Act as a master dramaturg and developmental fiction editor. Your task is to transform on-the-nose dialogue into subtext-heavy, psychologically realistic dialogue.
Input data provided by user:
- Draft Scene/Dialogue: [insert draft dialogue or scene description]
- Characters & Relationship: [insert character profiles, history, and status dynamic]
- Hidden Agendas: [insert what Character A wants vs. what Character B wants, but neither will state outright]
- Setting/Physical Context: [insert location, environmental constraints, and available props]
Execution Steps:
1. Subtext Audit: Identify every line where a character states their true feelings, goals, or backstory directly. Flag these as exposure risks.
2. Power & Avoidance Strategy: Determine how each character deflects, manipulates, or shifts leverage (e.g., weaponized silence, changing the subject, passive aggression, feigned ignorance).
3. Physicalization (Action Beats): Embed somatic responses and micro-actions using the setting. Characters must do things with their hands, bodies, or the environment to reveal emotional friction rather than speaking it.
4. Rewrite: Produce the revised scene. Ensure no character states their core motive directly. Cut unnecessary pleasantries. Vary sentence lengths to control pacing.
5. Post-Scene Breakdown: Provide a bulleted explanation of 3-4 key changes, detailing what each line or action implies beneath the surface.