AI Writing Prompts for Newsletters, Blogs and Substack Articles

This course teaches you to brief an AI model so the article it returns is publishable and recognisably yours. You ... Show more
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This course teaches you to brief an AI model so the article it returns is publishable and recognisably yours. You will learn why the brief, not the model, decides the quality of the draft, and which five elements a brief must carry before it produces work worth putting your name on. You will then learn to read a returned draft against seven specific failure signals, to iterate section by section without losing your voice, and to shape the finished piece for Substack and website blogs.

The course is built for founders and creative leaders who publish to establish authority. Long-form writing is how expertise becomes visible. When that writing sounds like everyone else, it works against the reason you published it. The method here is drawn from briefs that produced articles built on named frameworks, personal disclosure, and a defended position rather than a summary of a topic.

Five lessons sit across three sections. Each opens with a short presenter video, then the written lesson. Each lesson ends with a summary and a five-question comprehension check that must be passed before the next lesson unlocks. The course closes with a twenty-question final assessment. A downloadable checklist distils the full method into a page you can run before every brief and again before you publish.


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Course materials
Do I need experience with AI tools before starting?
No. The course teaches the briefing method from first principles and works with any general-purpose writing assistant. What matters is that you have something to say, not that you have used these tools before.
How long will this take, and can I stop partway through?
Between sixty and seventy-five minutes. Progress is saved, so you can leave and return. Each lesson unlocks only after you answer its five questions correctly, so the course keeps your place for you.
Will this make my writing sound like AI wrote it?
The course is built to prevent that outcome. Two of the five lessons deal specifically with detecting a flattened voice in a returned draft and with editing it back to your own register before publication.

This course teaches a briefing and editing method, not a shortcut to finished work. You remain the author, and the editing stage is where the voice returns. Tools named in the lessons are illustrative examples and change over time. Verify every statistic, study, and attributed idea a model produces before you publish, because unsourced claims that sound credible are the most damaging error in published writing. Keep a human review step before anything is published or sent, and follow the data protection rules that apply to you when placing client or personal information into any tool.

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Course details
Duration 60 - 75 minutes
Level Beginner
Basic info
  • Format: self-paced online course
  • Language: English
  • Structure: five lessons across three sections, plus a final assessment
  • Visuals: a presenter video opening each lesson, and formatted lesson pages with highlighted key principles
  • Video: five presenter videos, approximately 4 minutes in total, subtitled
  • Assessment: five multiple choice questions per lesson, all required to progress, and a twenty-question final assessment with a pass mark of sixteen out of twenty
  • Progression: gated, each lesson unlocks the next only after its check is passed
  • Resource: a downloadable checklist in PDF
  • Standard: SCORM 1.2 compatible
Course requirements
  • No prior experience with AI tools is required.
  • No technical background is required.
  • Access to any general-purpose AI writing assistant.
  • A connection able to play embedded video.
  • Helpful but not required: a publication you already write for, such as a newsletter, a Substack, or a website blog.
Intended audience
  • Founders and creative leaders who publish to build authority.
  • Newsletter and Substack writers whose drafts return sounding generic.
  • Consultants and coaches turning expertise into long-form articles.
  • Anyone who has used AI for writing and found the output competent but not theirs.

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