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Content ideation

Ramble on a walk, then ask AI to pull out your best insights and an outline

Tools:
Claude, Voice memo app
Who it's for

Founders who have ideas while walking or driving and lose them

What they report

No metric reported. Dan Shipper says he often goes on a walk, talks through what's on his mind into a voice memo, and asks AI to 'summarize what I said and pull out any interesting insights.' For long-running pieces, he pastes his messy notes into Claude and asks for an outline.

Example

Shipper's habit when a first draft is not working: start simple, and if the output misses, add an expert role, raw and edited examples, a style book, or a critique-and-revise step.

from source

How to do it

  1. Record a 10 to 20 minute voice memo on a walk.
  2. Transcribe it.
  3. Ask for a summary and the most interesting insights.
  4. Pick one insight and ask for a simple outline from your notes.
  5. Write the draft yourself from the outline.

The prompt

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Below is a transcript of me thinking out loud on a walk. 1. Summarize what I said in 5 bullets. 2. Pull out the 3-5 most interesting or surprising insights. Quote the line where I said each one. 3. Which insight would make the strongest [post / essay / newsletter] for [audience], and why? 4. For that one, give me a simple outline using only my points. Note where I need an example. TRANSCRIPT: [paste]

Prompt:
Legacy Builder version, built around the source's quoted prompt
Source:
Dan Shipper interviewed by Peter Yang, 'How Top Experts Use AI to Write' (Creator Economy)
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