From the Tip Season ezine:
The three-part structure of a high-value prompt
Every prompt that produces a usable, sellable result has three components working together.
The first is context. You tell the AI who it is, what it knows, and who it's talking to. "You are a senior email copywriter with 10 years of experience writing for SaaS companies. Your audience is small business owners who are not technical." That one sentence changes everything about the output.
The second is the task. Be specific about exactly what you want. Not "write an email" but "write a 300-word promotional email for a $97 online course on Instagram growth, with a subject line, three benefit bullets, and a clear call to action." Specificity is the skill.
The third is constraints. Tell the AI what to avoid. No jargon. No bullet points. No generic openers. Under 400 words. These guardrails are what separate professional-grade prompts from amateur ones.
Put all three together and your output quality jumps dramatically. That's the foundation.