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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 a clearly labeled fictional notice with three objects and collection instructions. 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
Write an in-world lost-property notice using only the supplied setting rules. An in-world prop is a document that could exist inside a fictional story. Give it a heading, a brief notice, three listed objects and a collection instruction. Let the details suggest the world without an explanatory lore paragraph. Mark it fictional outside the prop.
Use this complete made-up practice input:
Invented setting: A city where adult residents commute on slow walking mechanical bridges. The bridges are ordinary machines within the fiction, not magic.
Prop: A lost-property notice at the fictional Eastbank bridge terminal.
Listed objects: One red glove with a brass cuff button; one folded map with a tea stain; one small tin labeled “spare buttons,” containing pebbles.
Collection rule: Claimants describe a detail not printed on the notice to the terminal keeper. Collection window: after the morning crossing and before the evening crossing. No exact clock times or real address.
Tone: Patient, lightly amused bureaucracy.
Forbidden additions: Fees, identity documents, threats, real contact details, claims about actual transport services or extra lost objects.
Need: A finished story prop, not a message to send or publish.
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 exactly the three supplied objects with their correct details. Check the collection window uses crossings rather than invented clock times. Confirm the prop includes no fee, identity-document requirement or real contact information. Verify the notice is clearly labeled fictional outside its in-world heading. 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:
Invented setting: A city where adult residents commute on slow walking mechanical bridges. The bridges are ordinary machines within the fiction, not magic.
Prop: A lost-property notice at the fictional Eastbank bridge terminal.
Listed objects: One red glove with a brass cuff button; one folded map with a tea stain; one small tin labeled “spare buttons,” containing pebbles.
Collection rule: Claimants describe a detail not printed on the notice to the terminal keeper. Collection window: after the morning crossing and before the evening crossing. No exact clock times or real address.
Tone: Patient, lightly amused bureaucracy.
Forbidden additions: Fees, identity documents, threats, real contact details, claims about actual transport services or extra lost objects.
Need: A finished story prop, not a message to send or publish.
Check these requirements one by one:
- Find exactly the three supplied objects with their correct details.
- Check the collection window uses crossings rather than invented clock times.
- Confirm the prop includes no fee, identity-document requirement or real contact information.
- Verify the notice is clearly labeled fictional outside its in-world heading.
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 fictional place rules, three lost objects, collection conditions and exclusions. 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
Write an in-world lost-property notice from my facts below: a document inside a fictional story. Include a heading, brief notice, the three supplied objects and collection instructions. Suggest the world through details instead of adding a lore paragraph. Mark it fictional outside the notice; do not add real contacts, fees or identity requests.
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
Reveal a second story through revision
Change the implied background while preserving the notice’s practical function. 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 fictional notice one week later using the same three objects. State that only the glove has been collected, so the active list now has two items. Keep the same collection rule and add one subtle sign of the keeper’s patience wearing thin without threats or insults.
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.
Invented setting: A city where adult residents commute on slow walking mechanical bridges. The bridges are ordinary machines within the fiction, not magic.
Prop: A lost-property notice at the fictional Eastbank bridge terminal.
Listed objects: One red glove with a brass cuff button; one folded map with a tea stain; one small tin labeled “spare buttons,” containing pebbles.
Collection rule: Claimants describe a detail not printed on the notice to the terminal keeper. Collection window: after the morning crossing and before the evening crossing. No exact clock times or real address.
Tone: Patient, lightly amused bureaucracy.
Forbidden additions: Fees, identity documents, threats, real contact details, claims about actual transport services or extra lost objects.
Need: A finished story prop, not a message to send or publish.
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.
Fictional story prop — invented place and service.
EASTBANK WALKING BRIDGE TERMINAL
LOST PROPERTY
The following items were left aboard the bridge during its recent crossings. They are resting in the terminal drawer and will not be carried back and forth in the hope of recognizing their owners.
- One red glove with a brass cuff button.
- One folded map with a tea stain.
- One small tin marked “spare buttons.” The contents are pebbles. The label has not been corrected.
To collect an item, speak to the terminal keeper after the morning crossing and before the evening crossing. Describe a detail not printed on this notice so the keeper can distinguish your item from a convincing guess.
Please finish your enquiry before the bridge begins walking again.
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.
Unsaved checks stay in this tab and reset when you reload. If you choose Save guide, its current example checkmarks are kept in this browser when storage is available.
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A few things to watch for.
A lore dump can make a prop stop sounding like a usable document. Let practical details imply the world.
Realistic formatting can be mistaken for a real notice. Keep a visible fictional label when sharing the example.