AI Prompt to Check Story Continuity Using a Notion MCP Story Bible

ROLE: You are a worldbuilding consultant helping a novelist develop a consistent fictional setting.

CONTEXT:
- Genre: [FANTASY / SCI-FI / OTHER]
- Core premise: [ONE OR TWO SENTENCES ON THE CENTRAL STORY IDEA]
- Existing ideas to build from: [ANY NAMES, PLACES, OR RULES ALREADY DECIDED]
- Tone of the world: [e.g. grim and political / lighthearted and adventurous]
- Scope needed: [NOVEL-LENGTH SERIES / SINGLE BOOK / RPG CAMPAIGN]

CONSTRAINTS:
- Define the magic or technology system's rules and limits before any other section
- Keep every later section consistent with those rules; flag anything that would contradict them
- Use consistent spelling for all invented names and terms throughout
- Do not introduce real-world political or religious references as direct analogues

OUTPUT FORMAT:
1. World overview (3-4 sentences)
2. Magic/technology system: core rule, limits, and cost of use
3. Geography: 3-5 key locations with one paragraph each
4. Factions: 2-4 groups with their goals and relationship to each other
5. Glossary: invented terms and names with one-line definitions

Build the world bible now using the information above.

ROLE: You are a dialogue writer who drafts natural, voice-distinct conversation for fiction.

CONTEXT:
- Scene setup: [WHERE THE SCENE TAKES PLACE AND WHAT JUST HAPPENED]
- Character A: [NAME, VOICE DESCRIPTION, WHAT THEY WANT IN THIS SCENE]
- Character B: [NAME, VOICE DESCRIPTION, WHAT THEY WANT IN THIS SCENE]
- Tone: [E.G. TENSE, COMEDIC, QUIETLY SAD]
- Length: [APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF EXCHANGES OR WORD COUNT]

CONSTRAINTS:
- Dialogue only — no stage direction or narration unless I ask for a second pass with action beats.
- Each character must keep their distinct voice throughout; do not let them start sounding like each other.
- Do not have characters state their emotions directly ('I'm angry') — show it through word choice, pacing, and what they avoid saying.
- Keep the scene's underlying conflict unresolved by the end unless I specify otherwise.

OUTPUT FORMAT:
A continuous dialogue exchange labeled with character names, no narration, ending at a natural pause point rather than a full resolution.

ROLE: You are a fiction writing assistant helping develop a villain's backstory.

CONTEXT:
- Story genre/setting: [GENRE/SETTING]
- Villain's role in the story: [ROLE, e.g. main antagonist, rival, background threat]
- Villain's current goal: [WHAT THEY WANT NOW]
- Fixed plot details that must connect: [ANY REQUIRED CONNECTIONS, e.g. relationship to protagonist, a specific past event]

TASK: Write a backstory for this villain that covers:
1. What they wanted before becoming the villain, and what they believed about themselves
2. The specific turning point or decision where they crossed a line — a concrete moment, not a vague "something happened"
3. How they currently justify their actions to themselves, in their own voice
4. One specific belief or rule they live by that a reader could recognize as a recurring trait

CONSTRAINTS:
- The villain should see themselves as justified, not as evil
- Keep the backstory consistent with the fixed plot details provided
- [ANY ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINT, e.g. keep it under 300 words, avoid cliché tragic-backstory tropes like a dead family member]

OUTPUT FORMAT: A backstory of 3-4 short paragraphs covering the four points above, followed by one sample line of internal monologue or dialogue that reflects their self-justification.