When you first tried using AI to write, it probably felt like magic. You typed a simple line, and it generated a decent-looking draft. I know it feels nice. But spend more than a few minutes with it, and you start seeing the problems. The output feels flat, shallow, or worse, and completely misses the point you had in mind.

Here is the twist: the issue is not with the AI. It’s with your prompt.

Most people forget a basic fact: AI can’t read your mind, it can only respond to what you feed it. If your instructions are vague or minimal, the results will be equally dull.

✅ The real reason your prompts fail

On most occasions, people treat AI like a psychic. They ask a one-liner and expect it to decode everything they are thinking and that’s a setup for disappointment. Let’s look at a few common mistakes we all do while using AI: