5 New ChatGPT Prompts You Need To Try

In my opinion, there is ONE THING you should absolutely NOT be using AI for.

Yet unfortunately, A LOT of people are doing it.

If you’re asking AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini to write stories for you, I hate to break it to ya, but you’re actually slowing down your growth as a copywriter and marketer. And letting your creative brain cells die in the process.  

In this post, I’m going to share with you:

• Why AI can’t make you a better storyteller unless you’re using it this way
  
• When you should use AI to help you write (and how)

• And 5 genius storytelling prompts to spark your creativity without sacrificing your voice or brilliance.

The AI Temptation

This whole post was actually inspired by a question that came up on a recent coaching call inside my SPARK Membership.

I’m paraphrasing here, but the question went something like this:

“How can I get better at storytelling in my emails and also use AI to make it faster, easier, and more efficient?”

Okay before I go on, I have to ask:

Have you ever asked AI to write you a story-based email? 

Now, no shade here. I bet MOST marketers have, whether it was out of pure curiosity, simple laziness or a tight deadline, the AI temptation is real. 

Now tell me, how did you feel about it? 

Every single time I ask AI to generate copy for me, I am sorely, sorely, SORELY disappointed. 

Sure it’s cute — but cutesy puns and childish anecdotes are not the kind of stories that MOVE your customers to take action. 

Btw – if you’ve been around a while, you might know what “Copy Coop” is referring to here LOL I couldn’t help myself.

Drop me a comment below if you get the reference because you’re a Posse OG!

Anyway, crap storytelling like this is exactly why SO MANY marketers and copywriters are STUCK right now.

We know storytelling is important.

We want to tell better stories.

We also want to work smarter, not harder.

But we don’t actually understand HOW to use AI to help us become better marketers and storytellers.

You’re using it the WRONG WAY.

At best – it’s wasting your time because you realize what it comes up with sucks and go on to write your own story email anyway.

Or you spend 10 minutes editing the soulless garbage it spits out, which honestly is harder than writing an email from scratch half the time.

OR AT WORST:

You don’t even recognize how bad it is and you pass that email to your client or send it to your list, completely jeopardizing your relationship and trust with your customers and clients.

Look, I love AI. 

My team and I use it every single day. 

We use and LOVE AI so much that we even created a whole AI Prompt Guide with 94+ juicy prompts to help with everything from improving your messaging to streamlining workflows.

It’s a game-changer for productivity and creativity.

BUT,

If you’re relying on AI to make you a better storyteller?

That’s gonna be a big ‘nope’ from me.

How To Get Better At Storytelling

Storytelling is a muscle.

It’s something you build OVER TIME by practicing it, messing up, refining it, and doing it again.

And just like there are no shortcuts to building muscle in the gym.

There is no magic potion, pill, powder or robot that’ll make YOU a better storyteller.

Think of it this way:

You can use AI to warm up, stretch and brainstorm.

But the heavy lifting should be ALL YOU, baby.  

YOUR storytelling. 

YOUR voice. 

YOUR experiences, euphemisms, inside jokes, and random thoughts.

So if you feel like your storytelling muscle is weak or underdeveloped, there’s really only one thing you can do.

TELL. MORE. STORIES.

Will they kind of suck at first? Definitely. But that’s how it is for EVERYBODY. 

I say this all the time, but, First – write bad copy. Then fix it!!

I constantly get messages from people saying my newsletter and emails are their FAVORITE to read and consume.

But I didn’t write emails like this in the beginning of my career, my emails weren’t even this good a few years ago.

I’m CONTINUALLY getting better at writing great emails because I am CONTINUING to write my own emails. 

I’m not outsourcing my writing to ChatGPT or any other AI writing assistant. 

But with that being said,

I’m not saying that you should never use AI when writing.

But the key is knowing where to draw the line.

Write this down:

Use AI to prompt your genius – not to replace it.

So now let’s talk about when you CAN use AI – and how to use it.

5 Storytelling Prompts

AI is AMAZING for sparking ideas, organizing your thoughts, and getting you out of that dreaded “blank page paralysis”.

This is the #1 way I use AI personally.

My brainstorming bestie!!

So if you ever feel stuck writing a story-based email, here are five prompts you can try RIGHT NOW.

Write them down, or bookmark this post so you can come back to it later!

✍️ Prompt #5:

“I want to write a story-based email on [topic]. Can you give me [X] hook ideas to help get me started?”

✍️ Prompt #4:

“I want to write an email connecting [topic] to [general idea, lesson, news article, quote, etc.]. Can you give me [X] ways I might string these ideas together?”

✍️ Prompt #3:

“I want to write an email based on [story idea]. How can I connect that story with [the topic of my email]?”

✍️ Prompt #2:

“I’m trying to explain [marketing lesson or business tip]. Can you suggest a personal story or metaphor that could make this easier to understand?”

✍️ Prompt #1:

“Here’s a personal story: [paste short story]. What’s a lesson or angle I could turn this into for an email about [email topic]?”

These prompts still require your voice, your experience, and your storytelling skills.

They just help you warm up and get the IDEAS flowing.

We’re using AI to prompt YOU, not the other way around. 

Because you already have the best storytelling engine in the world.

Your brain, your perspective, and your lived experience.

And if you want help planning your emails, coming up with story ideas, and mapping out a whole year of email content in one day?

I created a $27 mini-course that’ll walk you through exactly that.

Including how to come up with story ideas on demand – without using AI to water down your genius. 

And of course, if you haven’t downloaded my updated AI Prompt Guide yet – with 94+ prompts that are ACTUALLY USEFUL.

If this post helped you shift your perspective around storytelling and AI, drop a comment below and let me know.

Are you going to try one of these prompts?

What’s your biggest struggle when it comes to telling better stories?

Make sure to share this post with a fellow freelancer or marketer who needs to hear this.

And if you want to learn how to SOURCE AMAZING STORIES to use in your emails, check out this next post from me right here.

I’ll see you next week with a brand new post. 

Until then, I’m Alex. Ciao for now.

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