PromptVaultEditorial portraits built around the writer’s central motif
For literary publications commissioning concept-led author imagery.
Works with
- Midjourney
- ChatGPT
The prompt125 words · 4 blanks
What you fill in
- Variation count
[image_count]Example3 - Portrait subject
[subject]ExampleA climate essayist in her late forties with closely cropped hair - Essay motif
[article_motif]ExampleMemory behaving like a shoreline redrawn by each tide - Color palette
[palette]ExampleEarth and ink
How to use it
- 1Open it in PromptVault. Find it in Writing, or search for “Editorial portraits built around the writer’s central motif”.
- 2Fill in the 4 blanks. variation count, portrait subject, essay motif and color palette — the only things the prompt cannot know.
- 3Copy and paste it into ChatGPT. It also works with Midjourney.
About this prompt
“Editorial portraits built around the writer’s central motif” is a intermediate writing prompt. For literary publications commissioning concept-led author imagery. It is 125 words long and written to get a usable answer on the first message, in Midjourney and ChatGPT or any other chat assistant. Good for: first draft, storytelling and voice. Like every prompt in PromptVault, it was written and edited in-house, and it works offline once the app is installed.
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