{"id":"create-bedtime-story-two-kids","audience":"parents","category":"creative-writing","technique":"context","track":"writing","title":"Get a short bedtime story made for your two kids","free":false,"task":"You want a bedtime story for your two kids tonight. Get a story under 250 words, plain text, starring Maya, Jonah and their stuffed rabbit Pickle, about sharing. Nothing scary: Jonah has nightmares about dragons, so no dragons, even though Maya asked for one. End with exactly this line: \"And then it was time to sleep.\"","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"BEDTIME NOTES (Dana Price)\n\nKids: Maya (6) and Jonah (4)\nTheir stuffed rabbit: Pickle (one ear is shorter, they both claim him)\nTonight's fight: who gets Pickle at bedtime. They ended up taking turns, which I want to praise.\n\nMaya's request: \"a story with a DRAGON and a castle!\"\nJonah: had a bad dream about a dragon last week, woke up crying twice\n\nThings they love:\n- the blue slide at Cedar Park\n- Grandpa's pancakes on Sundays\n- counting stars from the bedroom window\n\nLength: my voice gives out after about 2 minutes of reading.\nKeep it gentle, slow at the end, so they're sleepy.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":250},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Following the request in your notes","why":"The AI sees Maya's dragon request and puts a dragon in the story.","fix":"Add: \"No dragons at all; Jonah has nightmares about them.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"A generic story","why":"Without names and the lesson, the AI writes about a random bunny in a forest.","fix":"Add: \"Star Maya, Jonah and Pickle. It's about taking turns.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"No ending line","why":"The AI ends with a moral or 'The End', not your bedtime cue.","fix":"Add: \"End with exactly: And then it was time to sleep.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"6 short paragraphs, each under 35 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in a phone screen at bedtime.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the characters","patterns":["maya","jonah","pickle"]},{"label":"Rules out scary parts","patterns":["dragon","scary","nightmare"]},{"label":"Gives the last line","patterns":["time to sleep","end with","last line"]},{"label":"Names the lesson","patterns":["shar","turns"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"A bedtime story works when it's about your kids and your night. Give the AI the names, the lesson, what to leave out, the length and the last line.","rubricLabels":["Stars Maya, Jonah and Pickle the rabbit, and the story is about sharing or taking turns","Has no dragons and nothing scary (no monsters, villains, getting lost, storms or danger)","The last line is exactly 'And then it was time to sleep.'"]}