AI can write like you. But you should know this!

Some underrated but best-working things to talk about while writing with AI:

Woah. Welcome again everyone.

These days, I’m a bit busy learning to create stuff with AI.

So not very active on LinkedIn.

And here’s the thing:

A few days ago, I was writing with ChatGPT but had a hard time injecting my own tone of voice into what it would generate.

The problem is that ChatGPT often gets stuck.

It just stops responding to a specific task.

But when you try a few times, it gets better.

Take reading external links for example, which happened to me.

Long story short: Try to tease it for doing things.

So what was the main topic?

Ahh. Yeah. Getting AI to sound like a human.

Writing with AI is going to become even trendier.

But if your content doesn’t sound human, you’ll easily lose ground.

It’s because almost everyone now uses AI.

Whether they know it or not.

And standing out among all those, you need to be as smart as possible.

Yeah. Let’s start with the tone first.

Yeah. For things to get better, we should work better.

Building up the Tone

It’s hard to make ChatGPT write like Mr. X by just telling it to do so.

You’ll be thinking that:

It knows who Snoop Dogg is.
Or it knows who Alex Hormozi is.
Or it knows well who Eneistien was.

But it doesn’t know you or your best friend.

You better explain for it what kind of tone and style you or your friend uses.

If it’s formal or professional, it knows how to use them.

Plus, specify what you don’t want.

There might be a certain tone and style you avoid.

Maybe you don’t want to come up with a casual tone to represent an executive.

Check out this prompt:

“Write a marketing email about some tips for healthier hair for young adults. Keep the tone casual, enthusiastic and informative.

Also, avoid being salesy and pushy. Instead, try to indirectly convince the reader to take action and click the link that is at the end of the email.

Avoid using emojis, hashtags and filler words. Try to avoid using adverbs. Use words that are short form. Use a mix of short and long sentences.”

Here’s what this prompt generated:

When we talk about the tone, we should also be aware of the length, form, structure and way of writing.

A casual tone won’t do anything if the structure is messed up.

A beautifully written piece won’t convince the reader if it’s flooded with filler words.

These tiny but major adjustments should be a part of every prompt.

Let’s go over another one.

Provide examples as a reference

Each time you create content, it’s better to review examples that have performed well.

Why?

Because if a piece of content is loved, it has something that the audience cares for.

We learn from it.

We use what worked well for it.

So we’ll ChatGPT on the same way of writing.

Provide a content piece that you like and add it to the prompt as a reference.

Let me put that for you here:

“I want a sales email for new email subscribers about hair growth counselling with a warm and inviting tone. And keep the email in the 1500-character limit.

Here is an email of which tone I like the most. I want you to use its tone as a reference for writing the email: Here's a reference email:

[Reference email 1]

[Reference email 2]”

Let’s see how this goes.

The full prompt I put with the email reference:

And here’s the output:

(Please embrace 2 screenshots as I couldn’t get one from the whole chat)

Noticed anything?

There are some improvements.

The starting sentence.

The tone and voice of the text.

The clarity in the text and tone.

The flow along the entire email.

All just with a reference that’s beautifully written.

Now mind this. Never copy and paste someone’s copy. That’s plagiarism and is wrong.

But do get inspired and use the method he uses to write better.

Now you might wonder:

What if we don’t put in a reference with the prompt?

Here’s how it will look like without the reference:

Yeah. This is not very bad. But it needs many fixations.

Not everything is as you’d want them to be.

Especially, the tone. It isn’t as consistent.

So keep this noted. Always!

PS. All done for today. But since you’re still here, I thought of asking you something.

I’d love to hear what you’re struggling with writing or creating with AI.

I’ll try my best to bring you the solution for that.

But you have to tell me simply by replying to this email or DM’ing me on LinkedIn.

I genuinely want to help.

Have a beautiful Tuesday,

Sami Sharaf