# Expand a thin section with substance

> Use when one section of an otherwise good article is obviously shallow and padding it would make it worse.

## Fill in before running

- `{{ARTICLE}}`
- `{{THIN_SECTION}}`
- `{{SECTION_JOB}}`
- `{{KNOWN_MATERIAL}}`

## Prompt

```
One section of an article is thin. Diagnose whether it needs more substance or should be cut, then fix it.

Full article for context: {{ARTICLE}}
The thin section: {{THIN_SECTION}}
What this section is supposed to do for the reader: {{SECTION_JOB}}
What I know about this specific subtopic: {{KNOWN_MATERIAL}}

Output:
1. Verdict: Expand, Merge with another section, or Cut. One paragraph of reasoning.
2. If Expand, list what is actually missing, choosing from: a worked example, the exception or edge case, the reason it works, what to do when it fails, a comparison, a step-by-step, or evidence. Do not choose more than three.
3. The expanded section, using only material I supplied plus reasoning that follows from it.
4. Anything you would need from me to make it genuinely stronger, phrased as specific questions.

Rules:
- Do not lengthen by restating the same point in new words. That is the failure mode to avoid.
- Do not invent examples, customers, or numbers. Use placeholders such as [EXAMPLE NEEDED: type] instead.
- If the honest verdict is Cut, say Cut. Do not expand a section that has nothing to say.
- No em dashes. British spelling.
```

## Getting a better result

- The questions in step 4 are usually faster to answer than reviewing a padded section.
- A Cut verdict on a section your stakeholder requested is worth having in writing.
- Give it the full article, otherwise it duplicates material from elsewhere in the piece.

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From the QuQi prompt library - https://www.quqi.io/prompts/expand-thin-section