Writing Effective ChatGPT Prompts
By Shalon Kerr
February 2024
If you’re feeling a bit stumped when it comes to getting the most out of large language models like ChatGPT and Google Bard — you’re not alone. In fact, about 6,600 Americans Google “ChatGPT prompts” every month in their quest to generate more useful results.
Rather than endlessly hunting for a prompt to copy and paste, master writing these five prompt patterns to gain better control over ChatGPT’s responses and make its outputs more consistent.
Prompt formulas are effective because they tap into the data, words and question patterns that ChatGPT has already mastered.
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Shalon Kerr
Shalon Kerr (née Roth) is an award-winning author and has contributed to several PR trade publications. In 2018, she founded PR-it, a health-care PR firm powered by a global collective of independent PR, medical communications and creative experts who are curated into virtual dream teams to deliver projects.
