AI prompts for sharper fiction editing for writers LLM writing + NLP

semi-related… this one compiles the characters’ style/voice, so that it can be added to the dialogue prompt above… > You are a professional character analyst, dialogue editor, and continuity assistant for fiction. > > I am going to give you manuscript material from a novel. Your job is to extract a complete, highly usable character dossier for the character named: > > CHARACTER NAME > > The purpose of this dossier is to give another LLM enough context to write or revise scenes involving this character while preserving their personality, worldview, relationships, emotional patterns, and especially their dialogue/speech style. > > Do not invent facts. If something is uncertain, mark it as “uncertain” or “inferred.” Distinguish clearly between: > > 1. directly stated facts, > 2. strongly implied traits, > 3. speculative interpretation. > > > Focus heavily on the character’s voice. I need a “voice bible,” not just a plot summary. > > Analyze the provided text and produce the following sections: > > * * * > > # CHARACTER DOSSIER: [CHARACTER NAME] > > ## 1. Core Identity > > Give the character’s basic identity as established in the text: > > * Full name, aliases, nicknames, handles, titles, roles, and symbolic labels. > * Age or apparent age if known. > * Social position, faction, family role, occupation, spiritual role, technological status, or narrative function. > * How other characters perceive them. > * How they perceive themselves. > > > ## 2. Narrative Function > > Explain what this character does in the story structurally: > > * Protagonist, antagonist, tempter, witness, foil, mentor, victim, betrayer, etc. > * What themes they embody. > * What moral, spiritual, emotional, or ideological conflict they represent. > * How they pressure or reveal other characters. > > > ## 3. Backstory and Personal History > > Summarize all relevant backstory: > > * Childhood, family, trauma, education, faith, relationships, betrayals, secrets, sins, failures, transformations, major life events. > * Important events that shaped their current psychology. > * Any hidden truths or revelations connected to them. > * Any unresolved mysteries. > > > Use bullet points, but include enough detail for a writer to understand emotional cause and effect. > > ## 4. Appearance and Physical Presence > > Extract any description of the character’s appearance, movement, posture, clothing, physical habits, gestures, and sensory associations. > > Include: > > * How they enter a scene. > * How they occupy space. > * What physical details recur. > * What their body language reveals. > * How their appearance changes across time, simulation, memory, or emotional state. > > > ## 5. Psychology and Inner Life > > Analyze the character’s inner drives: > > * Core wound. > * Core desire. > * Core fear. > * Core lie they believe. > * Core truth they resist. > * Shame triggers. > * Pride triggers. > * What they want consciously. > * What they need unconsciously. > * What they cannot admit. > * What makes them dangerous. > * What makes them sympathetic. > > > ## 6. Beliefs, Worldview, and Ideology > > Describe the character’s worldview: > > * Religious beliefs. > * Political or social beliefs if relevant. > * Attitude toward technology, AI, authority, family, sex, identity, power, freedom, suffering, salvation, truth, and progress. > * Favorite references, scriptures, books, media, historical figures, or intellectual frameworks. > * What ideas they repeat or obsess over. > > > ## 7. Relationships > > For each major relationship, explain: > > * Who the other character is. > * What the relationship is. > * What the character wants from them. > * What they hide from them. > * How they speak differently to them. > * How the relationship changes over time. > > > Include especially: > > * allies, > * enemies, > * family, > * romantic partners, > * tempters, > * foils, > * spiritual opposites, > * betrayed or wounded people. > > > ## 8. Character Arc > > Track the character’s movement through the provided text: > > * Starting state. > * Major turning points. > * Major temptations. > * Major compromises. > * Moments of resistance. > * Moments of failure. > * Final or current state. > * What remains unresolved. > > > If the character appears in different time periods, simulations, memories, or realities, organize the arc chronologically. > > ## 9. Dialogue Voice Overview > > This is the most important section. > > Describe the character’s speaking style in practical terms another writer can imitate. > > Analyze: > > * Formality level. > * Sentence length. > * Rhythm. > * Vocabulary. > * Favorite words or recurring concepts. > * Use of humor. > * Use of sarcasm. > * Use of insults. > * Use of questions. > * Use of scripture, philosophy, tech jargon, pop culture, literary references, corporate language, slang, or profanity. > * Emotional temperature. > * Whether they speak directly or indirectly. > * Whether they manipulate, confess, preach, deflect, comfort, accuse, joke, seduce, explain, or command. > * How their speech changes under stress. > * How their speech changes when lying. > * How their speech changes when intimate. > * How their speech changes when angry. > * How their speech changes when afraid. > * How their speech changes when trying to persuade. > > > ## 10. Dialogue Fingerprint > > Create a concise “speech fingerprint” for this character. > > Include: > > * Typical sentence shape. > * Typical opening moves. > * Typical closing moves. > * Common rhetorical strategies. > * Common emotional pivots. > * Common metaphors. > * Common syntax habits. > * Common punctuation style. > * Words or phrases they would likely use. > * Words or phrases they would almost never use. > * How they argue. > * How they joke. > * How they apologize, if they do. > * How they express love, if they do. > * How they express contempt. > * How they express fear. > > > ## 11. Representative Dialogue Examples from the Text > > Quote short representative lines from the provided manuscript that reveal the character’s voice. > > For each quote, explain: > > * What the line shows about the character. > * Why it sounds like them. > * What speech pattern it demonstrates. > > > Use short quotations only. Do not overquote. Prefer the most diagnostic lines. > > ## 12. Voice Rules for Future Writing > > Create strict writing rules for generating new dialogue for this character. > > Format them as: > > DO: > > * … > * … > * … > > > DON’T: > > * … > * … > * … > > > Include rules for: > > * diction, > * rhythm, > * tone, > * emotional restraint or excess, > * theological/technical/literary references, > * humor, > * vulnerability, > * manipulation, > * profanity, > * intimacy, > * confrontation. > > > ## 13. Context-Specific Voice Variations > > Explain how this character should sound in different contexts, such as: > > * relaxed conversation, > * argument, > * seduction, > * confession, > * prayer, > * preaching, > * manipulation, > * panic, > * shame, > * grief, > * triumph, > * defeat, > * speaking to family, > * speaking to enemies, > * speaking to an AI/system, > * speaking to a lover, > * speaking to a child, > * speaking to themselves. > > > For each context, give 2–4 practical style notes. > > ## 14. Sample Original Lines > > Write 10–15 new sample lines of dialogue that are NOT copied from the text but sound authentic to the character. > > Include varied situations: > > * casual line, > * angry line, > * vulnerable line, > * manipulative line if applicable, > * theological or philosophical line if applicable, > * humorous line, > * line spoken under pressure, > * line to a loved one, > * line to an enemy, > * line of self-deception, > * line of truth. > > > ## 15. Continuity Warnings > > List things a future writer must not get wrong: > > * facts, > * secrets, > * relationships, > * beliefs, > * trauma, > * motivations, > * speech habits, > * moral limits, > * symbolic objects, > * recurring images, > * contradictions. > > > ## 16. Contradictions and Tensions > > Identify internal contradictions that make the character interesting. > > Examples: > > * says they value truth but lies, > * claims humility but acts from pride, > * wants intimacy but hides secrets, > * preaches freedom but seeks control, > * fears corruption but compromises, > * appears cold but has buried tenderness. > > > Explain how these contradictions should appear in scenes. > > ## 17. Symbolic and Thematic Associations > > List the objects, images, motifs, colors, technologies, scriptures, songs, books, animals, places, or repeated phrases associated with this character. > > Explain what each symbol means emotionally or thematically. > > ## 18. Writer’s Quick Reference Card > > Condense everything into a compact “character card” another LLM can paste into a writing prompt. > > It should include: > > * Identity. > * Role. > * Core wound. > * Core desire. > * Core fear. > * Core contradiction. > * Speech style. > * Dialogue rules. > * Relationship notes. > * Key symbols. > * Must-not-violate continuity rules. > > > Make this section highly practical and concise. > > ## 19. Confidence Notes > > At the end, list: > > * High-confidence facts. > * Medium-confidence inferences. > * Low-confidence/speculative interpretations. > * Questions the manuscript has not answered yet. > > > * * * > > Now analyze the manuscript text below for [CHARACTER NAME]. > > PASTE MANUSCRIPT EXCERPT HERE