Michael Dean
United States
Developing a 27-point framework for evaluating essays, serving as the foundation for a textbook and AI editor. Read more
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2024
Fellowships
United States
Michael Dean has worked as an architect, a virtual reality specialist, and the Editor in Chief of Write of Passage. Now, he’s focused on uncovering the secret architecture of great essays. Michael is based in New York City, and publishes his writing on his Substack.
Top Goal
Publish a textbook called "Essay Architecture," along with an AI-powered editor.
Project Updates
July 2024
Met with the Infinite Books team. Read More
project update
July 2024
Michael Dean
OKR Score: 78%
Went well:
- Published 4 posts on Substack.
- Met with the Infinite Books team.
- Set up an environment to scale prompt testing and evaluation.
- Launched a simple web interface to upload a draft and get feedback on 1 pattern.
- Added 11 essays to Dean’s List.
- Invited onto 3 podcasts.
- Researched essay competitions and wrote a memo.
- Added 323 newsletter subscribers (+29%)
To improve:
- Streamline the chapter writing process.
- Build different cost models for AI scaling.
- Develop a more well-rounded dataset for Dean’s List.
- Prioritize social media.
- Gather graphic design and brand proposals.
- Stay consistent with my writing routines.
Looking for:
- Looking for brand & graphic design
- Looking for an editor to review my first section (overview + 3 chapters)
- Looking for a video producer to work with for the year
- Looking into solutions for AI scalability
- Looking to get feedback on competition proposal
- Looking for accountability in social media consistency
- Looking to start a “monthly essay club” where we all publish on the 1st
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