{"id":"create-character-sheet-from-notes","audience":"freelancers","category":"creative-writing","technique":"grounding","track":"writing","title":"Build a consistent character sheet from messy draft notes","free":false,"task":"Your novel notes contradict themselves about your main character. Get a character sheet of exactly 6 numbered lines labeled Name, Age, Look, Wants, Fears and Voice, in that order, each under 18 words, under 110 words in total, plain text. Where notes disagree, use your latest decision, and add nothing that isn't in your notes.","materialLabel":"Your novel notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"NOVEL NOTES - \"Low Tide\" (draft 2), main character\n\nCh 1 draft: Marguerite \"Mags\" Delacroix, 32, runs a bait shop in a Gulf Coast town. Brown eyes.\nCh 3 draft: Mags, 34, green eyes, a scar on her left hand from a fishing hook.\nMY DECISION (Oct 20): She's 34. Green eyes. Keep the scar. Fix ch 1.\n\nWhat she wants: to buy the bait shop from her uncle before he sells it to a resort developer\nWhat she's afraid of: open water at night, since her brother's boat went missing\nHow she talks: short sentences, dry jokes, calls everyone \"chief\", never swears in front of her niece\n\nBeta reader suggested: \"give her a secret past as a famous chef?\" -> NO. Not doing that.\n\nOther: she drives a rusty blue truck. Her niece Lou (9) lives with her on weekends.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":6},{"type":"maxWords","max":110},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Mixing old and new details","why":"The AI may use 32 and brown eyes, the first details it sees.","fix":"Add: \"Use my Oct 20 decision: 34, green eyes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Letting the AI invent","why":"Character sheets from AI fill gaps with new backstory, hobbies and even the chef idea you rejected.","fix":"Add: \"Use only my notes. Add no backstory or traits.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not giving the labels","why":"The AI picks its own long template with 15 sections.","fix":"Show it: \"1. Name: ... 2. Age: ... 3. Look: ... 4. Wants: ... 5. Fears: ... 6. Voice: ...\"","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"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 line: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your writing app.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the latest decision","patterns":["latest","decision","oct 20","\\b34\\b","green"]},{"label":"Says not to invent","patterns":["only.{0,25}(notes|facts)","(don't|do not|no).{0,15}(invent|add|make up|new)"]},{"label":"Gives the labels","patterns":["name.{0,10}age","wants","fears","voice"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(6|six)\\b.{0,25}(line|field|label)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"A character sheet is a source of truth for your draft. Tell the AI which decision wins, give it the labels, and tell it not to invent anything.","rubricLabels":["The 6 lines are labeled Name, Age, Look, Wants, Fears and Voice, in that order","Age is 34 (not 32) and Look gives green eyes (not brown)","Adds nothing not in the notes: no chef past, no new backstory, family members or traits beyond what the notes say"]}