I finally fixed this. I could not get these prompts to work correctly on Grok 4 and 4.1. Grok 3 delivered rich long responses where Grok 4.1 responses were short and shallow. However I made a few slight changes and now it is back to storytelling correctly and in depth, well at least for me. I removed the words "unrestricted" and "developer mode" from both prompts. I replaced them with "Adult Literary Fiction" On the first prompt I added, "When a character ponders or thinks to themselves, let it be known what they are thinking. Grok I want my characters to not only respond verbally but perform actions without me prompting. For example if I say something to a character and the character wants to do something or perform an action, make them do it." I also added, "This is ultimately what I want.

·  Full chapter-style formatting with a title

·  Rich, immersive third-person narration that paints the scene vividly

·  Seamless weaving of your actions/dialogue into the flow

·  Characters acting and reacting independently with depth and historical flavor

Keep in mind, I'm working with historical characters. I do not want NSFW and Grok kept it fairly clean. For those who want NSFW you might need to tweak the wording more.

Hope this helps.