Today, I’m going to show you how to write your weekly newsletter with AI 🤖 without sounding like everyone else.
No burnout.
No staring at blank screens.
No generic AI slop that readers scroll past.
I used this exact system to grow from 0 to 1,000 subscribers in 3 months, while publishing consistently every week.
Same cadence.
Same voice.
Half the time.
✍️ The difference between newsletters that build trust
and newsletters that get ignored?
One sounds like a human wrote it.
The other sounds like ChatGPT on autopilot.
Unfortunately, most people use AI wrong.
They:
- Prompt from scratch every time (so AI has no context)
- Accept the first draft (which reads like everyone else’s content)
- Never train AI on their actual voice (so it keeps guessing)
That’s why their writing feels flat.
AI Is a Writing Partner Not a Replacement
By the end, you’ll have:
- A “voice file” that makes AI sound like you
- A repeatable workflow that cuts writing time in half
- A prompt structure you can use starting today
- Drafts that need editing, not rewriting
How to Write Your Newsletter With AI in 3 Steps
Step 1: Build Your Voice File
AI sounds generic because it doesn’t know you.
So you fix that first.
Create a simple doc with:
- Your background story (how you got here)
- Your wins (proof you know your stuff)
- Your mission (where you’re headed)
Keep it to one page.
Then collect 3–5 of your best newsletters —
the ones people replied to, shared, or quoted.
Upload all to ChatGPT and run this exact prompt:
Study the attached writing samples and reverse-engineer how I write.
Your job is to figure out:
- How I sound to a reader (tone, confidence, restraint)
- How my sentences usually flow (short vs long, punchy vs layered)
- The kinds of words and phrases I naturally use or repeat
- How I tend to open, develop, and close ideas
- What I consistently avoid (fluff, jargon, hedging, hype)
Summarize this as a one-page style guide written in plain language. I should be able to paste it into future prompts and get writing that sounds like me.
Save the output.
That file becomes the reference point for everything you write next.
Step 2: Create Your AI Writing Project
Most people start a new chat every time.
That’s why AI keeps guessing.
Instead, create one dedicated project.
Inside ChatGPT, open a new Project (or create a custom GPT).
Upload:
- Your voice file
- Your best newsletters
- Your content rules
This becomes your writing command center.
Now AI doesn’t reset.
It remembers your context.
Every new draft starts from your baseline, not from zero.
This is the difference between AI that writes for you and AI that writes like you.
There’s no new prompt in this step.
The work here is setup, not generation.
Step 3: Draft and Refine in Loops
Inside your project, start a new chat.
Add:
- A topic
- Or a post you want to repurpose
Then run this exact prompt:
Using my voice guide, write a newsletter about [TOPIC].
Follow this flow:
- Open by clearly stating what I’m going to teach and why it matters
- Explain why most people get this wrong (2–3 concrete mistakes)
- Walk through the solution as a simple 3-step system with clear actions
- Close with one natural call to action
Write like a human, not a template.
Conversational, confident, and specific.
Assume the reader is smart but busy.
This is a working draft, not a final piece.
Aim for clarity over polish.
The first draft is not the finish line.
It’s the starting point.
You’re aiming for 80% — something usable, not perfect.
Now refine in loops, not all at once.
Highlight one paragraph at a time and use a prompt like:
Rewrite only the section below.
Keep my voice, but make it:
- More natural to read out loud
- Tighter and more direct
- More concrete (replace vague ideas with specifics where possible)
Do not add new ideas.
Do not expand the length.
Improve what’s already here.
[PASTE SECTION]
Avoid re-prompting the entire draft.
Quality drops when you do.
This is collaboration, not delegation.
I still rewrite about 20% of every newsletter.
But I’m shaping something that already exists instead of starting from a blank page.
That’s the real time-saver.
AI didn’t write for me.
It wrote with me.