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Turn mixed story feedback into a useful revision
Separate actionable notes from preferences and test one important change.
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What you’re working towards
Separate actionable notes from preferences and test one important change. The worked result was written for this guide; it is not a recording of an AI run.
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Make a start
One step at a time.
3 steps
Start with the synthetic worked example or other non-sensitive inputs. Run one prompt at a time in your chosen AI tool. Replace any bracketed placeholders with the requested material, check each reply, and supply the source or earlier outputs that step needs. Paste them again if the tool lacks that context.
Start with the synthetic example, then adapt each prompt to your task.
01
Open a text assistant and try the example
For a concrete starter route, open https://chatgpt.com and choose New chat. Sign in if that service requires it for your access. You can also use another text assistant you already have. Copy the entire prompt below (the instructions to paste), including the sample input, into its message box and send it. No upload or image generation is needed. Expect four feedback decisions and a revised 60–90-word scene. The wording may differ from the example; the constraints should not. If it only explains the task, ask it to produce the finished result using the supplied input.
Your starting prompt
Classify each feedback note as an actionable issue, a preference or a conflict with the author’s stated goal. Rank the actionable issues. Then rewrite the supplied scene in 60–90 words, addressing the top issue while respecting the author’s goal. Do not imply all readers agree.
Use this complete made-up practice input:
Author's goal: A quiet scene in which an adult decides to keep a difficult promise. The ending must remain low-key; no chase, threat or surprise villain.
Draft: Lina stood in front of the hall. She thought about the promise. It was difficult. She looked at the door. She thought again. Then she went inside.
Known story fact: Lina promised to read her late grandmother's original poem at a private rehearsal. Only other adult performers are inside. The poem is in a folded sheet in her pocket. Do not invent the poem's text.
Feedback A: “I cannot tell what promise she is keeping.”
Feedback B: “Add a car chase.”
Feedback C: “I prefer first-person narration.”
Feedback D: “Several sentences repeat hesitation without showing a new action.”
Use third-person narration.
Return the finished result. Keep it fictional and do not add claims about real people, products or events.
02
Check, correct and save
Read the response beside the original input. Find a decision for all four notes without claiming consensus. Count 60–90 words in the revised scene. Check the promise is now clear, the poem itself is not invented and the ending remains quiet. If a check fails, paste the correction prompt below in the same conversation. Check the revised result yourself, then copy the version you want into your own notes or document.
Your starting prompt
Check your previous result against this original input:
Author's goal: A quiet scene in which an adult decides to keep a difficult promise. The ending must remain low-key; no chase, threat or surprise villain.
Draft: Lina stood in front of the hall. She thought about the promise. It was difficult. She looked at the door. She thought again. Then she went inside.
Known story fact: Lina promised to read her late grandmother's original poem at a private rehearsal. Only other adult performers are inside. The poem is in a folded sheet in her pocket. Do not invent the poem's text.
Feedback A: “I cannot tell what promise she is keeping.”
Feedback B: “Add a car chase.”
Feedback C: “I prefer first-person narration.”
Feedback D: “Several sentences repeat hesitation without showing a new action.”
Use third-person narration.
Check these requirements one by one:
- Find a decision for all four notes without claiming consensus.
- Count 60–90 words in the revised scene.
- Check the promise is now clear, the poem itself is not invented and the ending remains quiet.
Quote each problem, explain the smallest repair, and return a complete corrected version. If there is no problem, say which checks you applied. Do not claim that your own review proves quality or audience response.
03
Optional: use your own material
Open a new chat. Copy the prompt below and replace [PASTE YOUR INPUT HERE] with scene, author goal and labeled reader comments. Use material you own or may use and leave out private details. The output limits written in this prompt stay in force; change a limit here too if you want a different one. Send the whole message. Expect the same kind of written result with your new material. Check it against this new input and these limits, not the sample’s names or numbers. If it differs, describe the exact mismatch and ask for a complete correction before saving.
Your starting prompt
Classify each feedback note below as an actionable issue, a preference or a conflict with the author’s stated goal. Rank actionable issues. Rewrite the fictional scene in 60–90 words, addressing the top issue while preserving the goal. Do not imply all readers agree or invent source material.
If an essential detail is missing or two requirements conflict, ask me before filling the gap.
MY INPUT
[PASTE YOUR INPUT HERE]
Optional: improve the result
Test two ways to solve one issue
Compare revision strategies without changing the creative goal. Keep the first version so you can compare the change. This extension uses the worked example. Return to that example chat, or paste its input and your checked example answer into a new chat first. Do not apply its sample values unchanged to your own input.
Advanced prompt
Write a second 60–90-word revision that reveals the promise through one brief line of dialogue instead of narration. Keep third person, the folded poem, a quiet ending and no invented poem text. Compare the trade-offs of the two versions.
Use the original input and result in this conversation. If either is missing, ask me to paste it before continuing.
Show, then try
See the shape of the result.
This input is synthetic. The output is a written illustration of the intended result, not a verified AI-tool run.
01 / The starting point
Synthetic input
Made-up example for practice. All people, places and events are invented.
Author's goal: A quiet scene in which an adult decides to keep a difficult promise. The ending must remain low-key; no chase, threat or surprise villain.
Draft: Lina stood in front of the hall. She thought about the promise. It was difficult. She looked at the door. She thought again. Then she went inside.
Known story fact: Lina promised to read her late grandmother's original poem at a private rehearsal. Only other adult performers are inside. The poem is in a folded sheet in her pocket. Do not invent the poem's text.
Feedback A: “I cannot tell what promise she is keeping.”
Feedback B: “Add a car chase.”
Feedback C: “I prefer first-person narration.”
Feedback D: “Several sentences repeat hesitation without showing a new action.”
Use third-person narration.
Copies text only. For image or file tasks, use the source files named in the steps too.
Worked example written for this guide; it is not a recording of an AI run.
Feedback decisions:
- A: Actionable issue. The central promise is missing from the scene. Priority 1: establish it through the folded poem.
- D: Actionable issue. Repeated hesitation does not progress. Priority 2: replace repetition with a small physical decision.
- B: Conflicts with the author's quiet, no-chase goal. Do not apply it.
- C: Preference, and the supplied instruction requires third person. Retain third person.
Revised scene:
Lina stopped outside the hall and touched the folded poem in her pocket. She had promised to read her grandmother's words at the rehearsal. Inside, the other performers were moving chairs; no one was waiting at the door to fetch her.
She drew out the sheet and smoothed its center crease with her thumb. Then she folded it once, small enough to hold without hiding it, and went inside.
Revision result: The promise is now specific, and the hesitation leads to an observable choice. No claim is made about how an actual reader will respond.
These checks use the worked example and its particular facts. With your own material, check your actual names, numbers, sources and rules; do not reuse the sample’s values as the answer.
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A few things to watch for.
Treating every comment as an instruction can erase the author’s goal. Separate useful diagnosis from a suggested solution.
A rewrite is a test of a note, not proof that every reader will prefer it. Keep both versions for comparison.