How can I get AI to write in my unique voice instead of sounding generic or flowery?

The key to getting AI to match your voice is providing examples of your actual writing as context. Create what can be called a ‘voiceprint’—a comprehensive document that analyzes how you write, including your word choices, punctuation and formatting style, call-to-action patterns, hashtag strategy, tone and personality, sentence structure and flow, how you open posts, your emotional transitions, and how your voice differs across contexts like social media captions versus emails versus blog posts. To create this, you need substantial source material—ideally at least 75 posts on your Instagram or significant content on your website. The AI can analyze this material to understand your unique voice, and then you can reference this voiceprint in future prompts by saying ‘write this in my tone of voice’ or ‘write this in my tone of voice professionally.’ This transforms generic AI output into content that genuinely sounds like you.

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Asked by an artist frustrated with generic AI writing · Answered by Patrick Shanahan · art-marketing-podcast · 2025-07-30