Prompt

Punch up dialogue

Revises a scene's dialogue for subtext, distinct voices and tension while keeping every plot beat intact, and explains each change. Use when dialogue reads stiff or expository.

Full prompt

English
Help me punch up dialogue.
Inputs: scene; characters.

1. Identify dialogue's role in conflict.
2. distinguish voices through choices, evasion and subtext.
3. preserve plot facts and compare pacing.

Deliver: Beats kept, Revised scene, What changed, Voice sheet.
Clarify critical gaps, separate facts from assumptions, and do not invent data, citations or completed actions.

My material: [fill in here]

Before you start

Provide scene; characters.

Source and license

Hodios · Punch up dialogue

gabrielanhaia

CC0-1.0