Teach it how you write
Build-along · ~15 min at your own keyboard
An assistant writes in a flat, generic voice until you show it yours. Do not describe your voice from memory. People are bad at that. Show it things you actually wrote: emails, texts to customers, a quote, a post. Ask the assistant to study them and write a voice profile. The profile has four parts: tone, how long your sentences run, words you use, and words you never use. Then test it. Give it a new task and see if the draft sounds like you. Fix the profile where it misses. You will save this profile in the next lesson.
Ladder · Level 2The long version: Context ↗
Do this
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- ▸You should now see a profile with four labeled parts, and each part quotes your own words.
- ▸You should now see a draft for a task you never showed it.
- ▸You should now see a second draft that sounds closer to you than the first.
The three ways this goes wrong
- The profile is vague: 'friendly, clear, professional'. — Ask for evidence and numbers: 'Quote three of my sentences. Give my average sentence length. List ten words I use.' If it still guesses, your samples are too few or too alike. Add two more.
- The test draft sounds like a stock customer email. — The profile is describing, not instructing. Add a line at the top: 'Write in this voice. Never use words from the never-use list.' Then ask for the draft again.
- Your samples included a customer's name, phone number or account details. — Start a new chat. Remove the private details from every sample first. Delete the old chat if your assistant lets you.
Share what happened
Paste your final voice profile, then one before and one after: the first test draft, and the draft after you fixed the profile. Add one sentence on what changed.
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