When his 99-year-old father died, a blogger didn't ask ChatGPT to write the eulogy. He gave it his own stories and asked where each one fitted, what repeated and what sounded unnatural, which helped him group the memories into themes and tighten the speech while keeping it in his own voice.
I'm writing a eulogy for my [RELATIONSHIP, E.G. DAD] and I want it to sound like me, not like AI. Here are my memories and stories: [PASTE YOUR NOTES]. Don't write the speech for me. Instead, group these into 3-5 themes about who they were, suggest an order, point out anything that repeats, and flag sentences that are too long to say out loud. The speech should last about [MINUTES] minutes.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Write down your memories first, in your own words, before you open ChatGPT.
- Ask it to act as an editor: where stories fit, what to cut and what sounds awkward when spoken, rather than asking for a finished speech.
- Read every suggestion aloud and only keep the ones that still sound like you.
More writing use cases
Get unstuck on a personal book with Grok’s writing prompts
One user had spent five years thinking about writing a book about losing their mum to Alzheimer's. Grok's brainstorming and writing prompts helped them work out an outline and ideas to make it more readable, and they made more progress in a week than in those five years. They won't use it to write the book itself.
I want to write a [MEMOIR / FAMILY HISTORY / PERSONAL ESSAY] about [SUBJECT]. Don't write it for me. Ask me questions to help me remember key moments, then give me 10 writing prompts I can answer in my own words, and suggest a simple chapter outline I could build from my answers.
Reword a difficult, emotional message so it comes across kindly with ChatGPT
One Hacker News reader uses ChatGPT to reword emotionally loaded messages so they come across as kind, clear and as fair as possible. To get honest pushback rather than agreement, he asked it to find flaws, including by imagining it was the person receiving the letter, and he still asked friends for feedback too.
Here's a message I want to send to [WHO THEY ARE TO ME] about [SITUATION]: [PASTE DRAFT]. Help me make it kind, clear and fair without losing what I need to say. First, read it as if you were the person receiving it and tell me honestly how it might land and what feels unfair or unclear. Then suggest a revised version, and point out anything I should think about before sending.
Get honest line-edit feedback on your own writing from Claude
Writer Minu Freitag, who writes in an adopted language and has no local writing group, asks Claude almost daily to review drafts she has already written, scene by scene. She never asks it for first drafts or ideas, and finds it catches more slips, such as mixed-up sound-alike words, than her other writing tools.
Act as a careful copy editor. Here is a [SCENE / CHAPTER / ARTICLE] I've written: [PASTE]. Don't rewrite it in your own style. List problems with grammar, punctuation, spelling, word choice and flow, quote the exact phrase each time, explain why it's a problem and suggest a fix. My audience is [WHO] and English is [MY FIRST / SECOND] language.
Reference: Wheelchair John (blog)