Editing Research/Fiction Writing/AI Prose Strengthen (section)

=== Do ===

* Define voice before drafting: POV, tense, register, vocabulary wells, forbidden clichés, sentence rhythm.
* Ground abstractions in concrete evidence: physical action, sensory detail, dialogue, object-specific description.
* Use character-specific metaphors and speech patterns.
* Prefer scene over summary where emotion, conflict, or decision matters.
* Let subtext do work; if the scene shows it, do not explain it afterward.
* Vary sentence and paragraph length for rhetorical purpose.
* Add one real surprise per scene/chapter: a wrong word, premature emotion, interrupted beat, awkward silence, or consequence.
* Run deterministic checks for filler, repeated formulas, and cliché.
* Run adversarial editing: ask what to cut, not whether the prose is “good.”
* Keep drafts, outlines, prompt logs, revision notes, and source citations.
* Disclose AI assistance where required by school, publisher, client, or platform rules.