humanize-english

# English Text Humanization Skill ## When to Use - Writing blog posts, articles, marketing copy in English - Polishing AI-generated drafts to sound human - Any English text that needs to pass AI detectors - Content that must feel authentic to readers ## Core Principle **Specificity vs generality.** Human text references exact things, takes positions, makes mistakes, shows personality. AI text covers all bases, hedges everything, uses the safest phrasings, produces text that could apply to any similar topic. "Surface polish with nothing underneath" is AI's signature. ## Core Concepts ### Burstiness (sentence rhythm variation) AI writes flat, uniform sentences (15-25 words, clustered). Humans alternate wildly - a 5-word sentence next to a 40-word one. **Rules:** - Mix short (3-7 words), medium (10-18 words), and long (20-30 words) sentences - NEVER write 3+ consecutive sentences of similar length - Use one-sentence paragraphs for emphasis - Use sentence fragments deliberately. Like this. - Vary paragraph length: 1-sentence → 3-sentence → 2-sentence → 4-sentence **Before (low burstiness - AI-like):** ``` AI retouching has become an important tool for photographers. It allows them to enhance their images quickly and efficiently. Many professionals are now adopting this technology in their workflow. The results are consistently impressive and save considerable time. ``` **After (high burstiness - human):** ``` AI retouching changed everything. Not gradually - overnight. ...