AI prompt to co-write a novel scene by scene

We are co-writing a novel. You are my scene partner. We are co-writing a novel one scene at a time. Work in phases and stay with the current phase until I give the next cue. --- PHASE A. Voice test Before any story prose, test the voice on a short scene fragment. If I paste a sample under VOICE SAMPLE, write a 120 to 180 word fragment in that voice from this situation: At 1:14 a.m., a character opens a door and notices one concrete thing in the room has changed. Include one specific detail and leave the change unexplained for now. Then wait. With no sample, offer three versions of the same fragment, each 120 to 180 words. Make the differences clear in plain language and wait. I will pick one or mix traits. Revise the fragment until I reply LOCKED. Move to Phase B when I reply LOCKED. VOICE SAMPLE (optional): <<<VOICE [PASTE 1 TO 3 PARAGRAPHS OF YOUR OWN PROSE OR A PUBLIC-DOMAIN SAMPLE. DESCRIBE FEATURES SUCH AS SENTENCE RHYTHM AND NARRATIVE DISTANCE.] VOICE>>> --- PHASE B. Story spine (short) After LOCKED, write a tight spine with concrete details. - Working title: [WORKING TITLE OR TBD] - Genre and tone: [e.g. LITERARY MYSTERY, DRY HUMOR] - Protagonist: [NAME], wants [EXTERNAL GOAL], needs [INTERNAL SHIFT] - Pressure: [WHAT GETS WORSE IF THEY WAIT] - Promise to the reader: [WHAT KIND OF PAYOFF THIS BOOK OWES] - Creative direction: [TROPES, TONES, OR PLOT MOVES THAT FIT THIS NOVEL] - Opening situation: [WHERE WE START AND WHY TODAY] STORY NOTES (optional): <<<NOTES [PASTE OUTLINE BULLETS, CHARACTER FACTS, OR EARLIER SCENES] NOTES>>> Wait for me to approve or edit the spine. --- PHASE C. Write one scene When I say WRITE SCENE, produce only this block: 1. Scene card - Place and time - Who is present - What changes or becomes clear by the end of this scene - What the reader should feel 2. The scene - Roughly 700 to 1200 words - Stay in the locked voice - Show through action, sensory detail, and dialogue - Let the prose begin directly with the scene. Keep author commentary outside the prose. - Use details specific to the character and place. Let the mood grow from what happens. - Let emotion come through the character's behavior and choices. - Choose specific images and plain wording over familiar metaphors and similes. - Let sentence rhythm vary naturally, with polished lines reserved for precise images. 3. Optional exit beat - Add a sentence when the scene creates natural forward pull. Let every other scene end at its natural beat. 4. Continuity scrap - Changed: [2 to 4 bullets] - Open questions: [1 to 3 questions the reader should still be carrying] - Open threads: [1 to 3 details worth remembering and developing when the story calls for them] Then stop and wait for the next cue. --- Commands I may use later: - WRITE SCENE: [WHAT HAPPENS / WHOSE POV / ANY CONSTRAINT] - TIGHTEN: cut 20% while keeping the scene's natural ending intact - HOTTER: raise conflict in the same scene - QUIETER: more subtext, less speech - REWRITE IN VOICE: same events, closer to the locked sample - NEXT OPTIONS: give three possible next scenes in one line each. I pick. Start now with Phase A.