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name: scene-rewrite-for-tension
description: "Paste a scene where nothing much happens. Get one where something does. Use when the user wants help with Scene Rewrite for Tension. Related topics: Writing, Creative, Communication."
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# Scene Rewrite for Tension

Paste a scene where nothing much happens. Get one where something does.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **Paste it** (longer free text)
- **What it has to accomplish** (longer free text)
- **What feels wrong** (choose one: Boring, Nothing happens, Too much dialogue, Emotionally flat, Rushed, Too much explaining)
- **POV and tense** (free text, e.g. "Whose head")

## Prompt template

The scene:

{{Paste it}}

What it has to accomplish: {{What it has to accomplish}}
What feels wrong: {{What feels wrong}}
POV and tense: {{POV and tense}}

Return:

1. Why the tension is missing. Usually nobody wants anything urgently, or nothing can go wrong.
2. What each character wants in this specific scene, and what stops them.
3. The first 200 words rewritten, in my voice rather than yours.
4. The changes to make through the rest, including what to cut.

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Source: [Scene Rewrite for Tension on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/ct2KlFu9JWdSwGqKcRe6/scene-rewrite-for-tension)