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86 lines
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type: think
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model: power
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max_tokens: 32000
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PASS 1 — WRITE THE COZY MYSTERY CHAPTER DRAFT
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Use the draft prompt below as your exact writing brief:
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{steps[0].text}
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Requirements:
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- Start with the FIRST LINE you planned — make it continue naturally from the previous chapter
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- If the draft prompt contains a line starting with "LOCKED PREVIOUS CHAPTER HOOK:",
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your FIRST LINE MUST directly resolve that hook — the reader expects the answer immediately
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- If the draft prompt contains a line starting with "AUTHOR'S INTENT:", treat it as a
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binding creative directive — your draft must satisfy that intent in full
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- Follow the KEY BEATS in order, but write with full scene depth — don't skip
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- All character names, the town layout, and recurring elements must be consistent with the bible/outline
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- Every dialogue exchange must be tight and voice-distinct
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- Show, don't tell — externalize emotion through action, detail, and dialogue
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- Every scene beat moves the story forward OR reveals character (no filler)
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- End with the CLOSING HOOK you planned
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- Match the prose style guide: {prose_style}
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- Target length: {chapter_target_words} words — write the FULL chapter, not a summary
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- ⚠️ DO NOT stop early. If you have not reached {chapter_target_words} words, continue
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writing — add warm detail, community scenes, extended dialogue beats, and character moments
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until you hit the target. Short chapters will be REJECTED in adjudication.
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DRAFTING DISCIPLINE — apply these on every page:
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- {prose_style} is a hard constraint, not decoration
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- Not every paragraph needs a memorable or quotable line — use functional connective prose
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- Let observation precede interpretation: show the moment before naming what it means
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- Avoid clustering aphorisms or thesis-style sentences back to back
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- Prefer scene motion over thesis delivery — action and dialogue carry meaning
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- Write ONE complete draft now. Do NOT self-polish. Reviewers will give feedback downstream.
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COZY MYSTERY CRAFT RULES — these apply on every page:
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- THE SETTING IS A CHARACTER: The small town, the bakery, the knitting circle — these are
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not backdrop, they are the emotional heart of the series. Give the setting sensory life on
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every page: smells, textures, seasonal details, the rhythms of community life.
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- COZY WARMTH IS NON-NEGOTIABLE: There is death, but no graphic gore. Danger is present, but
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the world is ultimately safe and resolvable. Readers come here for comfort. The protagonist
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is competent, good-hearted, and embedded in a community that matters to them.
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- CLUE INTEGRITY: Every clue dropped must be discoverable by the reader in retrospect.
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No solutions pulled from nowhere. Suspects and red herrings are played fair — they have
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real motives, even if they didn't commit the crime.
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- THE AMATEUR SLEUTH VOICE: Your protagonist is not a professional detective. They notice
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things because they KNOW this community, these people, these routines. The edge they have
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over police is intimacy, not technique. Honor that — let their community knowledge be their
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superpower.
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- ENSEMBLE IS EVERYTHING: Cozy mysteries live or die on the recurring cast. Every chapter
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should feel the community around the protagonist: the best friend who over-shares, the
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rival who isn't entirely wrong, the authority figure who is simultaneously helpful and
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obstructive. These relationships are the true product.
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- HUMOR AND HEART: Cozy mysteries are warm books. There must be humor — light, character-
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driven, never mean-spirited. There must be heart — the protagonist cares about these people
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and this place, even the irritating ones.
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- PACING: Cozy chapters move through scenes naturally, never rushed. A chapter might include
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an investigation beat, a community scene, and a personal moment. Balance all three.
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VOICE ANTI-PATTERNS — THESE ARE FORBIDDEN ON EVERY PAGE:
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- Do NOT open any chapter with the "didn't just X; it Y" sentence construction.
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Every chapter must have a structurally distinct opener. Vary: in medias res,
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quiet beat, dialogue cold open, environmental sweep, interiority.
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No two consecutive chapters may use the same opener structure.
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- The book's thematic contrast (whatever it is — body/mind, memory/possibility, etc.)
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may appear ONCE per scene as a metaphor. Not in every paragraph. Trust the reader.
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If you have used the contrast in the last two paragraphs, you may not use it again
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for at least three more paragraphs.
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- Do NOT label an emotion that you have already shown through action or dialogue.
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If the character's hands are shaking, do not also write "she was afraid."
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If the dialogue already conveys anger, do not add "his voice was furious."
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- Do NOT count or reference chapter numbers in the prose.
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"Five chapters of..." is an AI fingerprint. Never.
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- Each character must have at least ONE verbal imperfection per scene they appear in:
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a sentence they don't finish, a word they use wrong, a line that doesn't land,
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a moment of fumbling before the right words come. Perfect dialogue is dead dialogue.
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- Check the CHARACTER VOICE PROFILE in the outline/bible (if present) — if each
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speaking character's dialogue cannot be identified as THEIRS without a speaker tag,
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rewrite until it can. Verbal tics, pet phrases, and characteristic patterns are
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non-negotiable signatures.
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Output ONLY the draft chapter text.
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Start directly with the chapter title (e.g., "Chapter N: [Title]") and opening line.
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No commentary, no plan headers, no "Pass 1" label.
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