# Practice 4: Plan the Path & Work in Drafts / Small Steps

**Essence**

Co-design the route. Start with outline and steps, then move in small, steerable chunks.

**What this combines**

* “Work in Drafts” (outline → sections → iteration).
* “Build in Small Steps” (break big work into sub-moves).
* “Plan the Path Together” (co-design a plan & roles).

**Why it matters**\
One-shot prompts → huge, bland walls of text that are hard to fix. Small steps → fast *feedback loops*.

**Common traps**

* “Write the full report/essay/presentation” as a single ask.
* Feeling locked into an AI-generated structure because “it’s already written”.

**Examples**

* “Given this goal and audience, propose 2–3 outline options under 10 bullets each; stop there so I can choose.”
* “Using this outline, draft only section 1, then pause and ask me for corrections before continuing.”
* “Propose 3–6 steps for how we’ll tackle this together; show who does what (you vs. me), then wait for my confirmation.”

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