Premise
Premise stress test
Here's my premise: [premise]. What's the central conflict, what's at stake, and what's the question readers will keep reading to answer? Suggest 3 ways to raise the stakes.
Writing & Creative · 19 prompts
The Novel Workshop
From premise to finished draft, with you holding the pen.
19 prompts for fiction writers: premises, characters, worldbuilding, plotting, scene craft, dialogue, revision and query letters. Uses the assistant as a writing partner and editor, not a ghostwriter.
What's inside
Every prompt in the PDF, listed by section.
Premise
- 01Premise stress test
- 02What-if generator
- 03Comparable titles
Characters
- 04Character interview
- 05Want vs need
- 06Antagonist depth
- 07Supporting cast
Plot & world
- 08Structure map
- 09Scene list
- 10Worldbuilding questions
- 11Plot hole hunt
Write
- 12Scene feedback
- 13Dialogue polish
- 14Sensory detail prompts
- 15Stuck scene
Revise & submit
- 16Revision plan
- 17Synopsis
- 18Query letter
- 19Blurb
Sample prompts
Three of the 19, so you can see how specific they are. The PDF has the rest, plus a short introduction.
Premise
What-if generator
Give me 15 'what if' twists on this idea [idea] across different genres.
Premise
Comparable titles
Suggest how to describe my book [summary] using comparable titles from the last 10 years, and why each comparison fits.