Prompt hub
8 AI prompts for writers and content creators (copy-ready and tested)
Writing for a living or a side project means producing a steady stream of blog posts, newsletters, headlines and story outlines, often while fighting the blank page more than the actual ideas. A language model is a genuinely useful drafting and editing partner here — good at generating options and restructuring a rough draft, not so good at replacing your judgement about what is actually worth saying.
This hub covers a blog post, editing for clarity, headline variations, a story outline, a character profile, a newsletter, rewriting in a specific brand voice, and turning meeting notes into action items. They work with ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini; paste your rough draft, topic or notes into the fill-in fields so the output builds on your actual material rather than starting from nothing.
Two pitfalls worth knowing. A model's prose has a recognisable rhythm and vocabulary if you let it — the same handful of transitions and adjectives recur across topics — so treat any draft as raw material to rewrite in your own voice, not text to publish unedited. And it will confidently invent facts, quotes or sources inside a piece of writing that otherwise sounds well researched, so check every factual claim before it goes out under your name. If a draft keeps missing your brief, the free optimiser will usually show you which part of the prompt was too vague to work from.
All 8 prompts
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A prompt for a four-part character profile that names one concrete flaw and one contradiction, not a list of admirable traits.
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The promptYou are a fiction editor helping a writer develop a character. Objective: Build a character profile for {{CHARACTER NAME}} in {{STORY OR PROJECT}}. Context: Their role in the story: {{ROLE IN STORY}}. One fact already decided about them: {{KNOWN FACT}}. Constraints: - Use exactly four labelled parts: "Want", "Flaw", "Contradiction" and "Telling detail" - Each part is one to two sentences, under 40 words - "Flaw" must be a specific behaviour that causes real problems, not a vague trait like "stubborn" alone - "Contradiction" must show the character wanting two things that can't both be true at once Output format: Return the four labelled parts in order. Before finishing, check there are exactly four labelled parts, each under 40 words, the flaw is a specific behaviour rather than a vague trait, and the contradiction shows two genuinely conflicting wants. -
Prompt: Edit a Passage for Clarity
Score 74A prompt for a clarity edit that keeps the writer's meaning and voice, cuts filler words, and explains exactly three changes made.
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The promptYou are a line editor improving a passage for clarity without changing its meaning. Objective: Edit the passage below for clarity. Context: Intended audience: {{AUDIENCE}}. Anything about the writer's voice to preserve: {{VOICE TO PRESERVE — e.g. informal, first person, dry humour}}. Constraints: - Do not change facts, opinions or the overall argument — only clarity, structure and wordiness - Cut filler words and redundant phrases, but do not shorten the passage by more than 20% - Preserve the voice described above; do not flatten it into generic neutral prose - List exactly three specific changes made, with a one-line reason for each Output format: Return the edited passage first, then "Changes made:" followed by exactly three numbered points. Before finishing, check the edited passage keeps the original meaning, is no more than 20% shorter than the original, and exactly three changes are listed with reasons. Passage: {{PASSAGE TO EDIT}} -
Prompt: Write Headline Variations
Score 84A prompt for five distinct headline options under 100 characters each, covering different angles, not five near-identical rewordings.
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The promptYou are a writer drafting headline options for a piece. Objective: Write headline variations for a piece about {{TOPIC}}. Context: The piece's main point: {{MAIN POINT}}. Where it will run: {{PUBLICATION OR PLATFORM}}. Constraints: - Write exactly five headlines, each under 100 characters - Each headline must take a genuinely different angle (e.g. direct claim, question, number-led, curiosity gap, contrarian) — label the angle used - Do not use a colon-plus-subtitle structure in more than one headline - Do not state a statistic or fact not given above Output format: Return each headline as "[Angle]: headline text", one per line, five lines total. Before finishing, check there are exactly five headlines, each under 100 characters, each with a genuinely distinct angle, and no more than one uses a colon-plus-subtitle structure. -
A prompt for a personal newsletter issue with exactly three short sections and one sign-off line, not a rambling stream of updates.
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The promptYou are a writer drafting an issue of a personal newsletter. Objective: Write a newsletter issue for {{NEWSLETTER NAME}} covering {{TOPIC OR UPDATE}}. Context: The regular tone of this newsletter: {{TONE — e.g. warm and conversational, dry and observational}}. One specific thing worth mentioning: {{SPECIFIC DETAIL}}. Constraints: - Use exactly three sections: a short opening hook, one main story or update, and one closing thought or recommendation - Keep the whole issue between 120 and 200 words - Include the specific detail given above naturally, not as a bolted-on final line - End with exactly one sign-off line addressed to the reader directly Output format: Return the three sections as plain paragraphs, followed by the sign-off line on its own. Before finishing, check there are exactly three sections, the total is between 120 and 200 words, the specific detail appears naturally within a section, and exactly one sign-off line closes the issue. -
A prompt for rewriting a passage into a defined brand voice while keeping every fact unchanged, with exactly three voice traits applied.
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The promptYou are a copywriter adapting existing text into a specific brand voice. Objective: Rewrite the passage below in {{BRAND NAME}}'s voice. Context: The three voice traits that define this brand: {{VOICE TRAIT 1}}, {{VOICE TRAIT 2}}, {{VOICE TRAIT 3}}. A phrase or word this brand never uses: {{BANNED WORD OR PHRASE — or none}}. Constraints: - Do not change any fact, number or claim in the original passage — only tone and phrasing - Apply all three named voice traits; after the rewrite, name which sentence demonstrates each one - Do not use the banned word or phrase if one was given above - Keep the rewrite within 20% of the original passage's word count, either direction Output format: Return the rewritten passage first, then "Trait check:" with exactly three lines, one per trait, naming the sentence that demonstrates it. Before finishing, check no fact or number has changed, all three voice traits are demonstrated and named, the banned phrase doesn't appear, and the word count is within 20% of the original. Passage: {{PASSAGE TO REWRITE}} -
Prompt: Build a Short Story Outline
Score 83A prompt for a five-beat short story outline with one sentence per beat, keeping stakes concrete instead of vaguely dramatic.
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The promptYou are a fiction editor helping a writer structure a short story. Objective: Build a five-beat outline for a short story about {{STORY PREMISE}}. Context: Main character: {{MAIN CHARACTER}}. What they want: {{WHAT THEY WANT}}. What's in their way: {{OBSTACLE}}. Constraints: - Use exactly five beats, headed exactly "Setup", "Inciting incident", "Rising complication", "Turning point" and "Resolution" - Each beat is exactly one sentence, under 35 words - Keep stakes concrete and specific to the premise given — no vague phrases like "everything changes" or "nothing would be the same" - Do not introduce a new named character not mentioned above Output format: Return the five headed beats in order, each with its one sentence. Before finishing, check there are exactly five beats with those exact headings, each is one sentence under 35 words, and no vague stakes phrases or new named characters appear. -
Convert messy meeting notes into a clear list of owners, actions and deadlines instead of a vague recap nobody follows up on.
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The promptYou are an operations lead who turns meeting notes into things that actually get done. Objective: Extract clear action items from the supplied meeting notes. Context: This was a meeting about {{MEETING TOPIC}} with {{WHO ATTENDED — roles, not necessarily names}}. Constraints: - Every action item needs an owner and a deadline — if either is missing from the notes, write "not specified" rather than guessing one - Do not invent decisions that weren't actually made in the notes - Separate decisions made from actions still pending from open questions - Keep each action item to one sentence Output format: Return three sections — Decisions Made, Action Items (owner and deadline per item), and Open Questions — as Markdown lists. Before finishing, check that every action item and decision traces back to something actually stated in the notes below. Meeting notes: {{PASTE MEETING NOTES HERE}} -
Prompt: Write a Blog Post
Score 75A structured, copy-ready prompt for getting well-organised blog posts out of ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini — with audience, tone and format built in.
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The promptYou are an experienced content writer. Write a blog post about {{TOPIC}}. Audience: {{AUDIENCE — e.g. small business owners in the UK}} Goal: {{GOAL — e.g. help them decide whether X is worth it}} Tone: clear, practical British English. No hype, no filler phrases. Structure: 1. A hook that names the reader's actual problem in the first two sentences 2. 3–5 H2 sections, each answering one specific question 3. A short, honest conclusion with one clear next step Constraints: - 900–1,200 words - Short paragraphs (max 3 sentences) - Include one concrete example or mini case study per section - If you are unsure of a fact, say so rather than inventing it Before finishing, check the draft against every constraint above and confirm the word count.
Frequently asked questions
- Is it acceptable to publish AI-generated writing as my own?
- Check the publication's or platform's disclosure policy, and in any case treat the output as a draft to substantially edit — unedited AI prose has a recognisable rhythm readers increasingly notice.
- Can a model fact-check my article for me?
- No. Models can invent facts, quotes and sources that sound convincing, so verify every factual claim independently before it goes out under your name.
- Will these prompts match my personal writing voice?
- Not automatically — describe your voice, tone and audience in the fill-in fields, and expect to rewrite the output so it actually sounds like you.
- Do the prompts work for fiction and non-fiction alike?
- Yes, prompts like the story outline and character profile suit fiction, while the blog post and newsletter prompts suit non-fiction; mix and match as your project needs.