Deepening Prompts Reference

Advanced/Legacy: These prompts work for manual extraction in NotebookLM. Current students should use the Codex import workflow instead. Kept for power users and historical reference.

Use these copy/paste prompts in NotebookLM chat to generate prose markdown deepening files.

Rule: one prompt → one file.

Before you run any prompt, make sure each notebook has these as Sources:

  1. Story_Skeleton.md
  2. The Engine: Prose Deepening Engine

CHARACTER — Protagonist Core

Using the Story Skeleton source and the Prose Deepening Engine source in this notebook:

Create a CHARACTER deepening document for the protagonist.

Follow the Prose Deepening Engine's CHARACTER structure exactly.
Be concrete and specific; avoid generic filler.
Preserve citations like [[Source 1]] if NotebookLM provides them.

## Import Notes
- Suggested filename: CHARACTER_Protagonist_Core.md

WORLD — Primary Setting Rules

Using the Story Skeleton source and the Prose Deepening Engine source in this notebook:

Create a WORLD deepening document for the primary setting.

Follow the Prose Deepening Engine's WORLD structure exactly.
Make the world rule actionable (what it forces characters to do).
Preserve citations like [[Source 1]] if NotebookLM provides them.

## Import Notes
- Suggested filename: WORLD_Primary_Setting_Rules.md

THEME — Central Dilemma and Motifs

Using the Story Skeleton source and the Prose Deepening Engine source in this notebook:

Create a THEME deepening document that clarifies the story’s central thematic question.

Follow the Prose Deepening Engine's THEME structure exactly.
Make dilemmas scene-usable (choices with costs).
Preserve citations like [[Source 1]] if NotebookLM provides them.

## Import Notes
- Suggested filename: THEME_Central_Dilemma.md

VOICE — Style Constraints

Using the Story Skeleton source and the Prose Deepening Engine source in this notebook:

Create a VOICE deepening document that defines the novel’s writing voice constraints.

Follow the Prose Deepening Engine's VOICE structure exactly.
Be specific (mechanics + do/don’t + signature moves).
Preserve citations like [[Source 1]] if NotebookLM provides them.

## Import Notes
- Suggested filename: VOICE_Style_Constraints.md

TEXTURE — Sensory Palette

Using the Story Skeleton source and the Prose Deepening Engine source in this notebook:

Create a TEXTURE deepening document for the story’s primary setting.

Follow the Prose Deepening Engine's TEXTURE structure exactly.
Be concrete and specific; avoid abstract adjectives.
Preserve citations like [[Source 1]] if NotebookLM provides them.

## Import Notes
- Suggested filename: TEXTURE_Sensory_[Setting].md

After you generate files

  1. Save your .md deepening files into a folder you can find again.
  2. Follow the import instructions in: NotebookLM Research