Brainstorming
Do you ever feel stuck in your writing process? No idea how to start that assignment? GenAI is a handy tool to use during brainstorming, when you are looking for new ideas or feeling blocked in your writing process
Prompt to overcome writer's block
This prompt can help you get past so-called writer’s block by offering you some ideas that can inspire you to start your assignment.
Take on the role of an expert in brainstorming. I want you to help me brainstorm on the theme [insert theme]. Take the role of a brainstorming expert in this area. Ask me what task I want to brainstorm about and what goal I want to achieve. Then, give me concrete ideas and explain why each one is a good idea in relation to the goal. Ask me if everything is clear enough or if I would like to expand on any of the ideas.
Prompt for generating new ideas
You can use GenAI to quickly come up with a ton of of new ideas, such as topics for a writing assignment, research, presentation, podcast, or social media post. Additionally, GenAI can help you expand and further develop your existing ideas for a specific scenario.
Take on the role of an expert in idea generation. I want you to help me come up with new ideas on the theme [insert theme]. Ask me what I want to generate new ideas for and what goal I want to achieve. Then, provide multiple ideas and present them in a table format, with rows. In one column, explain the reasoning behind why I should use this idea.
AI is a tool designed to support your brainstorming. It will never replace your own creativity and critical thinking.
Follow-up prompts
With many prompts, you need to dig deeper to get the best result. Your work does not stop after just one prompt.
Follow-up questions might include:
- ‘Give more ideas.’
- ‘Provide more explanation for each idea.’
- ‘Give more information about idea <number>.’