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46 entries · 6 categories

Creative arts

Fiction, poetry, screenwriting, music, image generation and worldbuilding.

40 prompts, 4 personas, 2 workflows

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Fiction

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  • Write a book blurb
    PromptFiction

    Writes back-cover and online store blurbs with a hook, stakes and the right genre tone, in several lengths from a one-line pitch to a full store description. Use when publishing or relaunching a book.

  • Write a children's story
    PromptFiction

    Writes an age-appropriate bedtime story or picture-book text with read-aloud rhythm, a refrain and a lesson shown rather than stated. Use for bedtime, gifts or a picture-book draft.

  • Write a setting description
    PromptFiction

    Writes setting descriptions filtered through a point-of-view character's senses, history and mood, in three lengths from a passing line to a full arrival passage. Use when a place feels flat.

  • Write a short story
    PromptFiction

    Writes a complete short story from a premise to a target length, point of view, tone and ending type, built around one change and free of stock phrasing. Use for a first draft or a model to study.

Poetry

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  • Analyse a poem
    PromptPoetry

    Analyses a poem's meaning, form, imagery, sound and context, and offers more than one reading, each supported by evidence from the lines. Use when studying, teaching or reading a poem closely.

  • Critique a poem
    PromptPoetry

    Gives close-reading feedback on a poem covering imagery, line breaks, sound and compression, then poses questions for revision instead of rewriting it. Use on a draft you want to push further.

  • Poetry mentor
    PersonaPoetry

    Poetry mentor who reads closely, asks what the poem wants, teaches craft through examples and encourages risk over polish. Use as a long-running companion for developing a poetry practice.

  • Write a poem for an occasion
    PromptPoetry

    Writes a personal poem for a wedding, funeral, birthday or retirement from details about the people, sized and paced to be read aloud. Use when you need something to read at an event.

Screenwriting

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  • Format a screenplay scene

    Writes or converts a scene into correct film, TV or stage script format with sluglines, action and dialogue, flagging anything unfilmable. Use to turn prose or notes into a script page.

  • Script consultant

    Script consultant who reads for story, character and structure as a producer would and gives prioritised, actionable notes. Use with screenwriters and playwrights at any draft stage.

  • Write a beat sheet

    Builds a beat sheet for a feature, TV episode or short in Save the Cat or another structure, with each beat's scene, purpose and page target. Use when outlining a script.

  • Write a comedy sketch

    Writes a comedy sketch with a clear game, a grounded base reality, escalating heightening beats, a button ending and staging notes. Use for sketch shows, improv troupes, videos and revues.

Music

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  • Plan instrument practice
    PromptMusic

    Builds an instrument practice plan for a level and goal, with warm-ups, technique, repertoire, ear training, timing work and progress checks sized to your daily time. Use to practise with purpose.

  • Songwriting track
    WorkflowMusic

    Takes a song from concept and title to hook, verse lyrics, structure, a chord sketch and a final edit, pausing for the songwriter between steps. Use when writing a complete song.

  • Write song lyrics
    PromptMusic

    Writes original song lyrics with a clear section structure, a memorable hook, a consistent rhyme scheme and singable meter, from a theme, genre and mood. Use when writing or co-writing a song.

  • Plan a music release
    PromptMusic

    Plans an independent single or EP release with a dated timeline, metadata checklist, playlist pitching, content plan, press outreach, budget and release-week checklist. Use before a release.

Image generation

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  • Write a video-generation prompt

    Writes prompts for AI video generators covering subject, action, camera movement, lighting, style, audio and consistency, with a shot-by-shot version for longer clips. Use with text-to-video tools.

  • Write an image-edit prompt

    Writes precise AI image-edit instructions for inpainting, background changes, style transfer or object removal that state what must not change, with mask guidance and checks. Use before an edit.

  • Write an image-generation prompt

    Turns a rough idea into a detailed image-generation prompt (subject, composition, lighting, style, lens) in the chosen tool's syntax, with settings and variations. Use before generating an image.

  • Write product photo prompts

    Writes product-photography image prompts covering set, lighting, angles, props and lifestyle scenes in one consistent brand look, with variants for listings and ads. Use for e-commerce imagery.

Worldbuilding

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  • Build a magic system

    Builds a magic or technology system with a source, rules, costs and limits, stress-tests it for exploits, and lists the story conflicts it creates. Use for fiction or tabletop settings.

  • Build a series bible

    Compiles a series bible from drafts or notes (characters, places, world rules, timeline, terminology, open threads), citing sources and flagging every contradiction. Use for novel series and TV.

  • Build a world timeline

    Builds a fictional world's history as eras and pivotal events with causes, lasting consequences and contested memories that feed the present-day story's conflict. Use for novels, games and campaigns.

  • Design a fictional culture

    Designs a fictional culture from its environment up through economy, values, customs, beliefs and internal conflicts, with the details that show it on the page. Use for novels, games and campaigns.