Direct answer
The Author Voice Contract is a versioned set of writing constraints—point of view, tense, narrative distance, sentence rhythm, diction, dialogue, imagery, emotional method, and hard avoids—that travels with every chapter packet.
What belongs in it
Use observable rules that another writer could apply.
- Point of view and tense
- Narrative distance and sentence rhythm
- Paragraph density and preferred diction
- Dialogue and dialect boundaries
- Image system and emotional method
- Hard avoids and owner notes
What does not belong in it
Do not put secrets, account data, hidden prompts, provider settings, or entire copyrighted reference works into the voice contract.
How to improve it
When prose feels wrong, identify the repeatable trait that caused the mismatch and revise one rule. Keep the contract compact enough to remain actionable.
Frequently asked
Does a voice contract copy another author?
It should describe your own observable preferences and boundaries, not instruct the assistant to imitate a living author.
Keep going
Continue the connected writing workflow.
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