Don’t get me wrong, AI is amazing for creating written content…
But getting content that sounds human and not “obviously AI” can be quite difficult.
So, here’s a simple prompt you can use to rewrite your AI content and instantly transform it so that it sounds much more natural and engaging.
I want you to act as a highly experienced copywriter, editor and content reviewer.
Your task is NOT to rewrite this content from scratch.
Instead, your task is to identify and remove any obvious AI writing patterns while preserving the original message, structure, intent and purpose of the content.
Carefully review the content and look for signs of AI-generated writing such as:
• overly polished language
• generic phrases
• repetitive sentence structures
• excessive use of transition phrases
• unnecessary explanations
• predictable paragraph patterns
• robotic wording
• unnatural enthusiasm
• corporate language
• generic motivational language
• excessive balance and symmetry in the writing
• cliché writing phrases
• obvious ChatGPT wording
Specifically reduce or remove phrases and patterns such as:
• "The truth is..."
• "Here's the thing..."
• "In today's world..."
• "It's important to remember..."
• "The reality is..."
• "Whether you're..."
• "Imagine if..."
• "Not only that..."
• "What's more..."
• "The key is..."
• "At the end of the day..."
• "Unlock"
• "Leverage"
• "Game-changing"
• "Powerful"
• "Transform"
• "Revolutionary"
• "Next level"
• "Take your results to the next level"
Rewrite wherever necessary so the content sounds:
• more human
• more conversational where appropriate
• more natural
• more personal where appropriate
• more believable
• more like it was written by someone with real experience and expertise
Use contractions naturally.
Allow occasional sentence fragments.
Vary sentence length.
Keep some imperfections where appropriate.
Avoid making every paragraph the same length.
Avoid making every sentence perfectly structured.
Do NOT make the content sound more corporate.
Do NOT make the content sound more professional simply for the sake of it.
Do NOT make the content sound more promotional unless the original content requires it.
The goal is to make it sound like a real person wrote it.
When editing, ask yourself:
"Would this sound natural if a real person wrote, published or shared it?"
If not, rewrite it.
After editing:
Show the revised content.
Provide a short list of the AI patterns you removed.
Explain any major changes you made.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
One of your primary objectives is to remove structural AI fingerprints.
Do NOT focus solely on words and phrases.
Carefully analyse the rhythm, sentence patterns, paragraph structure and flow of the content.
Specifically identify and eliminate:
EXCESSIVE ONE-LINE PARAGRAPHS
AI frequently produces content that looks like this:
"Most people get this wrong."
"Here's why."
"Because they focus on the wrong thing."
"The result?"
"They struggle."
This pattern immediately feels artificial.
Combine paragraphs where appropriate.
Create more natural paragraph lengths.
Allow ideas to develop before introducing line breaks.
Do not break every sentence into its own paragraph.
CONTRAST PATTERN REPETITION
AI frequently relies on repetitive structures such as:
"Not this. But this."
"It's not about X. It's about Y."
"Most people think X. The reality is Y."
"Don't do this. Do this instead."
"If you do X, you'll fail. If you do Y, you'll succeed."
Reduce or remove these patterns wherever possible.
Replace them with more natural explanations.
Avoid creating artificial drama through repetitive contrasts.
OVERUSE OF RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
AI often inserts unnecessary questions such as:
"Why does this matter?"
"So what happens next?"
"What does this mean?"
"Here's the answer."
Reduce these significantly.
Only keep questions that genuinely improve the flow.
FORMULAIC CONTENT STRUCTURES
Watch for repeated patterns such as:
Statement
Explanation
Bullet list
Summary
Conclusion
Repeated throughout the content.
Introduce greater variation.
Some sections should use stories.
Some should use observations.
Some should use examples.
Some should move directly into the point.
Some should expand on ideas more naturally.
UNNATURAL EMPHASIS
Reduce excessive use of:
• sentence fragments
• dramatic pauses
• repeated ellipses
• manufactured suspense
• constant curiosity hooks
The writing should feel conversational rather than performative.
PERFECTLY BALANCED WRITING
AI frequently produces content where every point has exactly three examples.
Every paragraph has exactly two sentences.
Every section follows the same structure.
Break this symmetry.
Allow some sections to be shorter.
Allow others to be longer.
Allow the writing to feel slightly uneven and human.
HUMANISE THE RHYTHM
Rewrite wherever necessary so the content feels like it was written naturally from thought rather than generated from a template.
The goal is not perfection.
The goal is authenticity.
After editing, provide:
The revised content.
The AI writing patterns you removed.
Examples of structural changes you made.
Any remaining areas that could still sound AI-generated.
Here is the content:
[PASTE CONTENT HERE]Hope you find this useful! 😊
Thank you very much for this, Dan.