Swipe-Through Instagram Carousel Built Slide by Slide in 6 Phases
Builds an Instagram carousel that keeps people swiping, in six phases: slide-1 hook headlines, a 10-slide flow with cliffhangers, a visual brief with image prompts, cheat-sheet slides, a save-worthy summary slide and closing calls to action.
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- Phase 1 — Slide 1 hook headlines
Role: you are a strategist for content that spreads widely. Topic: [topic] Task: write 5 headlines for Slide 1 of a carousel, built on pattern-interrupt logic. Angles to use: - Hook 1, "Shocking Contrast": the before versus the after. - Hook 2, "Negative-Proof": why the strategy the reader uses now is failing. - Hook 3, "Hidden Mechanism": the logic nobody talks about. - Hook 4, "Status-Threat": why other people are scaling faster than the reader. Format: a numbered list, each headline labelled with its angle.
- Phase 2 — 10-slide flow with micro-cliffhangers
Role: you are a UX copywriter. Topic: [topic] Task: map out a carousel of 10 slides on this topic. Build a "Logical-Thread": every slide closes on a small cliffhanger ("Micro-Cliffhanger") that pushes the reader to swipe to the next one. Make the "Value-Density" reach its highest point on Slide 7, to maximize time spent on the post. - Phase 3 — Visual brief and image prompts
Role: you are a creative director. Topic: [topic] Task: I need one coherent aesthetic for a 10-slide carousel on this topic. Write 3 prompts for "Nano Banana 2" that generate either "Brutalist" 3D textures or "Industrial-Minimalist" backgrounds. They must make the text on the slides stand out ("Pop") and give the carousel the feel of a premium digital product. - Phase 4 — Cheat-sheet process slides
Role: you are a senior technical writer. Process to explain: [complex process] Task: split this process into 5 slides of practical, "Cheat-Sheet" style steps. Use "Hierarchical-Formatting" on every slide: - 1 bold headline - 2 bullet points - 1 "Pro-Tip" Cut every bit of fluff. The result must be so clear that someone could carry out the task only by looking at screenshots of the slides.
- Phase 5 — Save-worthy summary slide
Role: you are a conversion specialist. Topic of the carousel: [topic] Task: design Slide 9, "The Overview". Condense the whole carousel into one "High-Signal" infographic or checklist. Then write the caption for this slide; it must include, explicitly, this line: "Save this so you don't have to search for the solution later." This is the "Save-Trigger" logic.
- Phase 6 — Slide 10 calls to action
Role: you are a social psychologist. Topic of the carousel: [topic] Task: write 3 calls to action (CTAs) for Slide 10. None of them may ask for a like. - CTA 1: a "Binary-Logic" question, Option A versus Option B. - CTA 2: a "Hidden-Bonus" offer, for example: Comment "[keyword]" and I'll DM you [the resource]. - CTA 3: a "Community-Challenge": ask readers to tag a colleague who should hear this message.