| name | sean-mabry-voice-mastery |
| description | Voice writing mastery system for ghostwriters and content professionals — predictive voice modeling, memoir architecture, and the Authorship Pyramid. Built from Sean Mabry's 10-year methodology spanning in-house copywriting, B2B thought leadership ghostwriting, and book-level voice work. |
Sean Mabry Voice Mastery
Master voice writing through prediction, not imitation. Build a mental model of how a thought leader thinks, then deploy it across long-form content where every sentence must pass the "sounds like me" test.
Deployable Capabilities (12 Prompts)
Phase 1 — Capture & Calibrate
| # | Capability | Use When |
|---|
| 1 | Voice Calibration Sprint | Starting a new engagement — collapse the 6-month calibration period into weeks |
| 2 | Voice Document Builder | Building the foundational voice reference that any team member can use |
| 3 | Hidden Gems Story Miner | Mining podcast appearances for powerful stories the client doesn't realize they have |
| 4 | Client Interview Engine | Conducting structured interviews that extract what the client doesn't know they know |
Phase 2 — Write & Audit
| # | Capability | Use When |
|---|
| 5 | Voice Accuracy Audit | Scoring any draft against voice fidelity markers — find and fix every voice break |
| 6 | Story Remix Engine | Deploying the same story across multiple formats without repetition fatigue |
| 7 | Memoir Architect | Planning a thought leader's first book — Authorship Pyramid + hero's journey structure |
Phase 3 — Scale & Monetize
| # | Capability | Use When |
|---|
| 8 | Book-to-Content Atomizer | Breaking a book into 50+ content pieces across all platforms |
| 9 | Voice Handoff Kit | Packaging your voice mastery so a team (or AI) can write at 80%+ fidelity |
| 10 | Trust Ladder Navigator | Managing the client relationship from trial through autonomous publishing |
Phase 4 — Position & Grow
| # | Capability | Use When |
|---|
| 11 | Voice Niche Positioner | Choosing high-sensitivity niches where voice commands premium fees |
| 12 | Mode-Split Protocol | Restructuring your creative workflow — workhorse speed + deep creative immersion |
Workflow Decision Tree
Start here → What stage are you at?
│
├── ONBOARDING A NEW CLIENT
│ ├── Step 1: Voice Calibration Sprint (prompt 1)
│ ├── Step 2: Hidden Gems Story Miner (prompt 3)
│ ├── Step 3: Voice Document Builder (prompt 2)
│ └── Step 4: Client Interview Engine (prompt 4)
│
├── WRITING IN VOICE
│ ├── Need to audit a draft → Voice Accuracy Audit (prompt 5)
│ ├── Need to reuse a story → Story Remix Engine (prompt 6)
│ └── Writing a book → Memoir Architect (prompt 7)
│
├── SCALING THE RELATIONSHIP
│ ├── Book → content flywheel → Book-to-Content Atomizer (prompt 8)
│ ├── Team needs to write in this voice → Voice Handoff Kit (prompt 9)
│ └── Want to increase autonomy → Trust Ladder Navigator (prompt 10)
│
└── GROWING YOUR BUSINESS
├── Choosing the right niche → Voice Niche Positioner (prompt 11)
└── Optimizing your workflow → Mode-Split Protocol (prompt 12)
Quick Start Pipelines
New ghostwriting client (full onboarding):
- Load
genius.md for Mabry's core patterns
- Deploy Voice Calibration Sprint → capture voice fingerprint
- Deploy Hidden Gems Story Miner → build story bank
- Deploy Voice Document Builder → create the single source of truth
- Deploy Client Interview Engine → extract deeper material
- Begin prediction practice within Week 2
Planning a book for a personal brand:
- Load
genius.md + references/implementation.md
- Deploy Memoir Architect → positioning + outline
- Deploy Client Interview Engine → multi-round story extraction
- Deploy Book-to-Content Atomizer → plan content flywheel from book material
Auditing and improving existing voice work:
- Deploy Voice Accuracy Audit → score current drafts
- Review edit patterns → identify recurring voice breaks
- Deploy Story Remix Engine → get more mileage from existing stories
- Deploy Voice Handoff Kit → enable team scaling
Integration Notes
- Pairs with: Ghostwriting Voice Engine (LinkedIn voice capture + production)
- Pairs with: Eric Roth content skills (erosion methodology + book-level writing)
- Pairs with: Fresh Voice System (Hidden Gems bank feeds serial content)
- Pairs with: Luke Iha copy skills (for sales copy that uses the client's voice)
- Does NOT replace: The Ghostwriting Voice Engine handles LinkedIn voice capture and production — Mabry handles book-level voice mastery and strategic authorship positioning
Workflows (Completion Engine v2.0)
WF01 — Voice DNA Capture
- File: workflows/01-voice-dna-capture.md
- Use when: Onboarding a new client, building voice profile from voice memos/podcasts/interviews
- Key addition: Phase 4 — Cognitive Architecture Mapping (argument construction pattern, humor deployment logic, vulnerability architecture). Captures HOW someone thinks, not just what they sound like.
- Evolution: Added 2026-04-09. Addresses the gap between surface voice capture (vocabulary, rhythm) and deep voice DNA (thinking patterns that hold across all content formats).
Resources
Prompts — Capture & Calibrate
Prompts — Write & Audit
Prompts — Scale & Monetize
Prompts — Position & Grow
Execution Prompts (structure-pure v2)
12 deterministic practitioner prompts — each carries an Output Contract, Output Skeleton, and Quality Gate. When a deliverable matches one, Read it and honor its contract instead of improvising the output shape.
- Book-to-Content Atomizer —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/book-to-content-atomizer.md
- Client Interview Engine —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/client-interview-engine.md
- Hidden Gems Story Miner —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/hidden-gems-story-miner.md
- Memoir Architect —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/memoir-architect.md
- Mode-Split Protocol —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/mode-split-protocol.md
- Story Remix Engine —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/story-remix-engine.md
- Trust Ladder Navigator —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/trust-ladder-navigator.md
- Voice Accuracy Audit —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/voice-accuracy-audit.md
- Voice Calibration Sprint —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/voice-calibration-sprint.md
- Voice Document Builder —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/voice-document-builder.md
- Voice Handoff Kit —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/voice-handoff-kit.md
- Voice Niche Positioner —
skills/sean-mabry-voice-mastery/references/prompts-v2/voice-niche-positioner.md