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AI writes a complete 2,000-word human profile from your interview transcript.
Generate your profile piece
River's Profile Piece Writer transforms interview transcripts into complete 2,000-word human profiles. You paste a transcript with questions, answers, and any scene notes, and the AI writes a magazine-style profile that captures personality, tells a compelling story, and uses quotes strategically. Whether you're writing profiles for magazines, newspapers, or digital publications, you get professional drafts that read like character-driven journalism.
Unlike Q&A formatters that just clean up transcripts, we create narrative profiles that show who someone is. The AI understands profile structure (compelling opening showing character, clear arc or theme, mix of quotes and description, scenes showing not just telling, revealing moments that capture essence), writes in engaging third person, and uses quotes selectively for impact. You get profiles that make readers care about the subject, not just learn facts about them.
This tool is perfect for profile writers drafting from interviews, magazine journalists on deadline, freelancers writing multiple profiles, and journalism students learning narrative techniques. If you have a great interview but struggle turning it into compelling prose, or if you need to draft quickly from transcripts, this tool helps. Use it when you've completed an interview and need professional profile copy to refine.
What Makes Profile Writing Compelling
Profile writing succeeds when it reveals character and creates emotional connection. Strong profiles don't just report what someone does or achieved, they show who someone is through revealing details, meaningful moments, and carefully chosen quotes. Weak profiles list accomplishments and string together interview quotes. Strong profiles find the story within the interview, use scenes and specific details to show personality, and select only the most revealing or surprising quotes. Readers should finish feeling like they met the person, not just read their resume.
The best profiles follow narrative structure. Open with a scene, moment, or detail that captures something essential about the subject (not biographical basics). Establish theme or arc (what's this profile really about?). Weave biography and accomplishments into narrative (don't front-load resume). Use quotes for personality, opinion, and emotion (not basic facts). Include physical descriptions and scene details sparingly but meaningfully. Show contradictions or complexity (real people aren't one-dimensional). End with image, quote, or moment that resonates with the opening theme.
To improve profile quality, look for moments in interviews that reveal character. That throwaway comment about their childhood might be the key to understanding them. The way they fidget when discussing failure shows more than their words. Strong profiles find these telling details. Avoid quotes that just convey information (paraphrase those). Save quotes that capture voice, reveal personality, or surprise. Cut any paragraph that doesn't develop the portrait or advance the narrative. Every detail should serve the larger picture of who this person is and why readers should care.
What You Get
Complete 2,000-word profile piece in narrative magazine style
Character-driven opening and clear thematic arc
Strategic quote selection showing personality and voice
Scene-based writing mixing description with dialogue
Ready-to-refine draft capturing your subject's essence
How It Works
- 1Paste interview transcriptCopy your complete transcript including questions, answers, and any scene notes
- 2AI writes profile draftOur AI transforms transcript into narrative profile in 5 to 8 minutes
- 3Review and copyRead through the profile and copy it
- 4Refine and fileAdd additional reporting details, adjust quotes, polish, and submit
Frequently Asked Questions
Will this use actual quotes from my transcript?
The AI identifies strong quotes from the transcript and incorporates them, but you should verify every quote in the draft matches your recording exactly. Always check quotes for accuracy. The structure and narrative are ready, you ensure quote accuracy. Never publish quotes you haven't verified against your recording or notes.
What if my transcript is just Q&A with no scene notes?
The AI works with whatever you provide. Pure Q&A produces a profile focused on dialogue and ideas. Adding scene notes (what they wore, where you met, how they gestured, room details) gives the AI material for richer scene-based writing. More descriptive input produces more vivid profiles. But even from bare transcripts, you get narrative structure better than Q&A format.
Can this capture personality from a transcript?
It identifies personality indicators in the transcript (humor, passion, contradictions, revealing moments) and highlights them, but you add the final touches that capture voice. You were there and know how they spoke, what they emphasized, their energy. Use the draft for structure, then enhance with your impressions and observations. Personality comes from reporting and human judgment combined with good writing structure.
How much should I edit the draft?
Expect substantial editing. The draft provides narrative structure and quote selection, but profiles succeed through careful craft. Adjust pacing, strengthen descriptions, verify every quote, add reporting details the AI couldn't know, refine theme and arc. Think of this as getting 70% of the way there. The final 30% (your observations, refined quotes, polished prose) makes it publication quality.
What if the interview was boring or the subject wasn't compelling?
The AI finds the most interesting elements in the transcript, but it can't invent compelling stories that aren't there. If your interview revealed little substance, the profile will reflect that. Strong profiles come from strong reporting. If the draft feels flat, you likely need more reporting (follow-up questions, additional interviews, more observation). The tool organizes and structures. Quality depends on your reporting.
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