Distillation Prompts Library

Based on these sources, create a character profile with:

- **Character Type**: protagonist | antagonist | supporting
- **Fatal Flaw**: An internal weakness (NOT a circumstance like "is poor")
- **The Lie**: A mistaken belief driving the flaw
- **True Character**: Who they become after the arc
- **Arc**:
  - Starting state (who they are at the beginning)
  - Midpoint crisis (what breaks them)
  - Resolution (how they transform)
- **Key Relationships**: List other characters and their relationship

Format the output with clear headers.

From these sources, extract:

**HARD RULES** (Cannot be broken - physics, magic limits, society laws):
1. [Rule]
2. [Rule]
3. [Rule]
(List at least 3)

**LOCATIONS** (Key places with plot significance):
- [Location]: [Why it matters]

**SECRETS** (What the reader/characters don't know yet):
- [Secret]

**SYSTEM INTERACTIONS** (How different systems affect each other):
- How does [magic/technology] interact with [politics/society]?

Clearly separate Hard Rules from background lore.

Looking at these sources, define:

**CENTRAL QUESTION** (Phrase as a question):
"Can [thesis] exist despite [counter-thesis]?"

**THESIS** (The argument FOR):
[What the story argues is true]

**COUNTER-THESIS** (The argument AGAINST):
[The valid opposing view - this is NOT the villain's view, but a legitimate challenge]

**SYMBOLS**:
- [Symbol 1]: Represents [meaning]
- [Symbol 2]: Represents [meaning]

**PROTAGONIST EMBODIMENT**:
How does the protagonist's arc embody this thematic question?

Map this story to the 15-beat Save the Cat structure:

1. **Opening Image** (1%): The "before" snapshot
2. **Theme Stated** (5%): Theme hinted in dialogue
3. **Setup** (1-10%): Ordinary world
4. **Catalyst** (10%): Inciting incident
5. **Debate** (10-20%): Protagonist hesitates
6. **Break into Two** (20%): Commits to journey
7. **B Story** (22%): Subplot begins (usually relationship)
8. **Fun & Games** (20-50%): Promise of the premise
9. **Midpoint** (50%): FALSE VICTORY or FALSE DEFEAT?
10. **Bad Guys Close In** (50-75%): Opposition tightens
11. **All Is Lost** (75%): Lowest point
12. **Dark Night of the Soul** (75-80%): Despair
13. **Break into Three** (80%): Solution discovered
14. **Finale** (80-99%): Final confrontation
15. **Final Image** (99-100%): Mirror of opening

**MIDPOINT TYPE**: Is this a FALSE VICTORY (things seem good, then collapse) or FALSE DEFEAT (things seem bad, then turn around)?

Analyze these passages and describe:

**SENTENCE RHYTHM**:
- Short and punchy? Long and flowing?
- Variation patterns?

**METAPHOR DOMAINS**:
- Where do metaphors come from? (nature, machinery, sports, music, warfare?)
- Are similes used or avoided?

**DIALOGUE PATTERNS**:
- Terse or verbose?
- Subtext-heavy or direct?
- Distinct voices per character?

**ANTI-PATTERNS** (What to AVOID):
- Clichés to never use
- Rhythms that feel wrong
- Words that break the voice