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One shot rarely beats three small ones

Ask for a finished document in a single prompt, and you'll usually get structure, content, and polish all fighting each other.

Why it happens

One-shot generation tries to solve outline, substance, and tone at the same time, and quality drops across all three.

What to do

Break it up. Outline first. Then draft. Then edit. Each stage is a chance to catch a problem before it compounds into the next one.

"Give me just the outline first. We'll draft section by section after."