ChatGPT Prompt for Podcast Script: 10 Prompts for Episodes

A good ChatGPT prompt for podcast script writing gives the model your research notes, your runtime, and how you talk, then asks for a script written for the ear. Without that, you get an essay that sounds stiff when you read it into a microphone. Below is a full script prompt plus 9 smaller prompts for each part of an episode: the cold open, segments, transitions, ad reads, and the outro.

Fill in the [brackets], paste your own notes, and read the result aloud once before you record. Your voice is the show, so treat every draft as a starting point.

The full episode script prompt

1. Solo episode script

Write a [minutes] minute solo podcast script for [show], a show for [listener]. The takeaway is [takeaway]. Use only these notes: [notes]. I talk like this: [voice]. Give me a cold open, intro, three timed segments with spoken transitions, an [AD READ] slot, and an outro with [call to action]. Sentences under 20 words.

Prompts for the opening

2. Cold open hook

From these notes: [notes], write three 30 second cold opens. One starts with a story, one with a question, one with a surprising detail. No summaries.

3. Intro that earns the next minute

Write a 20 second intro for [show] that says who it is for, what this episode covers in one sentence, and why it matters this week.

Prompts for the middle

4. Segment from notes

Turn these bullet notes into a 4 minute spoken segment: [notes]. Start by telling the listener where we are, include one example, and end with a one line recap.

5. Spoken transitions

Here are my segment titles: [titles]. Write a one or two sentence spoken transition between each, so a listener can follow without seeing a screen.

6. Make it sound like me

Rewrite this script in my voice: [voice notes and two sample paragraphs]. Never use these words: [list].

7. Natural ad read

Write a lead in and lead out around this sponsor read: [read]. Keep the sponsor claims exactly as given and make the handoff feel natural.

Prompts for the ending and edit

8. Outro and call to action

Write a 45 second outro that restates [takeaway] in one line, asks listeners to [action], and leaves a [NEXT EPISODE] tease placeholder.

9. Read aloud pass

Mark this script for recording: where to pause, where to ad lib, words that are hard to say aloud, and sentences over 20 words to split: [paste].

10. Cut list

This script runs about [minutes] too long: [paste]. Which two passages should I cut first, and what is lost if I do?

Get the full script writer

The Podcast Script Writer: Solo Episode With Timed Segments prompt does all of this in one pass. You give it your show and listener, the takeaway, your notes, the runtime and speaking pace, your voice, and your recurring segments. It returns a word budget, a cold open, an intro, timed segments, transitions, an ad slot, an outro, production notes, and a cut list. The example on the page scripts a 20 minute gardening episode about herbs for a shady balcony.

Tips for podcast scripts that do not sound read

• Script the open, the transitions, and the close tightly. Leave the middle as spoken talking points if you ad lib well.
• Keep facts in your notes and mark anything uncertain to check before recording.
• Time a practice read. Your real pace beats any estimate.
• Never let the model invent listener questions or guest quotes.

Related prompts

Interviewing a guest instead? Use the Podcast Episode Rundown From Guest Notes. After recording, write show notes with the Podcast Show Notes Writer. Find more in the Social Media prompts hub, browse more prompts, or share a prompt from your show.