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Write a story blurb and a synopsis that do different jobs
Describe one finished story for readers who need different levels of disclosure.
Illustrative resourceNot tool-testedWriters packaging a complete original story
What you’re working towards
A spoiler-limited reader blurb paired with a complete plot synopsis, both faithful to the same finished original story. This is a written practice result, not a recorded AI run.
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3 steps
Start with the synthetic worked example or other non-sensitive inputs. Run one prompt at a time in your chosen AI tool. Replace any bracketed placeholders with the requested material, check each reply, and supply the source or earlier outputs that step needs. Paste them again if the tool lacks that context.
Start with the synthetic example, then adapt each prompt to your task.
01
Try the complete example
Open a text AI chat you already have permission to use. Paste the whole prompt below, from TASK through END INPUT, and send it. The input is source material; do not paste the illustrative Output as an answer to imitate. Expect A spoiler-limited reader blurb paired with a complete plot synopsis, both faithful to the same finished original story. If you receive advice instead of the result, ask for the complete requested result from the supplied input.
Your starting prompt
TASK
Write both complete texts under the supplied word counts and spoiler boundary. Preserve the finished story’s events and order, then include a source-claim and disclosure check. Do not add plot events to reach the word counts.
INPUT
Complete original fictional story: Tavi finds a blank sign in a closed museum. Each time she writes a room name, a door appears. She writes Garden, finds paper flowers, then writes Home. The final door opens into the same museum, now filled with the neighbors who made its exhibits. Tavi chooses to leave the sign blank for the next visitor.
Write a 60-word reader blurb and a 120-word chronological synopsis, counting whitespace-separated words and excluding headings. Blurb may reveal the sign, door rule, Garden and paper flowers, and that Tavi writes Home, but must conceal what Home opens onto and her final decision. Synopsis must state both. Preserve the exact event order. No new danger, romance, character, backstory, acclaim or sequel promise; interpretive framing may describe the supplied events without adding facts. Neither text is a new version of the story.
END INPUT
02
Check and correct
Count only the two prose blocks: 60 and 120 whitespace-separated words. The blurb must not reveal the neighbors, Home’s destination or the final blank-sign choice; all three belong in the synopsis. Trace every event to the complete story and reject added danger, romance, acclaim or promised sequel. Compare with the unchanged source yourself. If anything differs, use the correction prompt, then recheck the complete replacement before saving.
Your starting prompt
Check the answer in this sample chat against the complete INPUT above. Count only the two prose blocks: 60 and 120 whitespace-separated words. The blurb must not reveal the neighbors, Home’s destination or the final blank-sign choice; all three belong in the synopsis. Trace every event to the complete story and reject added danger, romance, acclaim or promised sequel. Quote each mismatch and its source, then return a complete corrected replacement. If source or answer is missing, ask for it. Do not describe a suggested human trial as completed.
03
Use your own source instead
Open a new chat and copy the prompt below. Replace every bracketed field with your own permitted non-sensitive material, or write unknown. Change the source names, counts, dates and rules together wherever they occur. Expect a complete result using those new values. Compare each source link and calculation with your new input, using the review instructions in this prompt. If a fact or rule is wrong, quote the mismatch and source and ask for a complete corrected replacement; keep essential unknowns held rather than borrowing the practice values.
Your starting prompt
Write a reader blurb and a chronological spoiler synopsis from my complete original or authorized story. Apply my separate word limits, count method and exact spoiler boundary. Preserve the story’s events and ending; do not invent characters, danger, backstory, acclaim or future installments. Include a claim-to-source check and explicitly identify which details must be absent from the blurb and present in the synopsis. Count each text independently using my limits. If the story is incomplete or the boundary conflicts with required content, ask before drafting.
MY INPUT
Complete short owned story or full scene summary: [replace with your source or rule]
Reader audience: [replace with your source or rule]
Blurb spoiler boundary: [replace with your source or rule]
Synopsis length: [replace with your source or rule]
No invented praise or comparison titles: [replace with your source or rule]
Blurb length and word-count method for both texts: [replace with your source or rule]
Use only MY INPUT for facts, quantities, names, dates and permissions. Ask for missing essential facts or conflicting rules instead of guessing. Creative invention is allowed only where this task and my boundaries permit it. Return the actual complete requested result, a separate unknown/hold list and the source-specific review described above. Do not reuse practice-example facts. Keep this a draft; do not publish, contact people, book, buy or change another service.
Optional: improve the result
Compare two spoiler boundaries
Optional, sample-only extension. Return to the practice chat, or paste this guide’s complete practice input and your checked answer into a new chat. Change disclosure deliberately rather than by accident. This does not apply unchanged to your own source.
Advanced prompt
For this sample, make a second 60-word blurb that conceals even the word Home and stops at Garden. Keep the existing 120-word synopsis unchanged. Return the full second blurb and explain which disclosed detail you removed. If the complete sample input or answer is missing, ask me to paste it. Keep new variants separate from the original result.
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01 / The starting point
Synthetic input
COMPLETE SYNTHETIC PRACTICE INPUT
Complete original fictional story: Tavi finds a blank sign in a closed museum. Each time she writes a room name, a door appears. She writes Garden, finds paper flowers, then writes Home. The final door opens into the same museum, now filled with the neighbors who made its exhibits. Tavi chooses to leave the sign blank for the next visitor.
Write a 60-word reader blurb and a 120-word chronological synopsis, counting whitespace-separated words and excluding headings. Blurb may reveal the sign, door rule, Garden and paper flowers, and that Tavi writes Home, but must conceal what Home opens onto and her final decision. Synopsis must state both. Preserve the exact event order. No new danger, romance, character, backstory, acclaim or sequel promise; interpretive framing may describe the supplied events without adding facts. Neither text is a new version of the story.
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ILLUSTRATIVE AUTHORED OUTPUT
Written for this guide; no consumer AI execution or real-world trial is claimed.
BLURB — 60 words
In a closed museum, Tavi discovers a blank sign with an unexpected possibility: write a room name, and a door appears. Garden leads to paper flowers. Then she writes Home. Where will this new doorway lead? A small story of rooms, words, and discovery invites readers to follow Tavi through a museum that changes with the names on its sign.
SYNOPSIS — 120 words
Tavi finds a blank sign inside a closed museum. When she writes a room name on it, a door appears. She first writes Garden and discovers paper flowers beyond the new door. She then writes Home. This door leads back into the same museum, but the space is now filled with the neighbors who made its exhibits. The destination does not turn out to be a different building: it is the museum with its makers present. After this discovery, Tavi chooses to leave the sign blank for the next visitor. The story ends with that choice, keeping the sign ready for someone else. Its sequence moves from finding the sign, through naming rooms, to leaving another visitor an open possibility.
CLAIM AND SPOILER CHECK
Both texts follow sign → Garden → Home. The blurb stops before the destination and final choice. The synopsis includes the same museum, the neighbors as exhibit makers, and the blank sign left for the next visitor. “Open possibility” is framing of the ending, not a promised sequel. No new threat, relationship or claim of acclaim is supplied.
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A few things to watch for.
A synopsis that teases the ending fails its job. State the ending plainly.
Do not invent plot to hit a length target. Use faithful connective explanation and remove padding if it distorts meaning.