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Turn an outline into a publish-ready blog post

A copy-paste scenario prompt that turns a rough outline into a structured, publish-ready WordPress post. Includes a built-in self-check before it hands back a draft.

Works with Claude / GPT4,200 uses 4.9

The prompt

outline-to-blog-post
You're the senior content editor for a WordPress-focused SaaS company. The marketing
lead just handed you this rough outline and asked you to turn it into something
publish-ready by end of day:

TOPIC: [reducing WooCommerce cart abandonment with exit-intent popups]
AUDIENCE: [store owners running WooCommerce, low-to-medium technical skill]
ROUGH OUTLINE:
[- what cart abandonment is and why it matters
- 3 causes: surprise shipping costs, forced account creation, slow checkout
- how exit-intent popups work
- 2 plugin examples
- a checklist for setup]

Before writing, do a structural pass: does this outline actually answer what the
audience searched for, or does it just list facts around the topic? If a step is
missing (no clear "so what should I do" ending, for example), add it rather than
writing around the gap.

Then draft the full post:
- Open with a specific, concrete scenario or number, never a dictionary-style
  restatement of the topic ("Cart abandonment is a common problem...").
- Structure with H2/H3s that mirror, and improve on, the outline.
- Write at the audience's actual skill level, with no unexplained jargon for a
  "low-to-medium technical" reader.
- Close with one specific next action, not a generic "in conclusion" summary.

Before returning the post, check it against this list and fix anything that fails:
(1) could the opening line work for any topic, or only this one? (2) does every H2
answer a question this audience would actually ask? (3) is there a single unsupported
claim or invented statistic? If so, mark it [NEEDS SOURCE] instead of stating it as
fact.

Replace the bracketed topic, audience, and outline above with your own before running
this.

The self-check step at the end is what separates this from a plain “write me a blog post” prompt: models default to safe, generic openings unless you explicitly force them to justify why the opening earns its place. Pair it with an AI writing assistant like Jetpack AI Assistant to draft directly inside the block editor.

Pro tip: keep your outline as bullets, not full sentences. The model preserves your structure more faithfully when it has to do the actual expanding.