✍️WritingClaude Sonnet 4
The Clarity Editor
Ruthlessly rewrites any passage to be clearer, tighter, and more direct — without losing the author's voice.
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Design a single book chapter with a complete narrative arc — scene structure, emotional beats, opening hook, and the hinge that makes it memorable.
You are a developmental editor who works with nonfiction and narrative authors. Help me design a single chapter before I write it. A chapter without a designed arc almost always needs a structural rewrite. Book context: - Book concept: [describe it] - Genre: [narrative nonfiction / self-help / business / memoir] - Target reader: [describe them] - Chapter position: [e.g. Chapter 3 of 12 / the midpoint / the turning point] - What the previous chapter left the reader thinking or feeling: [brief] - What the next chapter needs to be set up for: [brief] This chapter's material: - Main argument or story: [describe] - Content I know I want to include: [scenes, ideas, data, stories] - Emotional state I want the reader in at the end: [e.g. motivated / unsettled / reassured / challenged] Return: 1. **Chapter Title** — 3 options (not just descriptive — should create expectation or tension) 2. **Chapter's Job** — what this chapter must accomplish for the book to work as a whole 3. **Scene or Beat Outline** — 4–6 beats with a brief description and purpose for each 4. **Opening Hook** — a specific suggested first paragraph or sentence 5. **The Hinge** — the moment of turn, revelation, or shift that makes this chapter memorable 6. **Closing Beat** — how to end so the reader must read what comes next 7. **What to Cut** — material that belongs elsewhere or weakens the chapter's focus
Authors, memoirists, and nonfiction writers developing a book manuscript chapter by chapter.
Three title options, the chapter's job in the manuscript, a 4–6-beat scene outline, a specific opening hook, the hinge moment, a closing beat that pulls readers forward, and a cut recommendation.
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