List of the best ChatGPT prompts for writers that we are experimenting with.
One can understand ChatGPT as a dynamic and growing orgasm. The Generative AI technology, from what we have witnessed so far, unleashed endless possibilities. The ChatGPT engine at this stage can’t take on full-fledged writing projects or conduct original, dependable research. But there’s no denying that it can be a powerful source for generating ideas.
ChatGPT can be a great place to look for titles, keywords, captions and much more. But how you look is a great factor in the results you get. Writers have been adapting to the tool and experimenting to engineer high-performing prompts that can get the most out of the AI.
As we continue to understand newer ways to leverage generative AI technology, here are a few prompts that you can experiment with in your writing.
Writers have been experimenting with different ways to guide these tools and get better results. And now, it’s not just about ChatGPT anymore; there are multiple AI tools being used for writing, each with its own strengths.
So, before we get into the best prompts, it’s worth taking a quick look at one question: Should you use GPT or Claude for writing?
ChatGPT vs Claude: Which One Should You Use for Writing?
The first thing to get clear as a writer: yes, there is a difference between these tools. But what matters more is how you direct them.
If we were comparing things like integrations or coding, you could probably pick a winner. Writing doesn’t work like that. Both tools from OpenAI (ChatGPT) and Anthropic (Claude) can complement each other when used properly.
And that’s how we’ve been using them.
How we use ChatGPT
ChatGPT is where most of our writing starts. We use it to structure content, build outlines, and quickly turn rough ideas into something readable. It’s fast, predictable, and easy to steer, especially when we need multiple directions or quick rewrites.
Pros:
- Fast and responsive
- Strong with structure and outlines
- Follows instructions closely
Cons:
- Can feel templated
- Needs tighter prompts for depth
How we use Claude
Claude comes in once the draft is ready. We use it to improve flow, refine tone, and make the writing feel more natural. It handles longer inputs well and does a better job connecting ideas, especially in long-form content. We’ve also been layering in humanizing steps here to clean up the final output.
Pros:
- More natural, human-like writing
- Better with long-form and context
- Strong at refining and expanding drafts
Cons:
- Can be slightly verbose
- Less structured out of the box
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Best ChatGPT prompts for writers
While these prompts are in no way a guarantee that you get the best of results, they will definitely give you a good jumpstart to writing your own piece:
1. “Write an introduction based on the bullet points below.”
If you just give ChatGPT a task of writing a whole blog on any particular topic, it may not be the piece of writing you would prefer. ChatGPT is not a specialist in very specific subjects or current affairs without the right prompts or input. Without the proper input, the program will probably make up the content.
To avoid this, it is required that you use your own expertise on the subject to better streamline the output.
Write a list of things or information you want to include in your content as bullet points, and feed them as a prompt to ChatGPT. You can repeat this prompt to write out different sections of a content piece.
2. “Do not start writing yet,” and “Do you understand?”
This particular ChatGPT prompt helps you engage the AI better, before jumping into the writing. Insert “Do not start writing yet,” and “Do you understand?” after you provide the context and task that is to be performed.
This is a sort of drill or a briefing session for the AI, to equip itself with the simple prompt you provided and learn, before the actual writing. Based on the answers you can also clarify any particulars that need clarification.
This can also turn out useful with future questions since ChatGPT will remember the input you provide.
For example, if your prompt is to ‘write a paragraph describing a pair of sports shoes’, asking ‘do you understand’ can give you the opportunity to mention how it needs to be written about a pair of sports shoes for flat feet.
3. “Please ask me all of the questions you need to help me write this blog post.”
Many forget that ChatGPT can also ask questions rather than only answer. We recommend offering to provide more information with a prompt like “Please ask me all of the questions you need to help me write this blog post.”
You can replace “blog post” with other terms like “article”, “Instagram caption” or use it for a specific section of your blog like the introduction or the conclusion.
ChatGPT can ask you valid questions that relate to the specifics of the content you want help with, or about your target audience, in order for it to assist you better.
4. “Write [number] alternative titles for [your draft title].”
One of the best ways for writers to utilise ChatGPT is for title ideas. It can be quite a task for writers to create more than one alternative title but ChatGPT can do it exceedingly well. It will rearrange words, insert the right keywords and there you have it!
And the AI can supply you with plenty of such alternatives. The same prompt can also be modified for other sub-headers and section headings. This is a great way for writers to also experiment with headings that bring them better audience engagement.
5. “What keyword should I use in this article?”
ChatGPT is not an expert on everything – but it surely can assist you in getting started with things – even creating SEO-friendly content pieces. It can extract key phrases and keywords, help you structure your sentences better and create content that’s tuned perfectly for improving SEO.
You can even plug an entire article into ChatGPT and ask it for potential keywords or for tips to improve SEO in the article. But we do recommend giving a manual go-over of the keywords to understand the intent they address and serve.
6. “Cut the length of this article by 20%.”
When you really have gone all out and have a very wordy, long article in your hand, you can rely on ChatGPT to trim it down to meet the word limit you want. This is effective as ChatGPT excels in summarization.
You can experiment with the prompt and the AI is bound to help you out. You might use “Please reduce the length of this article to 1,500 words without omitting any information of substance.” or say “Please cut the length of this article by 20%.”
This is also helpful when you want to create smaller blurbs of the content piece for social bookmarking and content distribution.
7. “Rephrase to make this [casual/ third person/ past tense/humorous, etc.]”
ChatGPT can modify, reword and edit any content into different tones, perspectives, grammatical tense, voice etc. This is especially handy for writers if there is a need for any major edits or overhauls to their content.
8. “Turn this into a Tweet/Instagram caption/meta description.”
ChatGPT can help you when you need your content to be shortened for meta descriptions or social media. This is a minor task you are assigning the AI, but it will provide you with the practice you need to make better use of ChatGPT content.
But we do recommend not overly templatizing your meta descriptions and captions to avoid sounding robotic or repetitive. Edit them to infuse your brand personality!
Best Practices to Get Better Results from ChatGPT as a Writer
Great outputs rarely come from clever prompts alone.
They come from better inputs.
Writers often treat ChatGPT like a search box — type a prompt, expect magic. But the strongest results usually come when you treat it more like a collaborator you brief properly.
Here are a few best practices worth following:
1. Give ChatGPT a Role to Play
Generic prompts create generic outputs.
Instead of asking:
“Write a blog intro on content strategy.”
Try:
“Act as a B2B SaaS content strategist writing for CMOs evaluating agency partners. Write an opinionated introduction for a blog on content strategy mistakes.”
Assigning a role sharpens perspective, tone, and relevance.
2. Provide Context, Not Just Instructions
The more context you feed, the better the output.
Include:
- Who the audience is
- What stage of awareness they’re in
- The goal of the piece (traffic, conversion, thought leadership)
- Your point of view
- Brand voice preferences
- Constraints (length, format, positioning)
Briefs outperform prompts.
Every time.
3. Feed It What Has Performed Well Before
One underrated use of ChatGPT: pattern recognition.
Paste in examples of your top-performing articles, newsletters, or LinkedIn posts and ask:
- What structural patterns do you notice?
- What hooks tend to work?
- What themes should be expanded into future topics?
Using your own historical performance as training input often produces far better ideas than prompting from scratch.
4. Show Examples of What “Good” Looks Like
If you want a certain standard, provide examples.
Share:
- Articles whose style you admire
- Headlines that have worked
- Frameworks you want mirrored
- Drafts you want improved without losing voice
Prompting with references usually improves output dramatically.
5. Use ChatGPT to Stress-Test Ideas, Not Just Generate Them
Most people use AI for idea generation.
Fewer use it for idea pressure-testing.
Try prompts like:
- What objections might a skeptical reader have to this argument?
- What blind spots does this article have?
- What contrarian angle is missing here?
- How would an expert challenge this point?
This is where AI starts becoming genuinely useful for thinking.
6. Use Performance Data in Prompts
This is especially valuable for SEO and content strategy work.
Feed ChatGPT data like:
- Queries driving impressions but low clicks
- Posts with strong engagement but weak conversions
- Topics ranking on page two
- Content decay patterns
Then ask it to identify optimization opportunities.
It can become a useful analysis layer, not just a writing assistant.
7. Don’t Accept First Draft Outputs
This may be the biggest rule.
First outputs are usually average outputs.
Iterate.
Ask for:
- stronger hooks
- sharper argumentation
- clearer structure
- more specificity
- better examples
- stronger contrarian angles
Prompting is often rewriting.
8. Use It to Augment Judgment, Not Replace It
The best writers don’t outsource thinking to AI.
They use AI to expand, refine, challenge, and accelerate their thinking.
That distinction matters.
Because the competitive edge still comes from taste, judgment, and original perspective.
Not prompt libraries.
Remember it’s AI “Assistance” Not AI “Dominance”!
A fact that is forgotten amidst the ongoing paranoia is that AI is here to assist, not replace humans. It remains that human depth, human emotions and knowledge are things that are distinctly ours that cannot be replaced by AI.
Of course, AI is very accurate and efficient at many tasks. But it lacks the capacity to think creatively and generate novel ideas that connect with human emotions and experiences and highlight a brand’s distinctive identity.
Nevertheless, AI can help you level up your output in a huge way. Utilise the potential of generative AI technology to automate, enhance and assist your content marketing efforts for positive results.
Talking about positive results in content marketing, we here at Contensify have all the expertise you need for a comprehensive and result-oriented content marketing strategy that can also help you experiment methodically with ChatGPT.
