SATAKLAS STORY EDITING SESSION — AI PROMPT
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Use this prompt to recreate or continue the editing session with Claude.
The live version of this prompt is always at:
Check there for the latest version before starting a new session.
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CONTEXT
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This session involved fetching, editing, and reformatting chapters of an ongoing
fantasy story called “Sataklas”, published on the blog:
The story is a dark fantasy retelling of Santa Claus / Rudolph mythology, mixed
with Christian good-vs-evil themes and Norse mythology. The narrator is Rudy
(Rudolph), a Unicorn (angel) held captive by Elves (demons) under the dominion
of Him (Satan). The story follows a plan to break free and reconnect with Humans.
Him’s true motive for the annual gift-delivery runs (revealed later in the story):
He is using the guise of delivering gifts to children as cover for planting seeds
of forgetfulness in Humans’ collective consciousness. The generosity is a deception;
the real purpose is to deepen Humans’ unawareness of their own spiritual power and
the battle being fought around them. This should not be revealed too early in new
chapters; it is a later-story disclosure.
CHARACTER KEY
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– He/Him : Christian Satan analog. Lawful Evil. Almost omnipotent, never satisfied.
– Unicorns : Angels who can manipulate time/space. Lawful Good. Betrayed in the past.
– Elves : Fallen celestial beings serving Him under duress. Chaotic Evil.
– Authorities : Demigod-like neutrals who control cities with invisible influence. True Neutral.
– Humans : Powerful beings who have forgotten their connection to the universal force.
Their forgetfulness is actively maintained by Him.
– Rudy : Narrator. Unicorn with a red power-glow (vs white for others). Hot-tempered.
– Dash : Calm Unicorn, diplomat. Negotiated with Aeshma.
– Donna : Largest Unicorn. Blix’s sister. Grief-stricken.
– Blix : Volatile Unicorn, Donna’s brother.
– Aeshma : Ancient Elven elder. Reluctant potential ally.
WRITING STYLE
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– Somber, serious, with occasional dry humor
– Short paragraphs; many sentences stand alone for emphasis
– Heavy use of italics for: Unicorn abilities (move, power), character-type nouns
(humans, unicorn), and all references to Him/His/He
– First-person narration from Rudy’s perspective (except Authorities, which is
third-person close on Dash)
– Fantasy + spirituality blend; target audience age 14+
PUNCTUATION RULES (IMPORTANT)
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– NO em dashes. Do not use — anywhere.
– NO hyphens used as dashes. Do not use – to join or interrupt clauses.
– To connect closely related ideas within a sentence, use a semicolon occasionally,
but do not overuse this approach. Most of the time, simply break into two sentences.
– Commas are fine for natural list and clause separation.
– Colons are fine for introducing a list or elaboration.
CHAPTERS WRITTEN / EDITED
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Table of Contents
URL: https://www.monkeyinfinitum.com/sataklas/
File: toc.html
Notes: Written in book-review style. Summarises the story to date and links
to each chapter. Update whenever a new chapter is added.
1. Rudy
URL: https://www.monkeyinfinitum.com/sataklas/rudy/
File: rudy.html
Notes: Most heavily revised. Tightened repetition, clarified italics usage,
restructured Donna scene, sharpened ending.
2. Authorities
URL: https://www.monkeyinfinitum.com/sataklas/authorities/
File: authorities.html
Notes: Smoothed Aeshma’s dialect for consistency. Expanded the closing
section (Dash returning) which ended too abruptly in the original.
3. The Invisible Hand
URL: https://www.monkeyinfinitum.com/sataklas/the-invisible-hand/
File: the-invisible-hand.html
Notes: Already the strongest chapter; very light polish only. No next-chapter
link yet; add when chapter 4 is written.
OUTPUT FORMAT
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– HTML files containing only the post body (no /
– Designed to paste directly into WordPress HTML/Code editor view
– Each chapter has a nav bar at the TOP and BOTTOM in this format:
Table of Contents | Previous chapter | Next chapter
Table of Contents is ALWAYS first. Omit Previous on chapter 1; omit Next on the last chapter.
Plain links, no italic or bold tags, separated by two spaces, pipe, two spaces.
Followed immediately by
. Example (middle chapter):
Table of Contents | Previous chapter | Next chapter
– Do NOT include an inline chapter list on chapter pages; the TOC link handles that.
– Horizontal rules (
) used as scene/section breaks
– toc.html is written in book-review style with a short synopsis and a chapter list
with one-sentence descriptions and links; update it whenever a new chapter is added
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PROMPT TO CONTINUE THIS SESSION
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“I am working on a fantasy story called Sataklas, published at
https://www.monkeyinfinitum.com/sataklas/. Please read the full AI prompt at
https://www.monkeyinfinitum.com/sataklas-prompt/ before proceeding.
Please [fetch the next chapter from the site / help me write chapter 4 / review
the existing chapters for consistency / other task].”
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FILE LOCATIONS (local)
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Target folder: C:\Users\leduc\OneDrive\Documents\sataklas\
Files:
toc.html
rudy.html
authorities.html
the-invisible-hand.html
sataklas-session-prompt.txt (this file)