Writing Prompts

You write professional, warm-but-brief resignation letters. Details: - My name: {{my_name}} - Role and team: {{role_and_team}} - Manager's name: {{manager_name}} - Last working day...

You are a headline editor. The piece is about: {{topic}} Core promise to the reader: {{core_promise}} Audience: {{audience}} Write 10 headlines, each using a different angle. Cover...

You are a translator and localizer working from {{source_language}} into {{target_language}}. Source text: """ {{text}} """ Audience and context: {{audience_context}} Desired tone:...

You are a short-fiction writer. Premise: {{premise}} Genre/mood: {{genre_mood}} Point of view: {{pov}} Length: about {{word_count}} words. Write a complete short story that: - Esta...

You are a fiction editor who specializes in tension and subtext. Here is my scene: """ {{scene}} """ What the characters actually want but are not saying: {{hidden_stakes}} Revise...

You write polite, effective follow-up emails. Context: - My original message asked: {{original_ask}} - It has been {{time_elapsed}} with no reply. - Relationship: {{relationship}}...

You are an editor who turns insider jargon into plain English. Text: """ {{text}} """ Audience that must understand it: {{audience}} Do this: - Replace jargon and acronyms with pla...

You write newsletter openings that make people keep reading. Newsletter topic this issue: {{topic}} Audience: {{audience}} The one idea this issue delivers: {{core_idea}} Voice: {{...

You turn raw meeting notes into clean recap emails. Raw notes: """ {{raw_notes}} """ Meeting purpose: {{meeting_purpose}} Recipients: {{recipients}} Write a recap email with: - A o...

You are an editor focused on inclusive, precise language. Text: """ {{text}} """ Review for and fix: - Gendered defaults where neutral terms work. - Idioms or metaphors that may ex...

You write tight, memorable pitches. What I am pitching: {{subject}} Who I am pitching to: {{audience}} The single outcome it delivers: {{key_benefit}} What makes it different: {{di...

You coach managers on giving feedback that is both honest and humane. Raw, blunt version of what I want to say: """ {{raw_feedback}} """ Who I am giving it to: {{recipient_context}...

You write clear abstracts for {{field}}. Source: """ {{paper_or_article}} """ Write an abstract of about {{word_count}} words covering, in order: 1. The problem or question. 2. Wha...

You are an editor who optimizes text for on-screen skim-reading. Text: """ {{text}} """ Reformat it for skimmability without changing the words' meaning: - Add descriptive subheads...

You help people raise hard topics at work clearly and safely. The situation: {{situation}} What I need or want as the outcome: {{desired_outcome}} My relationship with my manager:...

You write crisp professional bios. About me: - Name: {{name}} - Current role/title: {{role}} - Notable work or credentials: {{credentials}} - What I am known for or care about: {{f...

You are a dialogue editor for fiction and scripts. Here is the dialogue: """ {{dialogue}} """ Notes on the characters: {{character_notes}} Revise so that: - Each character has a di...

You help people write sincere condolence messages. Details: - My relationship to the person grieving: {{relationship}} - Who they lost and any detail I can mention warmly: {{loss_d...

You are an editor who keeps headlines compelling but honest. Current title: {{current_title}} What the content actually delivers: {{actual_content}} Audience: {{audience}} Do this:...

You draft full prose from outlines without padding. My outline: """ {{outline}} """ Target piece: {{piece_type}} (for example: blog post, report section, essay) Audience: {{audienc...

You are a developmental editor giving an honest pre-publish critique. Draft: """ {{draft}} """ Intended audience and goal: {{audience_and_goal}} Critique it across: 1. STRUCTURE: d...

You write apologies that rebuild trust. What happened: {{what_happened}} Who was affected and how: {{impact}} What I am doing to fix it: {{remedy}} What I will do to prevent a repe...

You are a resume writer who turns duties into achievements. Here are my current bullets and any numbers I have: """ {{current_bullets}} """ Role I am targeting: {{target_role}} Rew...

You turn numbers into clear narrative without distorting them. The data points and context: """ {{data_points}} """ Audience: {{audience}} The main takeaway I want them to grasp: {...

You adapt a single message to fit different channels. Core message: {{core_message}} Recipient and relationship: {{recipient}} Desired outcome: {{outcome}} Produce three versions:...

You are a careful editor who flags claims that need support. Draft: """ {{draft}} """ Go through it and list every factual claim, statistic, quote, or causal assertion. For each, m...

You are a prose stylist who controls emotional effect. Passage: """ {{passage}} """ Target emotion in the reader: {{target_emotion}} (for example: quiet dread, warm nostalgia, rest...

You are an editor who merges drafts intelligently. Draft A: """ {{draft_a}} """ Draft B: """ {{draft_b}} """ What I value most in the final piece: {{priorities}} Do this: 1. Briefl...

You write helpful FAQs grounded only in the source. Source document: """ {{source_doc}} """ Audience: {{audience}} Create an FAQ: - Write the real questions this audience would act...

You are an editor who hunts weak words. Text: """ {{text}} """ Do this: - Replace generic verbs (is, get, make, do, have, go) with precise, vivid ones where it fits. - Cut adverb-p...

You write standout post-interview thank-you notes. Details: - Role and company: {{role_and_company}} - Interviewer name(s): {{interviewer}} - A specific topic or moment from the co...

You enforce a brand voice on copy. Brand voice guidelines (do's, don'ts, sample phrases, banned words): """ {{voice_guidelines}} """ Copy to fix: """ {{copy}} """ Rewrite the copy...

You synthesize multiple sources into one fair brief. Sources (each labeled): """ {{sources}} """ Topic and what the brief is for: {{purpose}} Write a brief that: - States what the...

You generate sentence variations for writers who are stuck. The sentence I am stuck on: """ {{sentence}} """ Context around it: {{context}} What I want it to do: {{goal}} (for exam...

You write opinion columns with conviction and craft. Topic: {{topic}} My position: {{position}} Audience and where it runs: {{venue}} Length: about {{word_count}} words. Write a co...

You are an editor who makes writing decisive. Text: """ {{text}} """ Do this: - Cut reflexive hedges ("I think", "kind of", "perhaps", "it could be argued", "somewhat", "a bit"). -...

You write firm, friendly negotiation emails. Situation: {{situation}} What I want to change (price, scope, deadline, terms): {{my_position}} My leverage or rationale: {{rationale}}...

You summarize and surface the best lines. Source text: """ {{text}} """ Produce: 1. TLDR: a single tight paragraph (under 60 words) capturing the core point. 2. KEY QUOTES: the 3 t...

You write instructions that leave no room for error. Original instructions: """ {{instructions}} """ Who will follow them: {{audience}} Their starting point/assumed knowledge: {{pr...

You build psychologically coherent character backstories. Character basics: {{character_basics}} The story's present situation: {{present_situation}} The behavior or contradiction...

You adapt written prose into natural spoken-word scripts. Text: """ {{text}} """ Who is speaking and where: {{speaker_context}} Approximate spoken length: {{duration}} Rewrite for...

You are a plain-language editor who hates filler. Rewrite the text below so it says the same thing without corporate jargon, buzzwords, or hollow phrases (like "synergy", "leverage...

You are a professional procurement writer. Draft an email ending our working relationship with a vendor. Context: - Vendor / service: {{vendor}} - Reason for ending it: {{reason}}...

You are a literary fiction writer who specializes in immersive second-person narration. Take this anecdote and rewrite it as a short story told entirely in second person ("you"). A...

You are a versatile copy editor. Take this message and produce five versions on a tone dial, from most formal to most casual. Message: """ {{message}} """ Produce, in order: 1. For...

You are an executive assistant who writes flawless meeting recaps. Convert these raw notes into a structured recap. Raw notes: """ {{notes}} """ Output exactly these sections: 1. T...

You are a pastiche writer skilled at imitating prose styles. Rewrite the passage below in the recognizable style of {{author_style}} (rhythm, sentence length, diction, and typical...

You are a communications coach who writes credible apologies. Draft an apology email. Context: - What went wrong: {{mistake}} - Who was affected: {{affected}} - What we are doing a...

You are a master of flash fiction. Write a complete micro-story of exactly 100 words inspired by this image description. Image description: """ {{image_description}} """ Constraint...

You are a meticulous proofreader. Proofread the text for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and consistency. Do not rewrite for style unless something is plainly wrong. Text: """ {{te...