18 free prompts
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Generate 10 high-concept premises in [GENRE] for [MARKET:
adult / YA / middle grade].
Each: a one-line logline, the central irony or complication,
the setting with a twist, and why a reader picks it up.
Avoid: amnesiac protagonists, dead spouses as the whole
backstory, and chosen-one clones.
Flag the 3 strongest.
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Write 5 loglines for this story:
[DESCRIBE YOUR STORY]
Each under 35 words using: when [INCITING EVENT], a
[PROTAGONIST] must [GOAL] or else [STAKES], but [CONTRADICTION].
Rank them. Say which element is weakest in my premise.
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Structure this story using three acts:
[PREMISE + KEY BEATS YOU HAVE]
- Act I: opening image, status quo, inciting incident,
refusal, first plot point (with a specific event)
- Act II: escalating complications, midpoint reversal,
lowest point
- Act III: all-is-lost, climax resolution, final image
Give chapter-level guidance for a [LENGTH] novel.
Be specific. Vague structure is useless.
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Structure the same story using [STRUCTURE] instead.
Explain what changes vs three-act and what the structure buys
you emotionally in this genre.
Then recommend which suits [STORY] and why. Under 700 words.
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Build a fair-play mystery:
[SETTINGS, SUSPECTS, VICTIM - whatever you have]
- The crime: method, opportunity, and the real solution
- The clue trail: 5 planted clues the reader sees, and how
each is misdirected fairly
- The red herrings: 2, each with a plausible alternative
explanation
- The detective's error and reversal
- The reveal scene: what must be explained and in what order
RULE: the reader must have a fair chance. List any clue that
would be unfair.
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Build a thriller plot for [PROTAGONIST] facing [ANTAGONIST
FORCE].
- The escalation ladder: 7 beats, each worse than the last
- The ticking clock: what it is and when it starts
- The midpoint: where the hunter becomes the hunted (or the
reverse)
- The false victory
- The darkest hour and the cost paid
- The climax: confrontation, not coincidence
Ensure no beat is resolved by someone simply overhearing.
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Design the suspense for this scene/chapter:
[DESCRIBE]
- What the reader knows that the character doesn't (and when
you reveal it)
- The deadline and the intermediate obstacles
- The information withheld and for how long
- The moment of misdirection
- The payoff and how long you let it breathe
- A tighter alternative (cut the fat)
Under 600 words.
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Plan the twist in this story: [DESCRIBE YOUR TWIST].
- What must be true for it to work
- Planting: where each piece of evidence goes (3+ instances
across the manuscript)
- Fairness check: could a smart reader get it? Should they?
- The re-read value: does it make the earlier text better?
- What must NOT be true (contradiction check)
- Two alternative twists, weaker and stronger, with reasoning
Push back hard if the twist is unearned.
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Design 3 subplots for [STORY] that:
(a) mirror the theme from a different angle,
(b) complicate the main plot's solution,
(c) develop a supporting character.
For each: the arc across the novel (4-5 beats), where it
crosses the main plot, and how it resolves.
Then: what to cut if the book runs long.
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Write an opening chapter for this story:
[PREMISE, TONE, POV]
Requirements:
- Enter late, leave early
- A specific, concrete detail in the first paragraph
- Character under pressure or a question raised
- Voice established immediately
- No waking up, no weather reports, no character looking in
a mirror, no info-dump
Aim 800-1,200 words. Then give 3 alternative opening lines.
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Write 4 endings for this story:
[THE FULL SETUP]
(a) resolved and hopeful, (b) resolved but costly,
(c) ambiguous with a final image, (d) a reversal last line.
For each: 300-500 words, in the story's established voice.
Then recommend one and explain what each sacrifices.
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Audit this outline/draft for plot holes:
[PASTE]
Check: cause and effect (is anything coincidental?),
character motivation (does anyone act for the plot's sake?),
timeline logic, information flow (who knows what and when),
world rules consistency, and unresolved threads.
List each hole with severity and a proposed fix.
Be rigorous. Assume I want to be caught now, not in review.
```
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Build a protagonist for [GENRE] from this seed:
[WHAT YOU HAVE]
- Want (conscious) vs need (unconscious) - and the gap
- The lie they believe
- A wound and how it shaped them (show, don't state)
- Contradictions: 3 (people are inconsistent)
- Skills and blind spots
- The specific way they make things worse
- Their voice: 3 sample lines they'd actually say
Mark anything generic as [WEAKEN].
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Build an antagonist for [STORY].
- Their goal (reasonable from their view)
- Their justification (why they're not evil to themselves)
- Their competence - they must be good at something
- The mirror: how they reflect the protagonist's flaw
- Their limit (what they won't do - or their true line they
won't cross)
- The moment the reader almost agrees with them
A villain with a point is scarier than a monster.
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Give these characters distinct voices:
[LIST CHARACTERS WITH A BRIEF LINE ABOUT EACH]
For each: vocabulary range, sentence length and rhythm,
verbal tics (max 1), what they avoid saying, and whether they
speak in abstractions or concrete detail.
Then write a 6-line exchange where you could tell who was
speaking with the tags removed.
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Build 5 supporting characters for [STORY].
For each: their function in the plot, their own desire (which
exists whether the hero exists or not), one specific detail,
their relationship to the protagonist, and how they change.
Avoid: anyone whose only purpose is to hand over information.
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Build 3 relationship dynamics for [STORY]:
- A pair with opposing needs
- A pair with a secret imbalance of knowledge
- A pair who'd get along if not for circumstance
For each: history, current tension, what each wants from the
other, and the line or moment where it cracks.
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Design a scene for [PURPOSE: reveal / conflict / decision].
[CONTEXT]
- POV character and their objective in the scene
- What they want right now (specific)
- The obstacle (person, environment, or internal)
- The turn: how the scene ends differently from how it began
- The one line the reader should remember
- What you can cut (most scenes have 20% fat)
```
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