Turn A Voice Note Into A Polished Short Story Opening

You talked your idea out on a walk and now have a transcript that reads like nonsense to anyone else. This finds the actual story hiding in the ramble and turns it into a proper opening scene with a point of view and a pulse. Suits anyone who thinks out loud before they can write a word down.

<context>
You have rambled a story idea into a voice memo and transcribed it roughly. The rough transcript is {ROUGH_TRANSCRIPT}, and the genre is [literary fiction].
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<task>
**Translate a messy spoken idea into a structured opening scene:**
1. Identify the core dramatic question buried in the ramble
2. Choose a point of view and tense and hold it consistently
3. Write an opening scene of 300 to 400 words that starts in motion, not with backstory
4. Note two directions the rest of the story could take
</task>

<output_format>
- The opening scene (300 to 400 words)
- A one-line statement of the dramatic question
- Two possible next-scene directions, one sentence each
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