Conclusions of my DIY Inkhaven

Epistemic status: describing my own experiment results. AI use: review, research (stats), fact-checking, grammar & light phrasing. I applied to the next Inkhaven cohort and was rejected. This was surprising and very unfortunate. While writing my application and answering why they should accept me, I felt like I'd one-shotted myself into writing. My goals were: Run an experiment to verify my hypothesis that I couldn't write well. I also implicitly assumed that I didn't have anything useful to say or to add, so no one would read what I write anyway. I wanted to get better at thinking, and to me writing is a better form of thinking. I wanted to use language more eloquently even outside of writing. Writing is meditative and deep work, so I wanted to become more productive by writing more. I was sad to be rejected, and I still don't know why. Fortunately, I have my agency, so I just decided to do my own Inkhaven instead. Obviously, I wouldn't stay at Lighthaven with a bunch of other people or receive guidance from people like Scott Alexander and Aella. Also, all of this is happening as part of my normal life, and I have other stuff to do as well. In reality, I started writing even befor