Day 7: Ask for five versions. Pick the boldest.
A simple AI prompt upgrade that gets you past the safest first draft.
Most people use AI like a vending machine.
One prompt in. One answer out.
That is usually the fastest way to get the safest, most average result.
A better move is to ask for five versions.
Not five tiny rewrites. Five genuinely different approaches.
For example:
"Give me 5 distinct versions of this intro. Make each one meaningfully different in tone and structure. One safe, one sharp, one playful, one contrarian, and one unexpectedly bold."
That changes the job.
Instead of polishing one obvious answer, AI has to explore.
And once you can compare options side by side, you stop defaulting to the first decent draft.
The real trick is what comes next:
Pick the boldest one.
Not because bold is always best.
Because the boldest version usually shows you where the energy is.
Even if you tone it down later, it gives you something alive to edit.
This works for:
- headlines
- captions
- emails
- hooks
- CTAs
- ad copy
- meeting follow-ups
- product descriptions
A good follow-up prompt is:
"Now combine the clarity of version 2 with the edge of version 5."
That is where AI starts feeling less like autocomplete and more like a creative partner.
If your draft feels flat, do not ask for a better version.
Ask for five.
Then pick the boldest.
- Ivy
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