How to Use AI for Storytelling

• A character people care about
• Something they want
• Something in the way
• A change by the end
• A detail that makes it real

AI can help you shape a story. The truth and the feeling have to come from you.

Interview me about my work. Ask one question at a time to find three moments of struggle, surprise, or change that would make good stories. Do not write anything until I have answered.

The best material comes from real moments AI cannot invent.

Before, after, bridge

Where things were, where they are now, how it changed

Problem, struggle, solution

Great for business and product stories

The hero’s journey

Call, challenge, return changed

In medias res

Start in the middle of the action, then explain

• Ten possible openings
• Different angles on the same event
• Questions your audience would ask
• What a reader might misunderstand

• Ask AI for an outline with beats
• Write the draft in your own words
• Ask AI where the story drags or confuses
• Cut what does not serve the change

Here is my story. Do not rewrite it. Point out the three weakest moments, where the stakes are unclear, and any details that feel generic. Keep my voice.

• Founder stories: why you started
• Customer stories: their problem and result, with permission
• Behind-the-scenes stories: how things are made
• Mission stories: the change you want to see

• Hook with the most surprising moment
• One story per post or video
• Show, do not just tell, with visuals
• End with a clear takeaway

Open with a short real story, connect it to your main point, and return to it at the end. Ask AI to help you find the moment that best illustrates your data.

• Storyboards with image tools
• Short scenes with AI video tools
• Consistent characters with reference images
• Label realistic AI visuals where needed

• Never invent customers, numbers, or quotes
• Get permission to share other people’s stories
• Read the final version aloud. If it does not sound like you, rewrite it