās a mix. Some writers use these patterns deliberately, while others emerge naturally over time.
When you look at enough notes, you start to see those patterns almost mathematically.
Why did you focused on esclusive AI newsletters? You do know there's so many other creators who tackle much more important things than AI, right?
Because I also run an AI newsletter, these are the creators I follow.
But the same analysis can be applied across any category.