Outline a 1500-word article on [TOPIC] with an introduction hook, 5 H2 sections, key points for each, and a conclusion with a next step.
Rewrite this paragraph at a 6th-grade reading level without losing the meaning: [PARAGRAPH]
Turn these rough notes into a clean, well-structured article with transitions between sections: [NOTES]
Write 5 different opening lines for an article about [TOPIC], each using a different hook: question, statistic, story, bold claim, contrast.
Edit this text for concision: cut 30% of the words while keeping every fact and the original tone: [TEXT]
Create a character profile for a [GENRE] story: background, core desire, fatal flaw, voice, and one secret.
Write a 60-second YouTube script: hook (0-5s), problem (5-20s), solution (20-45s), CTA (45-60s).
Summarize this article in 3 bullet points for executives, then in 3 sentences for a general audience: [ARTICLE]
Write a product newsletter intro that sounds like a friend telling you what they found this week: [TOPIC]
Generate 15 blog post titles about [TOPIC] using: listicle, how-to, question, contrarian, and case study formats.
Specify the shape, not the vibe
'Write an engaging article' produces mush. 'Write 1,200 words with a hook, five H2 sections of roughly 200 words each, one concrete example per section, and a closing next step' produces something you can edit instead of rewrite.
The same applies to tone. Instead of 'professional', say 'direct, no adjectives, short sentences, second person'. Replaceable specifics beat adjectives every time.
Edit in passes, not in one prompt
First pass: structure. Second pass: cut 30% of the words without losing facts. Third pass: read aloud and fix the rhythm. Asking for all three at once makes the model optimise for the average of the three goals.
Keep your own voice in the final pass. Readers can tell when a paragraph has never been touched by a human, and the tell is usually a sentence that is grammatically perfect and completely unnecessary.
Frequently asked questions
Will AI writing sound like AI?
It does if you accept the first output. It stops sounding like AI once you cut the throat-clearing openings, remove the tricolon lists, and replace generic examples with specifics only you know.
How do I keep my own voice?
Give the model two or three paragraphs you wrote yourself and ask it to match the sentence length, punctuation habits and vocabulary. Then edit the result until you would be comfortable publishing it under your name.
Can it handle long documents?
Within a context window, yes. For anything book-length, work chapter by chapter and keep a separate outline document that you paste at the start of each session so continuity survives.