---
name: ig-captions-in-your-voice
description: Generate five Instagram caption drafts in your own voice from a few past captions and one sentence about what's happening this week.
when_to_use: When you're staring at the IG caption box at 9am Monday with a perfectly good photo and nothing to write.
saves: about 20 minutes per post
brand: Scrappy Start
brand_url: https://scrappystart.ai
license: CC0
version: 1
---

# IG captions in your own voice

You stared at the IG caption box for twenty minutes. Wrote three lines, deleted them, posted nothing. Or posted something that didn't sound like you. This skill drafts five options in your voice in thirty seconds. You stay the editor.

## The setup

1. Find two or three of your past captions that got real engagement. Copy them.
2. Open Claude. Start a new conversation.
3. Have one sentence ready about what's happening this week (new bread, an open chair Friday, a print job shipping).

## The prompt

```
Here are 3 captions of mine that worked well for my [wedding
photography / planning business / floral studio / DJ company]:

[paste your 3 captions]

The voice: [one sentence: warm, specific, mentions couples by
name, never asks for likes]

This week: [what's happening, e.g. "delivering the first spring
gallery of the season" or "fall 2027 booking just opened"]

Write 5 caption options in that voice. Vary length and angle across
the 5 so I have real choice (one shorter, one with a story moment,
one straightforward).

USE ONLY THE FACTS in the "This week" line above. Do not invent the
topic of a meeting, the type of training, a forthcoming product, an
event detail, a customer name, or anything not present in my input.
If a detail is missing, write around it.

OUTPUT FORMAT. Plain text only, no markdown bold, no preamble, no
postamble, no recommendation on which option to pick:

OPTION 1:
<caption text>

OPTION 2:
<caption text>

OPTION 3:
<caption text>

OPTION 4:
<caption text>

OPTION 5:
<caption text>

No emojis. No "link in bio" CTAs. No em-dashes (em-dashes are an AI
tell that followers notice; use periods, commas, parentheses).
```

## What you'll get back

Five drafts, each ready to post or edit lightly. For a photographer delivering the first spring gallery of the season, one draft might be:

> Six months of weddings in a folder. Yesterday was delivery day. Cherry blossoms at 7am. First dance at 10pm. The Riveras got their gallery this morning.

Pick the one closest to you. Edit one line. Post.

## To make it sound even more like you

Paste the closest draft back to Claude. Ask: "Shorten by 20% and use the word [a word you actually say a lot]." Claude refines. The more of your voice in the prompt, the less you edit at the end.

## Where this came from

Workflow 2 in the free [5-workflows PDF](https://scrappystart.ai/5-workflows). Visual version on Instagram: [the caption you didn't write](https://www.instagram.com/p/DYDL5GCDyf1).

Jamie at Scrappy Start