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title: The AI Trick That Feels Like Cheating (But Isn’t)
description: Discover how to use AI to overcome writer's block and enhance your content creation process with practical tips and tricks.
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# [The AI Trick That Feels Like Cheating (But Isn’t)](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/the-ai-trick-that-feels-like-cheating-but-isnt)

 Written by [Danielle Price Griffin](https://thoughtsbrewing.com/blog/author/danielle) | Dec 3, 2025, 2:45:00 PM

Ever start writing something and immediately regret your life choices?

- A sales email. 
- A podcast title. 
- That dreaded About page.

You stare. You stall. You scroll LinkedIn “for research.” And suddenly, 40 minutes are gone and you still have… ***nothing***.

This is where most people give up or power through with a mediocre draft.

### But there's a better way.

Use AI *before* the blank page gets painful.

1. Open ChatGPT. 
2. Type:  *“Help me brainstorm titles for a podcast episode about \[topic\]. I want it to sound \[tone\] and catch attention without being clickbait.”*
3. Or try:  *“I’m writing an About page for my website. Here’s what I want people to know {your details\]. Can you help organize this into a few rough sections?”*

Rather than outsourcing your thinking, you’re building a scaffolding to create around it.

The real skill is knowing when to pause and ask for help,  even if the help is a chatbot. You don’t have to be perfect.

And once you get that first push, the rest comes faster.

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