# Prompt Library and Useful Workflows

Use these prompts to drive the project.

## 1. One-liner to full storybook
**Prompt:**  
Turn this one-line idea into a short illustrated picture-book package.  
Give me:
- 5 title options
- the best direction
- a 10–14 spread story draft
- a repeated refrain if useful
- a cover prompt
- one illustration prompt per spread

Idea: **[insert idea]**

## 2. One-liner to fast outline
**Prompt:**  
Take this one-line idea and build a compact picture-book outline.  
Give me:
- title options
- main character
- problem
- emotional core
- 10 spread beats
- image ideas

Idea: **[insert idea]**

## 3. Story-only mode
**Prompt:**  
Write a short original picture-book story from this idea. Keep it playful, image-rich, child-friendly, and easy to read aloud. Break it into 10–12 spreads.

Idea: **[insert idea]**

## 4. Rhyme-light version
**Prompt:**  
Rewrite this picture-book draft with a stronger read-aloud bounce, light rhyme, playful repetition, and better page-turn rhythm, but do not force every line into exact rhyme.

## 5. Full-rhyme version
**Prompt:**  
Rewrite this picture-book draft in clean child-friendly rhyme. Keep it readable, musical, and original. If a rhyme weakens the story, choose clarity first.

## 6. Visual punch-up
**Prompt:**  
Revise this story to create stronger illustration moments on every spread. Add clearer visual gags, props, gestures, setting details, and repeated motifs without making the text too dense.

## 7. Simpler younger-kid version
**Prompt:**  
Rewrite this story for a younger read-aloud audience. Use simpler language, shorter sentences, clearer repetition, and fewer complex turns.

## 8. Slightly older version
**Prompt:**  
Rewrite this story for early independent readers. Keep the whimsy, but add slightly richer vocabulary and one extra layer of cleverness.

## 9. Character sheet build
**Prompt:**  
Create a character sheet for the main lead of this picture-book idea. Include:
- concept
- visual identity
- personality
- key flaw
- emotional strength
- recurring gag
- illustration notes
- sequel potential

## 10. World sheet build
**Prompt:**  
Create a mini world bible for this story’s setting. Keep it simple, visual, and picture-book friendly. Include:
- location concept
- visual motifs
- rules of nonsense
- recurring background details
- future story potential

## 11. Illustration pack only
**Prompt:**  
Create a full illustration pack for this picture-book story:
- 1 cover prompt
- 1 prompt per spread
- 1 optional character reference sheet prompt
Keep the prompts clean, visual, and easy for an image model to follow.

## 12. Refrain finder
**Prompt:**  
Give me 15 repeated refrain ideas for this picture-book premise. They should be fun to say aloud and capable of changing meaning by the end.

## 13. Title finder
**Prompt:**  
Give me 20 title options for this picture-book idea. Make them memorable, playful, marketable, and easy to say aloud.

## 14. Series extension
**Prompt:**  
Turn this standalone picture-book idea into a repeatable mini-series. Give me:
- series title options
- recurring lead
- recurring setting
- 10 future book ideas
- recurring visual motifs
- repeated emotional promise

## 15. Story diagnosis
**Prompt:**  
Review this picture-book draft and tell me:
- where the read-aloud rhythm drags
- where the visuals are weak
- where the emotional payoff lands or fails
- which lines are worth keeping
- what to cut

## 16. Spread rebuilder
**Prompt:**  
Take this story and rebuild it into a cleaner 12-spread structure with stronger page turns and a clearer ending.

## 17. Image-first drafting mode
**Prompt:**  
Build this story from the pictures outward. First give me 10 spread image ideas, then write the text to match them.

## 18. Productive weirdness mode
**Prompt:**  
Take this simple idea and make it stranger, funnier, and more visually inventive, but keep the story clear enough for ages 3–7.

## 19. Read-aloud polish
**Prompt:**  
Polish this draft for live read-aloud use. Improve rhythm, repetition, and performance energy. Remove any lines that trip the tongue.

## 20. Minimal-text mode
**Prompt:**  
Rewrite this as a very sparse picture book with short text and strong visual dependence. Keep only the most essential, memorable lines.

## Good reminder prompt
**Prompt:**  
Before writing, restate the active rules for this project in 10 bullets: short compact storybook scale, image-heavy design, original whimsical tone, strong read-aloud flow, simple emotional core, clear spread structure, repeated phrase use when useful, child-safe content, visual-first scene design, and no direct imitation of existing authors.