Five questions for your first draft.
- Who is it for? Name a person in a situation, not everyone who might someday use it. “Independent founders preparing their first launch” gives you more to write with than “all businesses.”
- What gets in their way? Describe the task and the current workaround. Focus on a problem you have observed or clearly label it as an assumption.
- What can your product do today? Explain the available action. Keep future plans separate so readers can judge the present offer.
- What can you show? Use a real walkthrough, original sample, or working public resource. If you use a fictional example, label it.
- What should the reader do next? Choose one action that matches their interest and your current product: read a guide, try an available feature, or send a question.
Fill in the story worksheet.
Our product is for [specific audience] when they need to [task]. Today, they handle this by [current approach]. The difficulty is [concrete friction]. Our current product helps them [available action or outcome]. It works through [brief explanation of the available solution]. Here is an example someone can inspect: [sample or walkthrough]. Its current limitations are [honest boundaries]. The next step is [one working action]. Features still planned: [separate future intentions, if relevant].
Write a rough answer to every line. Then remove repetition and check that each sentence helps the reader understand the offer.
See how a feature becomes a useful explanation.
Fictional example: a prototype that groups meeting notes into follow-up tasks.
Feature-only draft: “Task extraction with editable fields.”
Clearer draft: “Turn your meeting notes into a draft task list you can review before sharing. Check each task and add the owner and due date yourself.”
The second version explains the job and the human review step. It does not invent time savings, accuracy figures, or customer results. A prototype should also state how someone can inspect it and whether access is available.
Optional: ask an external tool to review your draft.
You can use the following prompt with a writing tool of your choice, or treat it as a manual review checklist. GetByte does not process your draft. Check the external tool's terms and data handling before sharing anything, and leave out confidential information.
Review the product explanation below for clarity. Use only facts in my draft. Do not invent customers, results, features, partnerships, prices, or launch dates. Identify unclear audience descriptions, vague promises, and missing next steps. Keep current availability separate from future plans. Suggest one concise revision and explain what you changed. If a fact is missing, ask a question instead of filling it in. My draft: [Paste a non-confidential product explanation here.]
Review every suggested claim against what your product actually does. A fluent sentence is not evidence that the statement is true.
Read it once as a new visitor.
Can you identify the audience, understand the available offer, and find the next action without knowing the product already? Read the copy aloud. Replace any phrase you would not use when explaining the product to a person.