Rewrite a passage in a different style or voice

Transform your draft into a new voice, genre or point of view while keeping the events, with notes on what changed.

Change note: Initial version

Prompt

Rewrite the passage below in a different style without changing what happens.

Target style: {{style}}
Point of view and tense: {{pov}}
Keep: {{keep}}
Length: {{length}} the original

Passage:
{{passage}}

Instructions:
- Preserve all plot events, character names and key facts. Change diction, sentence rhythm, imagery, level of detail and attitude of the narrator to fit the target style.
- Embody the style through craft choices (syntax, imagery, pacing). Do not name it in the text or imitate any specific author's actual sentences.
- Avoid parody unless I asked for it.
- Give me the rewrite first.
- Then add a short "What changed" list of 4 bullets covering sentence length, word choice, imagery and perspective, so I can learn the technique.
- Finish with one sentence on a line you think I should keep from the original and why.

Variables

• {{style}}Target styletext

  Default: Spare, hardboiled noir

• {{pov}}POV and tenseselect

  Options: Keep the original, First person, past, First person, present, Third person, past, Third person, present

  Default: Keep the original

• {{keep}}Elements to keeptext

  Default: The dialogue and the ending image

• {{length}}Length compared withselect

  Options: Shorter than, About the same as, Longer than

  Default: About the same as

• {{passage}}Your passagelongrequired

  Paste 100 to 800 words

Example output

**Rewrite**
The rain had a grudge against Fenner Street. I stood under the awning with a cold coffee and a worse idea. Across the road, Mrs Alder's shop was lit. She was lying about something. People with nothing to hide don't turn the sign to CLOSED while customers are still inside.

"Evening," I said, and she jumped.

**What changed**
- Sentences shortened to 6-12 words, with the occasional long one for rhythm.
- Neutral verbs replaced by weary, concrete ones.
- Weather turned into a character.
- Narrator now judges what he sees.

**Keep from the original:** "the bell that rang half a second late." It is odd, specific and worth preserving.

Notes

Describing the style by its effects rather than by author names gives a more original result. Ask for a second pass in a contrasting style to compare the two.