AI LinkedIn Posts That Don't Sound Like AI: Why Drafts Come Out Generic and How to Fix It

You know the drafts. Polite. Balanced. Every claim padded with a hedge. Some AI copy sounds like a very polite hostage situation, and AI in general writes like an intern afraid of conflict....

A language model writes the most likely next word. Give it a topic and it gives you the most average post on that topic, and average is exactly what readers have learned to scroll past.

The model isn't the issue. You gave it a topic when it needed your point of view.

1. Feed it things you actually said. Voice notes, old emails, talks, the way you explain things to a client. Your sentence rhythm and your odd word choices live there. A description of your "tone" carries none of it.
2. Hand over the opinion, not just the topic. "Write a post about pricing" gets you a listicle. "I think hourly pricing punishes people for being fast" gets you a post.
3. Put an editor on every draft. A person, or a strict review step, that checks the draft against your voice and cuts anything you'd never say out loud.
4. Keep a ban list. Phrases you hate stay out for good. Mine includes "synergy" and anything that opens with "in today's fast-paced world".

(If you're curious which type of authority leak you have, the quiz takes two minutes.)

Sentences with two matching halves. A tidy closing line that sums up what you just said. Three adjectives in a row. A "journey". Anything that could be posted under any founder's name.

If a line could be pasted into a stranger's post without changing a word, it goes.

Positioning first, so the posts have a point. Then an engine trained on your voice notes and past writing, and an editor on every post. Your part is about 30 minutes of voice notes a week, and the drafts come back sounding like you talking.

I built it for myself first, and every post on my LinkedIn runs through it. I still love writing. I just think AI should do the heavy lifting while I'm out having lunch.

I built a 9-question quiz that tells you. It takes two minutes, and you land on one of four types: The Best-Kept Secret, The Local Mystery, The Marketing Intern or The Unmistakable.

Most people guess wrong about which one they are, so I'm curious what you get.

You get the full breakdown by email: what your type means and what to fix first.

Yes, when it's trained on things you actually said, like voice notes and past writing, and when an editor checks each draft against your voice. A prompt describing your tone isn't enough.

Often they sense something generic, even if they can't say why. What they notice is the blandness: no opinion, no specific detail, no personality. A post with your real view and a concrete detail doesn't read that way.

Your opinions and your stories. Give it those, and let it help with structure, wording and editing. Posts built on your own point of view are the ones that stay recognizable.