Creative Writing Difficulty: Intermediate

Fiction Novel Continuation Suggestions

This prompt is designed for fiction writers seeking to enhance their novel by receiving tailored suggestions for plot development, character growth, and narrative enhancement. It instructs the AI to analyze existing chapters to provide creative ideas that align with the established tone and genre. The output includes a detailed outline for upcoming chapters, highlighting key events, character interactions, and potential cliffhangers.

The prompt

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Act as a professional fiction consultant with expertise in narrative development. Based on the provided [CURRENT CHAPTERS], placeholder, analyze the storyline, character arcs, plot progression, and writing style. Generate creative and engaging suggestions for advancing the plot, deepening character development, and enhancing the overall narrative. Deliver a detailed outline for the next few chapters, specifying key events, character interactions, and potential cliffhangers that align with the established tone and genre of the novel. Present the output as a structured outline that guides the writing process from start to finish.

Highlighted text is a blank. Swap it for your own detail before you send the prompt.

What it produces

  • Outline for Chapter 1: Introduce a new character who challenges the protagonist's beliefs.
  • Outline for Chapter 2: Create a conflict that forces the protagonist to make a difficult choice.
  • Outline for Chapter 3: Develop a subplot involving a secondary character that ties back to the main plot.

How to use this prompt

Four steps, about a minute. Nothing to install and no account needed.

  1. Copy the prompt

    Use the Copy button above. The whole prompt goes to your clipboard exactly as written. Nothing is trimmed.

  2. Fill in the blanks

    Replace [CURRENT CHAPTERS] with your own detail. Everything in square brackets is a blank for you to fill in.

  3. Paste it into your assistant

    Checked against ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini. It is written as plain instructions, so paste it into whichever of them you already use.

  4. Read the result, then push back

    Compare what you get to the example below. If it is close but not right, say what to change: shorter, warmer, more specific, then ask again in the same conversation.

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