Generating Your First LinkedIn Post
Walk through the full generation flow: choosing a topic, reviewing the draft, editing for nuance, and publishing.
Navigate to Post Generator
From the dashboard, click 'New post' or navigate to /new. You'll see the post generator interface with a topic input field, platform selector (LinkedIn or X), length selector, and tone controls.
Enter a specific topic or prompt
The more specific your input, the better the output. 'I want to write about leadership' will produce generic output. 'I made a hiring mistake last year and what I'd do differently' will produce something that sounds like you because it has the specificity of a real experience to work with.
You can also enter a rough draft or bullet points — the model will expand them in your voice.
Tip: The best inputs describe a tension, a lesson, or a specific thing that happened — not a broad topic.
Choose platform and length
Select LinkedIn for your first post. Choose Medium length (150–350 words) — this is the sweet spot for LinkedIn posts that get read in full and generate meaningful engagement. Avoid Long for your first generation; it's harder to evaluate voice accuracy at higher lengths.
Review the draft critically
When the draft appears, read it out loud. Literally. This is the fastest way to catch where the voice model got something wrong — you'll stumble on phrases that don't sound like you.
Ask yourself: Does this open the way I'd open? Does it reach the conclusion I'd reach? Are there any phrases I'd never use? Any missing hedges or added hedges?
Mark every sentence that feels off. You'll either edit it or regenerate.
Tip: The first generation is rarely perfect. That's normal. It gets better as you give feedback and as your training set grows.
Edit for nuance
Edit inline. The goal of editing is to bring it back to your voice — not to rewrite it from scratch. If you're rewriting more than 30% of the post, the model needs better training data or a more specific prompt.
Focus edits on: the opening line, any phrases that feel generic, and the closing beat. The opening and close are where voice is most legible.
Copy to LinkedIn
Once you're satisfied, click 'Copy to clipboard.' Go to LinkedIn, start a new post, paste it. Review one more time in the LinkedIn composer — sometimes seeing it in context surfaces small things you want to change.
If you've connected your LinkedIn account in Settings, you can also click 'Post to LinkedIn' directly from Draftveil.
Note what worked and what didn't
After posting, notice which parts of the generation you kept verbatim and which you changed. That pattern is useful — if you always change the openings but keep the middles, you can give Draftveil that feedback. Over time, the model improves based on your editing patterns.