GetlyDrafts rarely die from lack of ideas. They die because the outline wanders, the scene has no argument, and a character who was afraid in chapter two is fearless in chapter eight. Twelve prompts keep the three in line.
The 12 prompts
1. Premise test. Given this premise [paste], tell me: the want, the obstacle, what it costs, and the one-sentence version a reader would repeat to a friend.
2. Beat outline. Turn this premise into a 12-beat outline: each beat gets one line - what changes in that scene. No prose yet.
3. Scene brief. For a scene where [characters] meet over [conflict], give me: the goal each one walks in with, what they settle for, and the line that ends the scene.
4. Opening hook. Write 5 first lines for this story [logline]: each starts mid-situation, no weather, no waking up, under 25 words.
5. Show, don't announce. Take this line [paste - 'she was nervous'] and rewrite it three ways using only action, dialogue and a physical detail.
6. Dialogue pass. Rewrite this exchange [paste] so each speaker has a distinct rhythm, no 'as you know', and at least one line where they mean something other than what they say.
7. Character card. Build a card for [character]: what they want, what they need, the belief they are wrong about, how they speak, what they do with their hands when lying.
8. Continuity check. Here is what I have established [paste facts]. Here is the new chapter [paste]. List every contradiction with the chapter number.
9. Pace report. Read this chapter [paste]: where the reader would skim, the paragraph to cut, and the moment that should come 200 words earlier.
10. Subplot weave. Given A-plot [x] and B-plot [y], give me 5 points where they touch so the subplot changes the main one instead of pausing it.
11. Ending options. Give me 4 endings for this setup [paste]: one earned, one cruel, one quiet, one open. One paragraph each, with what it costs the protagonist.
12. Revision order. Here are my notes on the draft [paste]. Rank them by what actually changes the story, and tell me which ones are cosmetic.
The model is a continuity editor
Where language models earn their place in fiction is boring, unglamorous work: holding 300 pages of facts steady while you change chapter 14. Ask for contradictions first, prose second.
Where the other 690 are
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