Introduction
AI Writing fails due to adopting a generic approach to content generated. Suppose you need to use AI to generate good-quality content that will serve as your first draft.
If your initial draft is already prepared, then you can take the assistance of AI to improve your writing Below is a list of options available to generate your first good-quality draft. I have provided the final prompt I use when I am researching for a new blog post.
Persona
- Share the link or text of the article you have written
- Prompt
- Analyse my tone, how I form sentences and paragraphs, the level of details I use in my explanation, the amount of humour I use, how often I ask the reader questions, the readability level I use, the vocabulary I use, and the level of emotion I convey in my writing
- Give me a 250-word summary of what you have learnt
- Based on the writing style analysed from the provided article, create content titled (Topic) at (X words). Ensure that the new content strictly adheres to the author’s writing style in terms of tone, structure, and approach as identified in the analysis
Result
- Strongly accepted as human by most readers
- Lacks personal experience
Personal exp
To improve the personal prompt, we include further information about the writer to improve the overall quality of the draft
- Share a link on your profile where you share your experience and stories that qualify you as an author for the content you write
- Share a personal opinion on the topic you are planning to write.
- The integration should be subtle at a level of 2 on 10 out of 10
Result
- Strongly accepted as human by most readers
Perplexity
AI generates content that is so common that most AI detectors and humans can know if it’s written by humans or AI with a glance. We use the below prompt to avoid the common AI glitches
- Ai uses words that most humans don’t use
- Don’t always the most natural words. Ensure that the following words are not used more than 3 times: unique, ensure and utmost
- Before outputting the content, review it for the following words and rewrite the sentences with alternative: meticulous, meticulously, navigating, complexity, realm, bespoke, tailored, towards, underpins, ever-changing, ever-evolving, the world of, not only, seeking more than just, designed to enhance, it’s not merely, our suite, it is advisable, daunting, in the heart of, when it comes to, in the realm of, amongst, unlock the secrets, unveil the secrets and robust
- Score is 6.5
Burstiness
AI generates content that is almost of similar sentence length, unlike how humans write, so we need to rectify this error
Prompt
- Ensure heterogeneous paragraphs. Ensure heterogeneous sentence length. Stick to primarily short, straightforward sentences
Fact Insertion
Most AI models have a cut-off date, so they are not updated on the latest knowledge, so you need to provide some latest facts to the model to improve quality of content generated
- Share key facts that are needed for the writing
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- Use perplexity AI to generate a list of facts to use them
Prompt: Please use these facts when creating content titled (Title) within (x words)
UnFluffing
AI adds a lot of useless statements when generating content, so we need to inform it to avoid this
Prompt
- Don’t include any fluff when producing content.
- Each Sentence should provide value to the overall goal of the content piece.
- Follow this guideline strictly
Audience Targeting
Every content we generate is targeted towards a specific audience, so if we provide such information to the AI model, it will generate content that caters to our readers. To gather information, you can analyse the top articles on Google, which can help in providing details for the prompt
Prompt
- My target audience has the following characteristics
- Insert demographics such % of males and females and age range
- Tone preferences such as professional or students and what type of content they like to read
- Reading level preferences such as 10th grade or college grade or something similar
Sample Prompt: 1
Writing Style
My Style of writing is as follows:
- Tone: Informative and engaging. You present the information clearly and concisely, while still using a friendly and approachable tone.
- Sentence and paragraph structure: You use a mix of short and long sentences, and your paragraphs are well-structured with clear transitions.
- Level of detail: You provide enough detail to explain the concepts clearly, but you don’t overload the reader with unnecessary information.
- Humour: You don’t use humour explicitly in this article, but your writing style is engaging and avoids being overly formal.
- Questions: You ask 2-3 direct questions to the reader in this article.
- Readability level: The writing is clear and concise, and the vocabulary is accessible to a general audience.
- Vocabulary: You use a variety of vocabulary words, but they are all explained in context or are common enough to understand.
- Emotion: You convey a sense of curiosity and wonder about the topic being discussed.
Writing Rules
- Don’t always the most natural words. Ensure that the following words are not used more than 3 times: unique, ensure and utmost
- Before outputting the content, review it for the following words and rewrite the sentences with alternative: meticulous, meticulously, navigating, complexity, realm, bespoke, tailored, towards, underpins, ever-changing, ever-evolving, the world of, not only, seeking more than just, designed to enhance, it’s not merely, our suite, it is advisable, daunting, in the heart of, when it comes to, in the realm of, amongst, unlock the secrets, unveil the secrets and robust
- Ensure heterogeneous paragraphs. ensure heterogeneous sentence length. stick to primarily short, straightforward sentences
- Don’t include any fluff when producing content. Each Sentence should provide value to the overall goal of the content piece. follow this guideline strictly
- Share key facts when writing the article that can provide value
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- Engagement is the highest priority. Be conversational, empathetic, and occasionally humorous. use idioms, metaphors, anecdotes and natural dialogue The content is being written for the following audience:
- Young people with no prior management education. Age below 30 years and Indian
- Maintain a professional tone with a bit of humour
- Write with the intention that it can be comprehended by even a 10th-grade student
- Ensure that the content is not Plagiarised from another website
Sample Personal Belief
- Top-level market sizing is only important to understand if it’s a big market or a small market. The size of the market provides you with the potential for how big your business can become
- Bottom Level: This is the size that lets you make business plans clear as you will be able to identify all the key metrics and factors at play to grow your business. Developing such plans helps you in clarifying on multiple aspects of your business
Now using the above information, generate a 500-word article on market sizing for new ventures. Provide information on both top-level and bottom-level market sizing
Sample Prompt 2
Writing Style
- *Tone: Enthusiastic and informative, with a personal touch. You convey your beliefs clearly in the topic being discussed while also acknowledging the challenges or negative arguments that can be made against the topic openly
- *Sentence and paragraph structure: Sentences are clear and concise, with paragraphs logically structured. You use transition words to connect ideas smoothly.
- *Level of detail: You provide a good balance of detail, offering specific examples and anecdotes to illustrate your points without being overly verbose.
- Humour: There is a subtle use of humour, mainly through metaphors and personal anecdotes.
- Use of questions: You rarely use questions directly, but you frame your writing in a way that invites the reader to consider your points and experiences.
- Readability level: The writing is clear and concise, easily understood by a general audience.
- Vocabulary: You use a variety of vocabulary, but avoid overly technical terms, making your writing accessible to a broad range of readers.
- Level of emotion: You convey a sense of passion and excitement when discussing the topic at hand, while also acknowledging the potential downsides and challenges in adopting the concept or ideas explained in the article.
Writing Rules
- Don’t always the most natural words. Ensure that the following words are not used more than 3 times
- unique
- ensure
- utmost
- Before outputting the content, review it for the following words and rewrite the sentences with alternative: meticulous, meticulously, navigating, complexity, realm, bespoke, tailored, towards, underpins, ever-changing, ever-evolving, the world of, not only, seeking more than just, designed to enhance, it’s not merely, our suite, it is advisable, daunting, in the heart of, when it comes to, in the realm of, amongst, unlock the secrets, unveil the secrets and robust
- Ensure heterogeneous paragraphs. Ensure heterogeneous sentence length. Stick to primarily short, straightforward sentences
- Don’t include any fluff when producing content. Each Sentence should provide value to the overall goal of the content piece. follow this guideline strictly
- Share key facts when writing the article that can provide value
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- Engagement is the highest priority. Be conversational, empathetic, and occasionally humorous. use idioms, metaphors, anecdotes and natural dialogue The content is being written for the following audience:
- Young people with no prior management education. Age below 30 years and Indian
- Maintain a professional tone with a bit of humour
- Write with the intention that it can be comprehended by even a 10th-grade student
- Ensure that the content is not Plagiarised from another website
Sample Personal Beliefs
Working in a startup provides learning opportunities that are hard to come by elsewhere. In my view, if you are comfortable with frequent changes, I would suggest working for 2-3 years to set the stage for better future career prospects. The problems you face in a startup are multiplied when compared to working for a conventional MNC, while also helping you learn what not to do with the least career impact. I would certainly recommend conversing with a few individuals to get a sense of the company and even the team you will be joining, to avoid future shocks.
Conclusion
At the outset, it appears that the effort to generate your unique prompt is cumbersome, it’s a one-time investment. The process allows you to develop a good outline for your content, allowing you to sweat the details before you hit publish.
AI-generated content is still pretty poor and many people state that content seems a little off. Hence, consider such content as a means to get the ball rolling rather than as a finished product. Do remember that even the smartest of us need the assistance of others to build anything further.