AI Starter Kit for Writers & True Crime Creators: 53 Copy-Paste Prompts, Templates & an Ethics Playbook

Want to use AI for your writing or true crime content, but don't know where to start?

This kit is a plain-English, no-tech-background-needed guide for writers, researchers, podcasters and true crime storytellers. It's built by Christine Burke von Riddern, creator of the Help Solve The Case (HSTC) channel and author of Police 101: For The Pro Per Or Pro Se Criminal Defendant.

AI won't replace your voice or your judgment. It can take the grind off your plate: organizing case notes, building timelines, outlining scripts, brainstorming titles, and catching mistakes before your audience does. Every shortcut in this kit comes paired with a safeguard, so your work stays accurate and respectful.

• Start using AI in 15 minutes. A guided first session takes you from "never used it" to real results on your own project.
• Skip the blank page. 53 tested, copy-paste prompts for research, timelines, hooks, act structure, titles, editing and more. Just fill in the brackets.
• Build timelines and outlines faster. Turn messy notes into organized case timelines and four-act script outlines without losing track of your sources.
• Protect your credibility. Built-in fact-check prompts, a source log and a pre-publish checklist help you catch AI mistakes before your audience does.
• Tell true stories responsibly. An ethics playbook keeps victims at the center and helps you word allegations accurately.

What's inside (30-page PDF + bonus tool):

• Quick-Start Guide: what AI is good and bad at for writers, how to choose a tool, a "first 15 minutes" walkthrough, and the simple CRAFT prompt formula
• 53 copy-paste prompts in 7 groups: Research & Case Notes, Case Timelines, Script Outlining (hooks & four-act structure), Titles/Thumbnails/Descriptions, Fiction & Memoir, Editing, and Fact-Check Discipline
• 5 printable fill-in templates: Case Timeline Sheet, Script Outline, Source Log, Case Fact Sheet, Pre-Publish Checklist
• Vibe Coding for Creators: build your own simple tool by describing it to AI, with a working Script Runtime Checker included
• The Ethics Playbook: verifying facts, citing sources, respecting victims and families, and wording that avoids presenting allegations as fact
• One-page cheat sheet to keep next to your keyboard

Perfect for: true crime video creators and podcasters, novelists and memoirists, bloggers and researchers, and anyone curious about AI who wants practical help today, not a tech lecture.

Instant digital download. Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Copilot, Perplexity and other AI tools, including free tiers.

This kit is general and educational. It is not legal advice and is not intended for decisions about anyone's own legal situation. Named AI tools are examples only; no affiliation is implied.

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