Catch up a cast member on a busy drama club chat

About this exercise

You're the stage manager for the school play, and your friend Nia, who plays the lead, missed a week of the cast chat. You want a text to her of at most 3 sentences, plain text, with her own deadline first. Use the rehearsal schedule's final change, and skip the jokes and the crew-only details. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

• Not saying who it's for. The AI summarizes the chat for everyone, including crew details. Try: Add: "Write it to Nia, the lead. Only what affects her."
• Missing the final change. Tues/Thurs comes first; the change to Wednesday comes later. Try: Add: "Use the final rehearsal days: Tues and Weds."
• Burying her deadline. The AI goes in chat order. Try: Add: "First sentence: her off-book deadline."
• Asking for a summary. The AI writes bullets with headings. Try: Be exact: "At most 3 sentences, plain text, like a text."

What a strong prompt includes

• Says who it's for
• Uses the final change
• Puts her deadline first
• Skips crew stuff
• Limits the sentences

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