📬The Promptologist Daily – Issue #4

Hey, you clever human —
Welcome back to The Promptologist Daily, where we teach AI to sound less like a boardroom memo and more like… well, you.

🧠 In today’s issue:

• 🛠 How to make ChatGPT mimic your voice (and stop sounding like a HR manual)

• 🧪 We tested how far you can push “make it sound more like me” before AI gives up and the results were surprisingly spicy

• 🧰 A plug-and-play tone prompt to make your AI sound less like a robot and more like you.

Let’s see what kind of prompt-powered mischief we can get into today...

🧠 Prompt of the Day

How to Make ChatGPT Sound Like You (Not a Corporate Memo with Feelings)

Ever type something into ChatGPT, get a reply back, and think:

“Cool cool cool... but why does this read like a press release written by someone who’s never laughed?”

Yeah. That’s not your fault.
It’s just doing what it thinks you want. But without your voice, it’ll just sound like every blog post ever written by a sentient FAQ page.

Here’s how to change that.

Step 1: Feed It Your Actual Voice

Or: How to teach AI to stop writing like a polite stranger

Here’s the truth: AI has no idea who you are. It doesn’t know if you’re bold, breezy, poetic, chaotic, or just really into dad jokes.

So if you don’t tell it what your voice sounds like… it defaults to the most generic tone possible.
(AKA: LinkedIn-core. Oatmeal. Beige word salad.)

But the good news? It wants to learn your voice.
You just have to give it a sample.

What Counts as a Good Sample?

Basically, anything that sounds like you when you’re being yourself. Some great sources:

• An email you actually enjoyed writing

• A social media caption that felt “so you”

• The intro to your blog or newsletter

• A ranty message to a friend where you explain something with passion

• That one time you wrote something and thought, “Damn, that’s good.”

What matters is that the writing has voice. It doesn’t need to be perfect. In fact, the imperfections are helpful as they show the rhythm, personality, and quirks of how you write.

Here’s the Prompt to Use:

“You are my personal writing assistant. I want you to learn my writing voice so you can mimic it in future tasks. Here is a sample of how I write:

[Paste a 100–300 word writing sample that sounds like you.]

Please analyze this and summarize my tone, sentence structure, phrasing, and word choices. Tell me what makes this writing style unique so we can reuse it.”

This tells the AI to study you before it writes anything. It’s like giving it your own personal style guide. Without all the boring parts.

What a Good AI Summary Looks Like

Once you give it the sample, the AI might return something like:

“Your writing is casual, direct, and conversational. You use short sentences with a rhythmic flow, often adding side comments in parentheses or emulating how someone might speak in real life. Your tone is encouraging with a touch of wit. You avoid jargon and prefer clarity over complexity.”

Sound familiar? Good. That’s your voice, bottled up and ready to pour into anything you write.

Warning: Don’t Use a Sample That’s Been AI-Written

If you give ChatGPT a sample it wrote… you’re basically saying, “Hey, copy your own generic style and use it forever.”

Instead, copy something you wrote before AI entered the chat. Something human. Even if it’s messy. Especially if it’s messy.

TL;DR: Make This Work for You

• Pick a sample that sounds like you (not like an essay)

• Paste it into the prompt above

• Let the AI tell you what your style is

• Save that style summary. It’s your new secret weapon

Next up: how to actually use that style to write something without it veering into Robotville again.

Want a library of style prompt templates to copy-paste?
Let me know and I’ll load it into a future issue.

Step 2: Tell It to Use Your Voice

Because knowing your style is cool, but using it is where the magic happens

Okay, so the AI has read your writing sample.
It’s analyzed your tone.
It’s nodded politely and said, “Got it! You’re casual, clever, and slightly sarcastic. Noted.”

But here’s the kicker:
It won’t automatically write like that.

Just because ChatGPT knows your voice doesn’t mean it’ll use it unless you specifically say, “Hey, write this next thing the same way.”

This is like giving someone your Spotify playlist and then reminding them to actually hit play.

Here’s What to Say Next:

Now that the AI understands your voice, follow up with something like:

“Using the writing style you just analyzed, complete this task:

[Insert your task here — e.g., Write an Instagram caption for my new digital product]”

That’s it. You’re telling the AI to apply your voice to something new and to keep the tone, rhythm, and structure it just learned.

Want to Fine-Tune It? Add These Bonus Ingredients:

If the first draft comes back sounding a little stiff or “AI-ish,” don’t panic. Just add a few more instructions to keep it in line.

Here are a few you can throw in after your task:

• “Keep it casual and friendly, like something I’d actually say out loud.”

• “Avoid generic phrases like ‘unlock your potential’, ‘streamline your workflow’, or ‘let’s dive in’ (I can’t stand that one).”

• “Use contractions and keep the tone natural.”

• “Write like I’m talking to a smart friend, not a corporate boardroom.”

• “Make it sound confident but not salesy.”

• “Start with a strong hook and end with a nudge to take action.”

These little notes help the AI stay grounded in your voice instead of drifting back into default mode (a.k.a., Beige AI Speak™).

Real-World Example

Let’s say your voice is:

Witty, conversational, and a little rebellious. You write like you’re texting a smart friend who’s having a bad day.

And your task is:

“Write a product description for my ‘Overthinker’s To-Do List’ - a digital planner for people who procrastinate.”

Drop this into ChatGPT:

“Using the writing style you just analyzed, write a product description for my ‘Overthinker’s To-Do List’ - a digital planner for people who procrastinate. Keep it fun, helpful, and a little self-aware. Avoid anything formal or overly promotional.”

You’ll probably get something like:

“This is not your average to-do list. This is the list for people who start cleaning their kitchen instead of sending an email. It’s the planner that gets your brain to shut up and your tasks to show up. In order. Digitally. With checkboxes. Because we love a dopamine hit.”

If that doesn’t feel like you, tweak it. Then tell ChatGPT how to tweak it.

This is a dance. Not a vending machine.

Step 3: Save the Whole Setup

Once you’re happy with the output, save a version of the full prompt like this:

“You're my writing assistant. You know my voice: casual, funny, honest, with short, punchy sentences and a hint of sass. I write like I talk. No corporate speak, no fluff.

Write the following in that style: [Insert task here]”

Congratulations. You’ve just built a reusable voice layer. You can now apply it to blog posts, emails, captions, sales pages, or literally anything else you don’t feel like writing from scratch.

🧽Quick Fixes If It’s Still Off

• Make the sample longer (100–300 words > 2 sentences)

• Tell it what tone NOT to use (“No corporate speak” works wonders)

• Ask it to pretend to be “you, on a good day”

Final reminder:
If your AI sounds boring, it’s probably just hungry for your personality.

Feed it.
Shape it.
Then let it do the writing your way.

In the future, I’ll show you how to turn this into a reusable style preset that never forgets your voice. Even when you don’t like how you sound.

🔬 Today’s Prompt Lab

What Happens When You Force ChatGPT to Juggle Five Different Voices?

You know what’s fun? Giving ChatGPT an identity crisis.

For this Prompt Lab, we ran a ridiculous but very real test:
Same prompt, five different writing samples.
Each one with a distinct voice.

We wanted to answer one question:

Can ChatGPT actually switch writing styles like a pro, or does it just kind of... flatten everything into lukewarm oatmeal?

Spoiler: It can do it. But only if you feed it the right flavors.

The Setup: Five Voices, One Prompt

We asked ChatGPT to write the same thing, a product description for a digital planner, five separate times. But before each version, we gave it a unique voice sample to analyze.

Here were the five contenders:

1. The Spiritual Coach
   Loves moon metaphors, deep questions, and words like “alignment.”
   Writing sample: a blog post about trusting your inner guidance.

2. The Mom Blogger
   Helpful, chatty, and full of relatable chaos.
   Writing sample: a post about trying to plan a week of meals while parenting small humans.

3. The Gen Z Creator
   Capitalization is a suggestion. Humor is dry. Energy is “I don’t care but also I care a lot.”
   Writing sample: a TikTok caption + ranty post about creative burnout.

4. The Bro Marketer
   Calls everything a “framework” or “funnel.” Loves urgency. Speaks in bullet points.
   Writing sample: a landing page for a productivity system called “Dominate Your Day.”

5. The Corporate Compliance Bot
   Formal. Passive voice. Sprinkled with words like “implement” and “operationalize.”
   Writing sample: an internal policy memo on time tracking tools.

🧪 The Prompt We Used (for Each Voice):

“You’re my writing assistant. Analyze the writing style below:

[Insert 200-word writing sample]

Now write a product description for a digital planner designed for busy people who overthink everything. Use the tone, voice, and structure you just analyzed.”

The Results

Here’s what happened… and what we learned:

Crushed It: Gen Z, Mom Blogger, Spiritual Coach

These three worked incredibly well. Why?

• Clear voice with rhythm and personality

• Strong emotional tone (humor, warmth, vulnerability)

• Specific phrasing and energy the AI could latch onto

ChatGPT didn’t just copy the style, it channeled it. The Gen Z version was snarky and lowercase. The mom-blogger one felt like she was about to hand you banana bread. The spiritual one low-key made us want to charge our crystals.

Meh: Bro Marketer

It tried. But the energy was... off. The tone was aggressive, but without context, it felt like someone yelling productivity tips into a void.

Lesson: If your writing style is built around formulas, frameworks, and filler, the AI might overdo it. The result felt like a parody of a self-help book. (I’m not sure if that’s good or bad.)

Fail: Corporate Compliance Bot

Yikes. The AI nailed the tone… but wow, that was the problem.

The description was so dry it could’ve been used as a silica packet. It used the phrase “workflow optimization” in the first sentence. Twice.

Lesson: Don’t feed AI boring samples and expect magic. Garbage tone in = garbage tone out. Even if it’s “accurate,” it’s still unreadable.

Key Takeaways

• Voice is a cheat code. If you give the AI a strong tone to work with, it can absolutely match it.

• Emotion matters more than grammar. Don’t give it your cleaned-up, over-edited stuff. Give it your messy brilliance.

• Weird works. The AI does better when your writing has quirks.

• Tone transfer is real. ChatGPT doesn’t just copy structure, it mimics vibe.

Try This at Home:

Want to run your own Prompt Lab experiment?

Do this:

1. Find 2–3 samples of your own writing with slightly different tones (e.g., serious, funny, inspirational).

2. Feed each one into the same prompt structure and ask ChatGPT to summarize the tone.

3. Then give it a new writing task and see how differently it performs based on the tone you fed it.

You’ll see just how much your style changes the output, even with the same request.

🧰 Prompt Toolbox

Need a Quick Tone-Tweak? Use This Cheat Sheet Prompt:

“Rewrite this in a more [funny / casual / confident / warm / sassy / bold / poetic / human] tone without changing the meaning:

[Paste your content]”

Pro tip: Swap tone words like outfits. “Bold” is the leather jacket. “Warm” is the fuzzy cardigan. “Poetic” might be your artsy friend who drinks oat milk and journals at dawn.

🧾 That’s It for Today’s Issue
We know, it ran a little long. But hey, your AI’s not going to learn to sound like you on its own. I hope today’s prompt chaos left you feeling a little more powerful (and your AI results a lot less like a tech demo).

📬 Before You Go
Like this issue? Forward it to a friend who still writes prompts like “make this better.” (We don’t shame. We coach.)

📣 Coming Up Next
Etsy Prompts That Do the Heavy Lifting, so you can spend less time writing listings and more time watching those cha-chings roll in.

Until next time,
🧠 The Promptologist