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Scene List for the Next Chapter From Your Outline
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The outline beat or chapter summary I'm about to write: {{CHAPTER_BEAT}}
What happened in the previous chapter: {{PREVIOUS_CHAPTER}}
Characters present and what each wants right now: {{CHARACTERS_AND_WANTS}}
Break the chapter into 2-4 scenes. For each scene give:
- POV character and location
- Scene goal (what the POV character is trying to do)
- Conflict (who or what pushes back)
- Turn: the moment the scene changes direction
- Outcome and the new problem it creates
- One emotional beat for the POV character
- Entry point: a suggestion of where to start the scene as late as possible
Then:
- Note anything from the previous chapter that this chapter must acknowledge.
- Suggest one place to cut if the chapter runs long.
Keep it to notes, not prose. Don't write any dialogue or narration; I'll draft it in my own voice. If the beat seems to need information you don't have, ask me instead of inventing it.
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About this prompt
“Scene List for the Next Chapter From Your Outline” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Writing & Creative category, 175 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
It has 3 placeholders to fill in first:
{{CHAPTER_BEAT}}, {{PREVIOUS_CHAPTER}}, {{CHARACTERS_AND_WANTS}}.
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Recommended models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.
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