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3 prompts for the emails you've been avoiding all week
Stop rewriting the follow-up. Run this prompt instead.
You've rewritten it three times. It's still in drafts. Not because you don't know what to say - because every version sounds either too needy, too aggressive, or too apologetic.
The follow-up feels desperate. The rate increase feels like you're asking for a favor. The scope creep email feels like you're being difficult. None of that is true, but the blank page doesn't care about logic. It just sits there, and so does your draft.
Someone figured out the right instructions for each one. Here are the prompts.
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The follow-up after silence
They went quiet after your proposal. You need an answer but don't want to look desperate.
The prompt:
Write a short follow-up email to a client who hasn't responded to my proposal for [X days]. I'm a [type of freelancer], the project was about [one sentence description]. Tone should be warm and confident, not apologetic. Assume they're busy not ignoring me. Max 4 sentences.
The line doing the real work: "assume they're busy not ignoring me."
Without that instruction, AI defaults to hedging language. Lots of "I just wanted to check in" and "I hope this isn't too much trouble." With it, the output reads like a message from someone who has other clients and just needs a yes or no.
Fill in the project description with one plain sentence. Not "comprehensive digital marketing strategy" - just "a landing page for your spring launch." The more specific you are, the less generic the output.
The rate increase
The email most freelancers avoid for way too long. Not because the ask is unreasonable, but because they don't know how to bring it up without it feeling like a confrontation.
The prompt:
Write an email to a long-term client telling them my rates are going up by [X]% from [date]. We've worked together for [timeframe] on [type of work]. Be confident and direct, acknowledge the relationship briefly, don't over-explain or apologize. Make it easy for them to continue working with me.
"Don't over-explain or apologize" is carrying the whole thing. Without it, AI writes a three-paragraph justification essay. With it, you get something clean and direct that doesn't beg for permission.
The last line matters too: "make it easy for them to continue working with me." That shifts the framing from a fight to a professional heads-up from someone who values the relationship. Good clients respect directness. If a client can't handle a rate increase delivered that cleanly, that's useful information about whether the relationship is worth keeping.
One practical note: give yourself a buffer date. If the increase kicks in next month, send the email this month.
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The scope creep pushback
One extra revision. One quick call. One additional deliverable that's "not a big deal." By the time you're writing this email, you've probably already absorbed two or three hours of unpaid work.
The prompt:
Write an email to a client who has been adding work outside our original agreement. The original scope was [one line]. They've been asking for [type of extras]. I want to address this professionally without sounding difficult. Either we agree on extra pay or we reset scope. Keep it under 150 words.
"Either we agree on extra pay or we reset scope" is what makes this land. It forces the AI to give you an actual position - not a vague diplomatic suggestion that doesn't resolve anything.
When you put both options plainly, clients pick one. Most of the time, when you put it this plainly, they pick one without any friction. They weren't trying to take advantage of you. They just needed someone to draw the line.
Try it today
Open your drafts right now. If one of these three emails is sitting there half-finished, paste the right prompt, add two sentences of your own context, and run it.
Read what comes back. You'll probably tweak a word or two to make it sound more like you - that's the point. The AI handles the structure and the tone so you're editing instead of starting from nothing, and editing a draft that's already 80% there is a completely different experience than facing a blank page.
The email you've been avoiding for three days isn't protecting you from anything. Run the prompt. Send it. Move on.
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