David Perell is prolific writer and online educator, who runs a writing school called “Write of Passage”. David also hosts the “The North Star Podcast” featuring interviews with writers, athletes, and entrepreneurs. Important Links: - Website: [https://perell.com/] - Writing School: [https://writeofpassage.school/] - Friday Finds Links: [https://perell.com/friday-finds-links/] - Twitter: [https://twitter.com/david_perell] Show Notes: 00:00 - Intro Clip 02:30 - Main Podcast 03:49 - Origins of “Write of Passage” 09:33 - David’s ever expanding portfolio 12:23 - Applying lessons from Disneyland to a writing course 16:36 - Four Seasons of writing education 22:08 - Writing as a career transition 25:10 - Building a personal monopoly 29:04 - Advice for an aspiring creator 40:32 - The network age 44:21 - Finding your tribe on the internet 55:42 - Going against the trend with long-form essays 01:03:59 - Checklists and prescriptions 01:07:50 - The cover band strategy for investing 01:12:26 - Schools stifling creativity 01:18:58 - The Never-Ending Now And more! - Writing leads to thinking - Live the life that you teach - Ana’s success with David’s course - Average course cohort age - Building a product for high-schoolers - Building an internet native education system Books Mentioned: - Zero to One; by Peter Thiel - One Summer: America, 1927; by Bill Bryson - The Status Game; by Will Storr - Invest Like the Best; by Jim O'Shaughnessy - Talent; by Tyler Cowen
Get my free PDF on using LLM's for writers + my in-depth prompts: https://perell.com/ai AI has triggered an existential crisis for me. In this episode, I share my thoughts on standing out as a writer with AI and how I use it everyday. This is one of the most in-depth looks at what it means to be a writer in 2025. 0:00 How to write with AI 6:45 AI is actually funny 14:11 Why personal writing is AI proof 21:33 Two kinds of quality in writing 28:10 Writing will be like chess or music 33:48 AI is the end of slop 40:28 How do I actually write with LLMs 46:07 New kinds of writing 52:14 How I think with LLMs 1:03:01 ChatGPT vs Grok 1:11:23 Deep Research 1:15:22 How I use all the models 1:21:32 Writing with your voice 1:27:50 My ultimate guide Hey! I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible. Follow me Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv X: https://x.com/david_perell