Hide exposition in dialogue (no 'as you know')
When to use it
You must convey a world rule or past event without characters telling each other what they both know.
Fill in the variables
Assembled prompt
474Free runs use the fast model and return a short preview (about 300 words). Only the first ~1,000 words of manuscript are read.
How to use this prompt
- 1Fill in the variables
Enter your manuscript, characters or situation in the fields below. The example values are hints.
- 2Check the assembled prompt
The prompt is assembled below with placeholders filled. Edit any rule to fit your work.
- 3Copy it or run it
Copy it into the tool you already use, or run it in SparkLore for a short preview.
- 4Revise the result into your manuscript
The output is a draft. Follow the tips and rewrite half of it by hand.
How to get the most from it
- If the one who does not know is the protagonist, it reads most naturally. Newcomers, outsiders and children are the classic vehicles for this reason.
- The last piece arriving as action is the heart of it: the veteran stops mid-sentence and looks at the sunset.
Use it with
- RewriteOne expository paragraph into a scene
Turning a summary paragraph ('they had been friends for years') into a dramatized moment.
- DialogueThree-voice distinction test
Cover the speaker tags and you cannot tell who is talking. Force the voices apart.
- WorldMagic or power system: costs and limits first
Designing a power system by what it cannot do before what it can.
Use it in the studio with your story bible
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