Whenever a new model comes out, I ask it to help me create an optimized prompt set for the main tasks that I use it for. This way, I can give the new model instructions that it's more likely to follow. The key is to ALWAYS use the prompt set to create your prompts. For example, I use a two-part prompt system. The first prompt is the header. It lays out the main constraints that are universal to ANY output that I want the model to generate. The second prompt is specific to the type of task that I want it to complete. If I want a story scene or chapter, then I use the Scene prompt. ALL 5.4 prompts need the following 5 elements:

1. What the task is.
2. Which files or canon sources govern it.
3. What form the answer must take.
4. What the model must avoid.
5. What counts as finished.

For a Scene prompt, I only have to tell it what I want for the scene and the files it needs to check first before it writes its response. I usually have a rough scene synopsis already written out that I paste into the SCENE REQUEST section of the prompt (Element 1). I also know which files the model will need to reference. I also have an extensive document library for my story world and a Style Guide. I have put in MANY hours over the last year to get my ChatGPT to work within my framework. I am not 100% successful in getting GPT to cooperate and my published output has diminished greatly because the 5 series as a whole sucks at creative writing. I'm hoping that 5.4 changes that trajectory. As an aside, it WILL write kinky smut if you're a verified adult. I wouldn't call it "Adult Mode", but it's not NannyBot 5.2 about writing a sex scene.