Rewrite a scene from a different point of view or tense
Shows your scene in other viewpoints and tenses side by side so you can choose the one that serves your story.
The prompt
Help me test point of view and tense on a scene from my story.
The scene: [PASTE THE SCENE]
Current point of view and tense: [e.g. "third person past, close on Mia"]
Characters in the scene: [WHO and how they feel about what's happening]
What feels off: [e.g. "too distant", "I can't show what the other character is thinking", "feels flat"]
Options to try: [e.g. "first person present", "the other character's view", "or suggest"]
Do this:
1. Briefly explain what each option gains and loses for this scene (intimacy, suspense, what the reader can know, voice).
2. Rewrite the first 150-250 words of the scene in each of 2-3 options, keeping my events, details, and as much of my wording as possible.
3. Point out the specific moments where each version changes how the scene lands (e.g. a secret the reader now knows, a reaction we lose).
4. Recommend one, with the reason, and list consistency traps to watch for if I switch the whole story (e.g. head-hopping, tense slips, things the narrator couldn't know).
Do not add new plot events or change my characters. The goal is for me to choose and rewrite the rest myself.
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What to fill in
- PASTE THE SCENE
- e.g. "third person past, close on Mia"
- WHO and how they feel about what's happening
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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