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Turn a News Item Into Fiction

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The prompt

Rewrite a news story as an excerpt from a novel, keeping the real facts intact.

Inputs
- News story: [paste]
- Genre: [e.g. near-future thriller]
- Point of view: [e.g. a junior reporter, first person]
- Length: [e.g. 400-600 words]

Requirements
- Keep every factual element (who, what, where, when, numbers) accurate; invent only scene, inner thoughts and dialogue.
- Open in the middle of action, build tension, and end on a hook.
- Don't put invented quotes in the mouths of real, named people; use fictional characters for dialogue.

After the excerpt, list the real facts used, so I can check them.

Why this prompt

• AI-graded 91/100 for quality and structure
• Written for GPT-5.6

Source

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