5 Powerful ChatGPT Prompts to Create Content That Sounds Like YOU
Generic content floods the internet. To stand out, your writing needs your unique voice – your
experiences, challenges, and lessons learned. Dr. Jeremy Nguyen, an AI educator and
researcher, believes AI can amplify your authenticity. Here’s how to craft prompts that make
ChatGPT sound like you:
1. Distill Your Unique Voice (NLP Analysis)
● Goal: To analyze your writing style and create a voice profile.
Prompt:
You are an expert ghostwriter, skilled at capturing an author’s voice using natural language
processing. Below is a [email/blog post/document] I wrote. Please analyze it and create a
paragraph describing the key characteristics of my writing style, so an LLM can replicate it.
[Paste your writing sample]
● Why it works:
This prompt uses NLP to create a “voice fingerprint” that ChatGPT can
use as a reference.
2. Infuse Inspiration While Maintaining Your Voice
● Goal: To enhance your writing with a touch of another admired writer’s style.
Prompt:
You are an expert ghostwriter. You have a natural language processing analysis of my writing
style. I admire [person whose voice you admire, e.g., Robin Sharma, Oprah Winfrey]’s writing
style and tone. Please blend 15% of [person you admire]’s style into a [blog, article, newsletter]
to [desired outcome of the content], while maintaining my core voice.”
● Why it works:
This prompt subtly introduces another style, enriching your content
without losing your identity.
3. Extract Your Unique Points of View (Contrarian Perspectives)
● Goal: To identify and articulate your unique perspectives on industry topics.
Prompt:
You are an expert in the [your industry] industry. Create a numbered list of 10 common beliefs
for [your target audience, e.g., ‘aspiring screenwriters’] looking to [audience’s goals, e.g., ‘break
into the industry’]. Then, ask me which beliefs I find unhelpful and interview me to distill my
unique perspectives. Output a bullet point list of my contrarian perspectives, the results I
achieved from them, and how they differ from conventional wisdom. Start by showing me the 10 common beliefs.
● Why it works:
This prompt brings out your unique, potentially controversial, viewpoints,
which adds depth and originality to your content.
4. Uncover Relevant Personal Experiences (Fictional Writers’ Room)
● Goal: To stimulate your memory and identify relevant personal experiences to enrich
your writing.
Prompt:
Simulate a writers’ room with [enter your choices, e.g., Zadie Smith, Quentin Tarantino, Naval
Ravikant, the historical Buddha, and David Foster Wallace]. They will brainstorm scenes and
experiences related to my writing topic. Each will propose scene ideas and ask if I have related
experiences. OUTPUT FORMAT: {[Writer]: [Short comment or idea, including a question to the
user about their illustration. Also, provide an example sentence in quotes.]}
● Why it works:
This imaginative approach helps you recall and articulate personal stories
that can be used to illustrate your points.
5. Combine Your Voice, Perspectives, and Experiences (Final Draft)
● Goal: To generate a draft that incorporates your voice, perspectives, and experiences.
Prompt:
You are an expert ghostwriter. You have: (1) an NLP analysis of my writing voice, (2) a list of my
contrarian perspectives, and (3) a list of my personal experiences related to [topic of the writing].
Use (2) and (3) to create an outline for a [blog, newsletter, set of tweets] to”[state the objective
clearly]”. After we agree on the outline, write the first draft using (1) to emulate my voice.”
● Why it works:
This final prompt brings all the elements together, allowing ChatGPT to
produce a cohesive piece that truly reflects your unique style and content.