Raise your hand if you've tried using AI tools like ChatGPT but not found them very helpful.
Maybe you heard (e.g., from this newsletter) that ChatGPT could write you a first draft, but when you tried, you got something that sounded so different from what you wanted, or from the way you'd write it, that it was useless.
"Wake me up when you can write a halfway decent first draft," you may've said to ChatGPT. Then maybe you wondered if it would in fact awaken you one night to announce, through the fillings in your teeth maybe, that now it could write a ripping-good first draft and how about you get up and give it a try since you're obviously such an expert on first drafts.
Well you don't have to wait for that eventuality, because you can read about Briana Brownell's latest on the 11 ChatGPT prompts that will get you the results you're looking for today.
She breaks down a study that tested and analyzed 26 prompting principles to determine what works best for getting responses that are both accurate and good. As in, a first-draft-you-could-actually-work-with good.
Give it a read. And don't sleep on the section about bribing and threatening ChatGPT. Turns out, it works. AI bots—they're just like us!
Also helpful, maybe
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What are the rules for AI?
"There aren't any"—that's what you're thinking. And if we meant laws, you'd be right. We don't have a regulatory framework for AI yet; but don't worry, it's in the hands of a bunch of (mostly) old (mostly) men who shout at Alexa when they lose their keys. They are sure to act quickly and wisely. Meanwhile, the platforms where we publish are already making rules. If you're using AI to create, you'll want to read our guide to using AI on YouTube, Spotify, and Audible.
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7 workflow tips
Plugging the leaks in your workflow is a never-ending battle. There's always some way to get more efficient, some tedious task you could speed up or eliminate, some tool out there you haven't tried. And if you're like most creatives, you're always beating yourself up about it. Hopefully this helps: 7 tips to streamline your Descript workflow. It's fairly basic stuff, but often that's the best way to start, and a gateway to all the efficiencies lurking in Descript.
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Let's get small
Short-form video—it's the only place to be! Oh wait, that was six months ago. Now every other TikTok is 10 minutes long. Who knows. But short-form definitely is here to stay—YouTube Shorts still have that 60-second hard limit, and it's just so much easier to consume shorter videos. So learning to create them is vital. So here's Ramdy, slinging wisdom on how to make short-form.
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Create mastery, live
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Work faster and smarter
One of the most impactful workflow hacks mentioned in the article linked above is creating templates. If you have any kind of branded look—from logos to captions—setting up templates can save you loads of time on every new project. And support hero Marcello is here to show you how. Thursday, March 21. Register here.
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Get started creating
Lots of things could be holding you back from making all that content you want to make: time, know-how, crippling fear. All of those can be overcome with a quick reminder of how easy it is to get started in Descript. Let Descript virtuoso Harmony be your guide. Thursday, March 14. Register here; or catch the replay on YouTube.
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AI can't create anything—without you
Descript's AI tools are built to save you time and eliminate tedious stuff so you can stay in flow, and focus on making something great. Because for all the talk about the power of AI, it's still useless without you—your ideas, your creativity, your originality...just, you. So click below and jump straight to Descript to get started. The AI has nothing better to do.
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