Recording & answering

Be wordy — tell the full story. That is the better answer. Here is why, from what the system does to your words. Transcription keeps everything you said — it runs at a low temperature with no invention, so it writes down exactly what you spoke, filler and all. The polish pass only removes the "ums" and false starts; it never shortens your substance or drops a name, date or turn of phrase. So a short answer stays short, and a rich answer stays rich. The chapter drafter cannot invent detail either — it can only weave your own words into flowing paragraphs, so a one-line answer becomes a thin chapter because there is nothing to expand it with. The interviewer also listens to your last answer to decide the next question, so a fuller answer gives it more to follow up on and you get better, more specific questions instead of generic ones. Talk the way you naturally talk — don't worry about perfect sentences, fragments or repeating yourself. Give the details, the names, the little tangents: that is the raw material the book is built from, and nothing is lost.