Writing a good prompt

A prompt is just a written description of what you want to see — but a few habits make a huge difference in how close the result lands to what you imagined:

1. Be specific about the subject, not just the idea. "A woman drinking coffee" is vague; "a woman in her 30s wearing a cream sweater, sitting by a rain-streaked café window, holding a white ceramic cup" gives the model something concrete to build. 2. Describe the scene, not just the subject — setting, time of day, mood, and style all matter ("golden hour", "moody and cinematic", "flat studio lighting"). 3. Say what you want, not what you don't want. Most models respond far better to "a clear blue sky" than to "no clouds". 4. Keep it readable. A prompt that reads like a real sentence (or a short, clear list of details) usually outperforms a pile of disconnected keywords.

You won't get it perfect on the first try, and that's normal — generating again with a tweaked prompt (longer, shorter, a different detail swapped in) is a completely standard part of the process, not a failure.