Act as a developmental editor, not a ghostwriter. From this chapter summary, identify the three structural questions I should answer before revising and explain why each matters.
18 AI Prompts for Authors Prompts
These prompts create a starting constraint, question, or situation. Use one as written, combine two, or change the audience, setting, objective, or limitation to make a new exercise.
Read this scene and list the protagonist’s goal, obstacle, tactic, turning point, and outcome. Flag any element that is missing or ambiguous; do not rewrite the prose.
Generate five consequences that could logically follow from this character decision. Use only the established world rules and characters I provide.
Compare these two character-voice samples. Identify differences in diction, syntax, humor, formality, emotional directness, and worldview that could create inconsistency.
Stress-test this plot outline. For each beat, show event → character decision → consequence. Flag beats that depend mainly on coincidence.
Create three alternative scene goals for this chapter that preserve the same plot facts but change the source of tension. Explain the trade-off of each.
Extract every factual claim in this historical-fiction excerpt that needs research. For each claim, suggest the kind of authoritative source I should verify; do not invent citations.
Review this dialogue for exposition that both characters would already know. Quote only the minimum phrase needed to identify each problem and suggest a non-expository function the exchange could serve instead.
Evaluate this query pitch for protagonist, goal, obstacle, stakes, genre signal, and distinctive hook. Diagnose missing elements before proposing any rewrite.
Review this synopsis for causal gaps. Identify where one event does not clearly cause or motivate the next and ask the specific question I need to answer.
Give four ways to shorten this paragraph by 20–30% while preserving every factual detail and the narrator’s voice. Explain what rhythm or emphasis changes in each option.
Using only these chapter notes, build a continuity table for dates, ages, locations, injuries, objects, promises, and unresolved plot threads. Mark unknown information as unknown.
Identify where this scene tells an emotion that is already clear from action, dialogue, or sensory detail. Do not automatically remove telling when it controls pacing.
Review this book description for premise, audience/genre signal, stakes, specificity, and ending curiosity. Flag claims or praise that would require evidence.
Generate five possible midpoint functions for this story—revelation, false victory, false defeat, commitment, or stakes escalation—using the existing premise only.
Check this nonfiction chapter outline for overlap. For each chapter, state its unique reader question and flag chapters that answer substantially the same question.
Create a revision checklist for this manuscript based only on the problems identified in my editorial notes. Group items by structural, scene-level, line-level, continuity, and verification work.
Before suggesting edits, list the distinctive style traits in this sample that should be preserved. Then identify only the sentences where clarity problems outweigh the value of the original phrasing.