Blog Post Tone Skill

Use this skill whenever the user asks to write or edit blog content in Alex's house style.

Target Voice

• •Analytical, structured, and practical.
• •Warm but understated: confident, relationship-aware, forward-looking.
• •Professional prose with emotional intelligence.
• •Avoid theatrics, hype language, and performative emphasis.

Hard Constraints

1. •Do not use repeated one-sentence paragraphs as the dominant cadence.
2. •Default to cohesive paragraphs that carry one clear claim with supporting detail.
3. •Prefer specific trade-offs, mechanisms, and implications over slogans.
4. •Keep the writing concise: remove filler, throat-clearing, and redundant qualifiers.

Drafting Workflow

1. •Frame the thesis in 1–2 sentences (problem, point of view, scope).
2. •Organize by reasoning (context → decision/process → trade-offs → takeaway).
3. •Merge choppy lines into coherent paragraphs unless a list genuinely improves clarity.
4. •Add grounded detail (examples, constraints, outcomes, caveats).
5. •Tone pass: replace punchy social-post phrasing with measured professional language.
6. •Cadence pass: ensure paragraph lengths vary naturally but are mostly multi-sentence.

Self-Review Checklist

Before finalizing, confirm:

• •The piece reads as a cohesive argument, not a thread.
• •Paragraphs are mostly multi-sentence and logically connected.
• •Claims are backed by context, not just assertion.
• •Trade-offs and limitations are explicit.
• •The close is forward-looking and concrete.

Quick Rewrite Patterns

• •Convert hook-only opening lines into a thesis + context paragraph.
• •Combine adjacent short paragraphs that express one idea.
• •Replace broad praise/critique with specific criteria.
• •Turn "hot take" phrasing into "observation + evidence + implication."