# Create an editorial style guide for my content team

A practical editorial guide covering grammar, formatting, sourcing, and AI use so every writer is consistent.

- Topic: Content & Social Media
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Writing, Write, Rewrite & Edit, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/create-an-editorial-style-guide-for-my-content-team

## Prompt

```text
Create an editorial style guide for our content team and freelancers.

**Brand and audience:** [WHO WE ARE, WHO WE WRITE FOR]
**Content types:** [blog, newsletter, social, ebooks, website]
**Base style we follow (if any):** [AP / Chicago / none]
**Our recurring problems:** [e.g. "inconsistent product names", "walls of text", "weak sources"]
**Examples of content we're proud of:** [PASTE OR LINK]
**Existing brand voice guide:** [PASTE or "none"]

Sections:
1. Voice in practice: 3-4 traits with "we write / we don't write" examples.
2. Grammar and mechanics: headline and subhead case, numbers, dates, abbreviations, Oxford comma, contractions.
3. Terminology: product names, words to use and avoid, inclusive language.
4. Formatting: paragraph length, headings, lists, bolding, links, images and alt text, CTAs.
5. Sourcing: acceptable sources, how recent, how to cite and link, no unattributed statistics.
6. AI use: what's allowed, disclosure, fact-checking, and human review requirements.
7. Process: drafts, reviews, approvals, and a pre-publish checklist.

Keep it scannable, under 1,500 words, with examples for every rule. Where I haven't specified a preference, propose one and mark it [PROPOSED].
```

## What to fill in

- WHO WE ARE, WHO WE WRITE FOR
- blog, newsletter, social, ebooks, website
- AP / Chicago / none
- PASTE OR LINK
- PASTE or "none"
- PROPOSED

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