Possession opening: three minutes in a stranger's body
When to use it
Chapter one of a possession/transmigration story, without the 'I looked in the mirror and I was the villainess' cliche.
Fill in the variables
Assembled prompt
557The instruction exceeds 500 characters; the free run applies only the beginning. Copying applies the whole prompt.
Free 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
- 'What the hands do' is the cheapest, strongest estrangement device in transmigration stories. Put the original person's job habits in the variables and it comes alive.
- Ration the 'original novel' knowledge. Reveal 'I die in volume three' in chapter two and chapter one's hook gets stronger.
Use it with
- Web novelFive opening paragraphs for a first-person regression story
You are starting chapter one of a regression story and refuse to open with 'I opened my eyes.'
- Web novelTwelve-point self-check for web novel chapter one
Before posting chapter one. An editor's read when you do not have an editor.
- Web novelSplitting a long draft into 5,000-character episodes
You wrote 5,000 words in one sitting and cannot see where the chapter breaks go.
Use it in the studio with your story bible
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