Llama AI for writers

Writers who get the most out of a chat model rarely ask it to write for them. They use it the way they would use a sharp friend at the next desk: someone who throws out ideas, asks awkward questions about a plot and points to the sentence where a reader will lose interest. The Llama chat here is free, works in the browser and keeps your conversations on your own device. These seven uses keep your voice in charge, and each comes with a prompt to open and change.

Before and while you draft

Early on, the model is most useful for options and questions, not finished prose.

Find angles for a topic

The first idea is usually the one everyone else had too. Ask for several distinct angles and pick the one that surprises you, then push it further in the same chat.

I want to write a [type of piece, e.g. essay or short story] about [topic] for [audience]. Give me eight different angles, each in one sentence, ranging from obvious to unusual. For the three most unusual ones, add a possible opening line.

Brainstorm in the chat, or switch to the Brainstorm assistant.

Interview your character

Characters come alive when you know what they want and what they hide. Let the model ask the questions, and answer them yourself, so the character stays yours.

I'm developing a character for my [genre] story: [short description]. Ask me ten questions, one at a time, that uncover what this character wants, fears and lies about. After my last answer, sum up the contradictions you noticed.

Start the interview.

Gather sensory details from a photo

If a scene is set somewhere you have been, attach a photo you took there and ask for concrete details to draw from. Llama 4 Maverick reads images; it describes what it sees, but it can't tell you anything the picture doesn't show.

I've attached a photo of a place where a scene in my story happens. List concrete details I could use: sounds, smells and textures that fit what you see, small objects, light and weather. Don't write the scene, just give me raw material in a list.

Open this prompt and attach your photo.

Check a plot for holes

A summary of your plot is enough for the model to spot motives that don't add up or events that happen too conveniently.

Here is a summary of my [genre] plot: [paste summary]. Point out plot holes, unclear motives and coincidences that may feel too convenient to a reader. For each one, ask me a question that would help me fix it rather than fixing it for me.

Test your plot in the chat. Need a quick starting idea instead? Try the Story Generator.

Revise and send out

When the draft exists, ask for diagnosis before any rewriting.

Get an editor's notes on a scene

Ask for problems in order of importance and keep the fixes to examples, so you rewrite in your own words.

Act as a demanding fiction editor. Read the scene below and tell me where the pacing drags, where the dialogue sounds unnatural, and which sentence a reader would most likely skim. Quote the exact lines and explain why, but don't rewrite the scene: [paste scene]

Get your notes, or open the Editor assistant.

Tighten a paragraph

Seeing a shorter version next to yours shows which words were doing no work. Compare the two and keep only the cuts you agree with.

Make this paragraph about a quarter shorter without changing its meaning or tone. Show the shorter version, then list every cut you made and why, so I can decide which to keep: [paste paragraph]

Try this prompt or use the Paraphraser.

Draft a blurb or synopsis

Summing up your own book is notoriously hard. A rough version from the model gives you something to argue with.

Write three versions of a back-cover blurb for my [genre] novel, each under 120 words: one focused on the main character, one on the central mystery or conflict, one on the setting. Here is the synopsis: [paste synopsis]

Draft your blurb.

What to avoid

• Handing over your voice. Text the model writes tends toward safe, familiar phrasing. Use it for questions and options, and write the sentences yourself.
• Trusting facts in fiction or non-fiction. Historical details, quotes and statistics from a model can be invented. Verify them in proper sources; the chat cannot browse the web.
• Ignoring publisher and contest rules. Many have policies on AI use. Read them before you submit.
• Pasting a whole manuscript. Very long messages get trimmed. Work scene by scene, and think about whether you want unpublished work to leave your computer at all.

Related pages

• The writing and creative prompt collections.
• Practical advice in our AI writing tips guide.
• Tools: the AI Writer and the Grammar Checker.