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Working with long drafts and transcripts

Repurposing long-form work, keeping a consistent voice across pieces, and getting transcripts into a usable state.

The situation

An hour-long transcript or a long draft, and you want it reshaped for three different places without rewriting it three times.

What people use it for

  • Turn a long transcript into an article, a newsletter and a set of posts
  • Get a structural edit on a draft rather than line-level nitpicking
  • Keep tone consistent by giving it your existing work as a reference
  • Find the strongest sections of something long before you cut it down

Worth knowing first

Video and audio are not among the file types ChatGPT accepts. Get a transcript first, then upload that as text. Transcription tools are cheap and the text file goes through without any trouble.

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