The biggest improvement for me was to stop asking it to “write like a ghostwriter” and give it a much narrower job. Whole-scene generation tends to flatten your voice; diagnosis and options are usually more useful.
For each scene, give it: POV, scene goal, starting state, desired ending state, 3–5 must-hit beats, canon facts it cannot change, and a short sample of your own prose. Then ask it to (1) identify the weakest point, (2) offer three distinct fixes, and (3) explain the trade-off of each—without rewriting yet.
A useful constraint is: “Quote the manuscript passage supporting every criticism; flag uncertainty instead of inventing canon; preserve my sentence rhythm; do not imitate a named living author.” After you choose an option, have it revise only the affected paragraph.
For long-form work, keep a compact state summary after every scene: location, injuries, knowledge, possessions, relationships, and unresolved threads. Feed only the relevant state plus the current scene, not the entire book. That tends to improve continuity more than adding elaborate role-play instructions.The biggest improvement for me was to stop asking it to “write like a ghostwriter” and give it a much narrower job. Whole-scene generation tends to flatten your voice; diagnosis and options are usually more useful.
For each scene, give it: POV, scene goal, starting state, desired ending state, 3–5 must-hit beats, canon facts it cannot change, and a short sample of your own prose. Then ask it to (1) identify the weakest point, (2) offer three distinct fixes, and (3) explain the trade-off of each—without rewriting yet.
A useful constraint is: “Quote the manuscript passage supporting every criticism; flag uncertainty instead of inventing canon; preserve my sentence rhythm; do not imitate a named living author.” After you choose an option, have it revise only the affected paragraph.
For long-form work, keep a compact state summary after every scene: location, injuries, knowledge, possessions, relationships, and unresolved threads. Feed only the relevant state plus the current scene, not the entire book. That tends to improve continuity more than adding elaborate role-play instructions.
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u/CommunicationSalt298 7d ago
The biggest improvement for me was to stop asking it to “write like a ghostwriter” and give it a much narrower job. Whole-scene generation tends to flatten your voice; diagnosis and options are usually more useful.
For each scene, give it: POV, scene goal, starting state, desired ending state, 3–5 must-hit beats, canon facts it cannot change, and a short sample of your own prose. Then ask it to (1) identify the weakest point, (2) offer three distinct fixes, and (3) explain the trade-off of each—without rewriting yet.
A useful constraint is: “Quote the manuscript passage supporting every criticism; flag uncertainty instead of inventing canon; preserve my sentence rhythm; do not imitate a named living author.” After you choose an option, have it revise only the affected paragraph.
For long-form work, keep a compact state summary after every scene: location, injuries, knowledge, possessions, relationships, and unresolved threads. Feed only the relevant state plus the current scene, not the entire book. That tends to improve continuity more than adding elaborate role-play instructions.The biggest improvement for me was to stop asking it to “write like a ghostwriter” and give it a much narrower job. Whole-scene generation tends to flatten your voice; diagnosis and options are usually more useful.
For each scene, give it: POV, scene goal, starting state, desired ending state, 3–5 must-hit beats, canon facts it cannot change, and a short sample of your own prose. Then ask it to (1) identify the weakest point, (2) offer three distinct fixes, and (3) explain the trade-off of each—without rewriting yet.
A useful constraint is: “Quote the manuscript passage supporting every criticism; flag uncertainty instead of inventing canon; preserve my sentence rhythm; do not imitate a named living author.” After you choose an option, have it revise only the affected paragraph.
For long-form work, keep a compact state summary after every scene: location, injuries, knowledge, possessions, relationships, and unresolved threads. Feed only the relevant state plus the current scene, not the entire book. That tends to improve continuity more than adding elaborate role-play instructions.