The greatest value in writing (to me at least) is not necessarily this finished product, but rather, the process the author goes through to create that work. Putting a word down on paper or pixels forces a coherence and clarity that is typically unavailable until the writing is done. Perhaps the best observation on this predates AI by decades and comes from former Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin, who said, “I write to figure out what I think…”1
The written word is the most visible work product, but it is not the most valuable part of writing – the process is…
— Read on ritholtz.com/2026/08/the-written-word-is-not-your-work-product/