{"id":"create-dialogue-scene-labels","audience":"college","category":"creative-writing","technique":"verification","track":"writing","title":"Label the problems in your dialogue scene, line by line","free":false,"task":"Your workshop said the dialogue in your story feels stiff. Get exactly 4 numbered notes, each formatted \"1. Line X: Label - reason\", using exactly one of these labels: Info dump, Same voice, Unclear speaker. Each reason under 15 words, under 100 words in total, plain text, and no rewritten lines.","materialLabel":"Your scene and character notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SCENE (Fiction Workshop 310) - kitchen, 11 p.m.\n\n1 \"You're late,\" Mom said.\n2 \"Traffic.\"\n3 \"As you know, Danny, your father and I have been married for 22 years, and he left for Ohio in March after losing his job at the plant.\"\n4 \"I know, Mom.\"\n5 \"Well.\"\n6 \"Well what?\"\n7 \"I am feeling very upset and also disappointed about the situation with your grades.\"\n8 Grandpa set down his coffee. \"The boy is tired. Let him be.\"\n9 \"It is important that we discuss your academic performance at this time.\"\n10 \"Can we not do this tonight?\"\n\nCHARACTER NOTES\n- Mom (Linda): blunt, short sentences, works double shifts at the hospital laundry\n- Danny: 17, sarcastic, says as little as possible\n- Grandpa: gentle, old-fashioned\n\nWorkshop comment from Jess: \"Lines 5 and 6 - who's talking?\"","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Getting general tips","why":"Ask 'how can I improve' and the AI lists dialogue tips that don't point at your lines.","fix":"Ask for line-by-line notes: \"Line X: Label - reason.\"","checks":["numberedItems","r0"]},{"title":"No fixed labels","why":"Without labels, the AI's notes blur together and you can't see the pattern.","fix":"Add: \"Use exactly one label: Info dump, Same voice or Unclear speaker.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Not giving the voices","why":"The AI can't tell Mom sounds wrong unless it checks against your character notes.","fix":"Add: \"Check each line against my character notes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Getting rewrites","why":"The AI rewrites the dialogue to show you, and the scene stops being yours.","fix":"Add: \"No rewritten lines.\"","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 reason: \"each reason 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 workshop notes.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the labels","patterns":["info dump","same voice","unclear speaker","label"]},{"label":"Asks for line numbers","patterns":["line \\d","line x","line number"]},{"label":"Uses your character notes","patterns":["character notes","voice","blunt"]},{"label":"Says no rewrites","patterns":["(don't|do not|no|never).{0,15}(rewrite|rewritten|sample)"]},{"label":"Says how many notes","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}(note|line|problem)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]}],"hint":"Labels make dialogue problems easy to see and fix yourself. Give the AI the labels, ask for line numbers, point it to your character notes, and ask for no rewrites.","rubricLabels":["Each note starts with 'Line' and a number and uses exactly one label: Info dump, Same voice, or Unclear speaker","Line 3 is labeled Info dump, and at least one of line 7 or line 9 is labeled Same voice (Mom sounds formal, not blunt)","Gives no rewritten lines or sample dialogue to replace the student's"]}