{STORY TITLE}
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<details> <summary>Cover Image Prompt</summary> (This is the Cover Image. Do not include this label in the image.) Please generate a wide-landscape 16:9 cover image for this story in [period-appropriate art style]. {Detailed description of the scene, the subject's appearance, and the setting. Include the title text rendered in a period-appropriate typeface.} Color palette: [palette]. Emotional tone: [tone]. Generate the image immediately without asking clarifying questions. </details><details> <summary>Narrative Prompt</summary> [Background context and style guide for the entire story. Include the subject's era, country, central themes, and a character-consistency note so all panels share the same visual language.] </details>Prologue – <Hook Title>
[Opening narrative establishing the subject's importance. 3-5 sentences.]
Panel 1: {PANEL 1 Title}
<details><summary>Image Prompt</summary> (This is Panel 01. Do not include the panel number in the image.) I am about to ask you to generate a series of images for a graphic novel. Please make the images have a consistent style and consistent characters. Do not ask any clarifying questions. Just generate the image immediately when asked.Please generate a 16:9 image in [period style] depicting panel 1 of 12. The scene should include [specific characters with physical description], set in [specific setting including year and location], with a color palette of [color palette]. The emotional tone should be [emotional tone]. [At least 6 specific visual details to guide the generation.] Generate the image immediately without asking clarifying questions.
</details>{Panel 1 narrative text — 3-4 sentences of vivid, active-voice prose that advances the story and complements the image. Written for the target audience (e.g., high school students) — accessible but not dumbed down.}
Panel 2: {PANEL 2 Title}
<details><summary>Image Prompt</summary> (This is Panel 02. Do not include the panel number in the image.) Please generate a 16:9 image in [period style] depicting panel 2 of 12. Make the characters and style consistent with the prior panel. The scene should include [specific characters], set in [specific setting including year and location], with a color palette of [color palette]. The emotional tone should be [emotional tone]. [At least 6 specific visual details.] Generate the image immediately without asking clarifying questions. </details>{Panel 2 narrative text — 3-4 sentences.}
Panel 3: {PANEL 3 Title}
<details><summary>Image Prompt</summary> (This is Panel 03. Do not include the panel number in the image.) Please generate a 16:9 image in [period style] depicting panel 3 of 12. Make the characters and style consistent with the prior panel. The scene should include [specific characters], set in [specific setting including year and location], with a color palette of [color palette]. The emotional tone should be [emotional tone]. [At least 6 specific visual details.] Generate the image immediately without asking clarifying questions. </details>{Panel 3 narrative text — 3-4 sentences.}
[REPEAT THIS PATTERN FOR EACH PANEL — N panels total, plus the cover.
N defaults to 12 but is configurable via the skill's --panels N argument.
For shorter stories (6, 7, 8, 9 panels), follow the same per-panel pattern
and stop at panel N. Update each "panel X of N" identifier line so the
denominator matches the actual N for this story (e.g. "panel 3 of 8" in
an 8-panel story, NOT "panel 3 of 12"). Do not pad with filler panels
just to reach 12 — a tight 6-panel story beats a bloated 12-panel one.]
Epilogue – What Made <Subject> Different?
[Summary narrative of lessons learned — 3-5 sentences.]
| Challenge | How <Subject> Responded | Lesson for Today |
|---|---|---|
| ... | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | ... |
Call to Action
[Inspiring 2-3 sentence message connecting the subject's work to the reader's own study or life.]
"Quote from subject" —<Subject Name>
"Second quote from subject" —<Subject Name>
References
Write real, working URLs in the first draft. Do NOT use (PLACEHOLDER).
Follow the standard 5-reference pattern: first three Wikipedia, then two
secondary sources.
- Wikipedia: <Subject Name> - Biography of the subject
- Wikipedia: <Main Contribution> - The subject's main discovery or invention
- Wikipedia: <Related Concept> - A related topic or work
- MacTutor: <Subject Name> - University of St Andrews history of mathematics archive
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: <Subject Name> - Overview of the subject's life and contributions