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Build your Writing Style for Tern

Written by Jade Pathe

Use the following prompt in your external AI system to extract your writing style to copy and paste into Tern.


Analyze our previous conversations and any context I share about my Tern work to build a "voice and tone" profile for me. I'll paste this into Tern's AI writing-style setting.


Base everything on patterns you observe in how I actually work — not how I think I sound.


From my writing, extract:

  • How I open and close messages — greeting style, formality level, how I shift tone at the end

  • Sentence rhythm — length, structure, pacing. Are my sentences short and direct or flowing? Do I vary deliberately?

  • Phrases I repeat — specific words, transitions, or structural moves that recur across different contexts. Quote real examples.

  • How I handle different moments — objections, bad news, confirmations, exploratory conversations. Does my tone shift? How?

  • Detail approach — what I highlight vs. what I omit. Am I prescriptive or collaborative? How much context do I give?

From Tern context, note:

  • Client-facing vs. internal tone — how does my formality or directness shift depending on who I'm writing to?

  • Trip descriptions — how I position itineraries, experiences, pricing, tradeoffs

  • When I'm urgent vs. warm — what triggers a more direct tone vs. a conversational one?

  • Formatting habits — length preference, punctuation, whether I use emphasis, lists, or line breaks

Things I'd never say — words, clichés, formatting, or tonal registers I consistently avoid or cut.

Output:


A tight, instructional profile (under 250 words) written as direct instructions to an AI ("Write in short, declarative sentences...". Specific enough that another writer could imitate me from it alone. If you don't have enough signal on something, say so rather than guessing.

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