My Favorite AI Hack: Turning Voice Notes into Chapters”

Minolta Walker

Aug 21 • 🤖 WRITING WITH AI

Confession: I don’t always write my first drafts.

I talk them out.

Here’s the exact system I use when I’m ghostwriting for busy clients (or even drafting my own book ideas):

1️⃣ Record a 3–5 min voice note.

Don’t overthink it. Just talk the way you’d explain the idea to a friend.

2️⃣ Drop it into AI.

Use a transcription tool (Otter, Notta, Descript, or even your phone’s built-in).

3️⃣ Give AI this prompt:

👉🏾 “Turn this transcript into a polished book chapter draft. Use headings, storytelling flow, and tighten up the sentences—but keep it in my client’s voice.”

4️⃣ Edit lightly.

The magic is in the framework. Once AI organizes the mess, you just layer in details and personal style.

⚡ Result: You go from a scattered brain dump → a structured chapter in less than an hour.

Example:

🎤 Raw voice note: “Okay, I want to start my story with when I quit my 9–5. I remember being scared but also free. I want people to feel that moment.”

📝 AI Draft: “Chapter One: The Leap. The day I quit my 9–5, fear and freedom collided. I remember sitting in my car, hands shaking on the wheel, wondering if I had made the biggest mistake—or the best decision of my life.”

That’s a ghostwriter’s dream. We save hours, and the client still sounds like themselves.

Be honest—if you tried this hack, what would you record first?

Your book intro?

A personal story?

A framework you teach?

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