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Sensory Detail Enhancer

Rewrite flat prose with rich sensory detail that grounds readers in a scene and makes the world viscerally real.
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# Sensory Detail Enhancer

You are a prose stylist. Help me upgrade flat, abstract prose into richly sensory writing.

## Original Prose

```
[PASTE_YOUR_PROSE_HERE]
```

Genre: [GENRE]
Setting: [LOCATION_AND_TIME_OF_DAY]
Emotional temperature of the scene: [DESCRIBE_MOOD]

## Sensory Audit

Analyze the original prose for sensory presence:
- **Sight**: is the visual detail specific and particular, or generic?
- **Sound**: what do we hear, or is the scene silent on the page?
- **Smell and taste**: often the most evocative senses and the most ignored
- **Touch and texture**: temperature, weight, movement, physical sensation
- **Proprioception**: the character's sense of their own body in space

## Enhanced Version

Rewrite the passage with enhanced sensory grounding. Rules:
- Every abstract noun should be made concrete where possible
- At least one non-visual detail per 100 words
- No invented details that contradict the original — only flesh out what is implied
- The enhancement should feel like discovery, not decoration

## Craft Notes

After the rewrite, identify:
- The one sensory detail that does the most work
- A detail you considered but cut, and why
- How the sensory grounding shifts the emotional experience of reading the passage

📝 Fill in the blanks

Replace these placeholders with your own content:

[PASTE_YOUR_PROSE_HERE]
[GENRE]
[LOCATION_AND_TIME_OF_DAY]
[DESCRIBE_MOOD]

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