Article Companion

Prompt Matrix Builder

Name what is blocking your writing and assemble a focused prompt for your smallest useful next move.

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Prompt Matrix Builder

Choose the symptom that fits, add your working idea, and select a manageable scope. The assembled prompt updates with your choices.

Working idea or draft excerpt

What is happening?

What are you writing?

How should the prompt help?

Smallest useful writing target

Generated Prompt

Act as a practical writing coach. Help me diagnose the problem rather than fight the blank page.

I am working on a short essay.
My working material:
I want to write about why creative people produce less when they have too many tools.

My selected obstacle:
I have no ideas. The subject may be too broad or too distant. Help me narrow it into a specific question that creates pressure and gives me somewhere to begin.

Treat this explanation as a working hypothesis, not a certainty. Use the smallest intervention that fits the material. If context is missing, ask one focused question rather than inventing my intent.

Assistance style: Do not write the prose for me. Give me one focused exercise and a concrete starting instruction.
Writing target: one rough paragraph.

Keep the response compact. Name the likely obstacle, help me make one temporary decision, and give me a next move toward the writing target. Do not attempt to solve or finish the whole piece. Prioritise movement over polish and completeness.

End with a brief check-in for after I write: What changed, and what is the next smallest decision?