The day before a wedding celebration in his wife's hometown in China, Shawn Prince needed vows he could say in English and Chinese. With his wife's blessing, he did a voice-mode brain dump about their nine years together, had ChatGPT ask him ten questions to jog his memory, and used the answers to build vows suitable for a Chinese audience, plus a translation.
I need to give vows to [PARTNER] at [OCCASION] tomorrow, lasting about [MINUTES] minutes. I'll start with a brain dump of memories and feelings, then please ask me [NUMBER] questions, one at a time, to draw out the most meaningful details. After that, write the vows in my voice, suitable for an audience of [WHO WILL BE THERE], and give me a natural translation into [SECOND LANGUAGE] with a simple pronunciation guide.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Talk freely into voice mode about your partner and your story; don’t worry about structure.
- Answer ChatGPT’s questions in writing, one at a time, then ask for a draft in your own words.
- Read the vows aloud, cut anything that doesn’t sound like you, and ask a fluent speaker to check the translation.
More writing use cases
Shape a eulogy from your own memories with ChatGPT
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.
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.
Draft personalised thank-you notes from a spreadsheet with ChatGPT
Facing 50 wedding thank-you notes, a PCMag writer made a sheet with each guest's name, gift and a special memory, and had ChatGPT draft five notes first so she could approve the tone before it wrote the rest. She and her husband then edited every note, had some translated for non-English-speaking guests, and printed them into cards.
I need to write thank-you notes for [OCCASION]. I'm attaching a list with each person's name, what they gave or did, and a memory to mention. Draft the first five notes so I can check the tone: warm, [LENGTH, E.G. 3-4 SENTENCES], sounding like me rather than formal, and signed '[SIGN-OFF]'. Once I approve, do the rest in the same style.
Reference: Shawn Prince, (PR)ompt newsletter