PromptVaultShift a passage into free indirect style
For fiction writers moving narration closer to a character without adding interior monologue.
Works with
- Ollama
- Meta AI
- ChatGPT
- Notion AI
The prompt47 words · 2 blanks
What you fill in
- Narrative passage
[passage]ExampleNora thought the committee had made another foolish decision. She walked toward the station. - Maximum length
[max_words]Example220
How to use it
- 1Open it in PromptVault. Find it in Writing, or search for “Shift a passage into free indirect style”.
- 2Fill in the 2 blanks. narrative passage and maximum length — the only things the prompt cannot know.
- 3Copy and paste it into ChatGPT. It also works with Ollama, Meta AI and Notion AI.
About this prompt
“Shift a passage into free indirect style” is a intermediate writing prompt. For fiction writers moving narration closer to a character without adding interior monologue. It is 47 words long and written to get a usable answer on the first message, in Ollama, Meta AI and ChatGPT or any other chat assistant. Good for: fiction, rewrite, voice and line editing. 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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