The 5 moves · 03

Ask for a draft

Do this

Ask for options, not answers. Your brain edits faster than it creates.

The 10-options ask

Give me 10 [subject lines / hooks / post openers].

Range: 3 safe, 3 curious, 3 bold, 1 weird.
Keep each under 10 words.

The think-first ask

Before you write anything, tell me:
- What you think the real goal is
- Who this is really for
- 3 angles you could take
- Which you'd pick and why

Then draft the one you'd pick.

The 3-version ask

Give me 3 versions:
1. Safe and professional
2. Bold and opinionated
3. Weird — what nobody else would write

Make them actually different, not the same thing
with different adjectives.

The messy-first-draft ask

This is a first draft. Don't polish. I'd rather see
a rough version with the full idea than a pretty
version that's missing stuff.
Rule

Never one-shot "the best answer." Ask for 10 options. Pick 1. That's where taste lives.