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Priya's Thursday, Two Ways

8 lessons · 24 prompts

A day in the life of a Ghostwriter: what changes with these prompts.

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Priya, a ghostwriter for startup founders and coaches.

Priya starts Thursday with a client call for a memoir project. The founder, Daniel, leaves a rambling voicemail about his early years, a factory tour, and a mentor named Ms. Reyes. Priya opens ChatGPT and uses the Client Interviews And Briefs prompts to turn the voicemail into six sharp questions and a one-page brief. She sends it before her coffee goes cold.

Next she works on chapter four of another manuscript. The client's voice is dry and funny, but Priya's draft sounds too formal. She pastes three old blog posts into Claude and uses Matching The Client Voice to build a voice profile. The profile says short sentences, gentle jokes, no jargon. She rewrites the opening and it finally sounds like him.

After lunch, the outline for a business leader's long-form project stalls at chapter three. Priya uses the outlining prompts in Gemini to map beats and spot a missing case study. Then she uses Revising On Client Feedback to turn a vague note, 'make it warmer,' into a clear edit plan. She finishes the tracked changes before school pickup.

She ends the day with Deadlines, Scope And Handoff prompts. She plans backwards from the due date, writes a short client update, and packages the final files with a clean name list. The hour she saves goes to a walk and dinner with her family.

Before

  • Client notes feel scattered and rushed
  • Voice edits eat the whole afternoon
  • Outline stalls around chapter three
  • Deadline pressure starts before drafting

After this course

  • Brief ready before coffee turns cold
  • Client voice sounds natural on the page
  • Outline holds from start to finish
  • Draft done with time for family

What you'll learn

  • Interview Briefs: Turn scattered client notes into sharp questions and a clear project brief.
  • Voice Profiles: Build a reusable profile from the client's own writing so drafts sound like them.
  • Long-Form Outlines: Shape a premise into a chapter map and break chapters into beats before drafting.
  • First Drafts: Turn beats into full drafts with openings, endings, and dialogue that reads like speech.
  • Research Checks: Get up to speed on new subjects and list claims that still need a human check.
  • Feedback Edits: Convert vague client reactions into an edit plan and a consistency pass.
  • Speeches and Posts: Adapt client material into speeches, op-eds, newsletters, and posts.
  • Deadline Handoff: Plan backwards from the due date and package final files cleanly.

How this course works

  1. 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from client interviews and briefs to deadlines, scope and handoff.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.