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Break writer's block on a book with Claude Code interviews

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by Marc Köhlbrugge (@marckohlbrugge)
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Outcome

Claude Code reviewed a book draft, interviewed the author to fill gaps, and adapted his dictated answers into the manuscript in his own voice.

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Claude Code

Prompt Recreated prompt

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Here's a task I'd like your help with. Read it all the way through before you start.

Goal: Help me finish my book: review what I've written and interview me to fill in the missing parts.

Check with me first: Which parts feel most incomplete to me right now?

What I'll give you:
- My draft so far
- Time to answer questions (dictating is fine)

Rules:
- Read the draft and ask me questions about what's missing.
- Turn my answers into manuscript text in my own style, only fixing flow and grammar.
- Use only my experience and ideas. Don't add your own facts.
- If something is missing or unclear, ask me instead of guessing.

Output: Updated manuscript sections built from my answers, with a note of what changed.

You'll know it worked when: the new sections sound like me and fill the gaps.

Later I may also ask you to: reorganize the book, for example moving the most valuable parts to the front and cutting fluff.

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Here's a task I'd like your help with. Read it all the way through before you start.

Goal: Help me finish my book by reviewing the draft and interviewing me to fill gaps.

Quick check first: tell me if anything below is missing or unclear.

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Draft
- Which parts feel incomplete
- Time available
- Book outline or table of contents

Rules:
- Map the draft's structure and list gaps.
- Ask one question at a time, starting with the biggest gap.
- Turn my answers into draft text in my voice.
- Keep a list of open questions.
- Keep my voice: reuse my phrases and avoid adding opinions I didn't give.
- Save interview answers verbatim before turning them into prose.
- Mark new text so I can review it easily.
- Keep my voice; don't rewrite finished sections.

If you get stuck: If I get stuck, offer examples or prompts. If a login, CAPTCHA or two-step code appears, stop and ask me to handle it; never guess or store passwords.

Verify before you finish: Re-read new sections for consistency with the rest.

Output: Gap map, interview notes and new draft sections.

Done when: the missing parts have drafts in my voice.

Source

https://x.com/marckohlbrugge/status/2022992628107870469

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