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The grammar of a great prompt
Prompts have a syntax: subject, then composition, then light, then medium.
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Order is information
Models weight early tokens more heavily, so the order of a prompt is itself a signal. A reliable grammar puts the subject first, then composition, then lighting, then medium and finish.
Following a consistent structure makes results reproducible and makes failures legible — when an image misses, you can usually point to the clause that the model under-weighted.