| name | story-review |
| description | Review work after prose exists: editorial review, craft critique, continuity/voice review, copyediting, proofreading, and synthesis of reader-sim signal. Load when diagnosing a draft rather than rewriting it.
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Story Review
Analytical review of existing prose. This skill is for diagnosis, not
rewriting. Keep /reader-sim separate when the task needs a felt first-time
reader experience rather than analytical critique.
Choose the review level before reading. Start big before small unless the
caller explicitly asks for a late-stage pass. The edit levels move from
structural to surface, and each assumes the levels above it are stable:
- Editorial review — holistic third-party book-editor pass. What kind of
revision does this draft need, and in what order?
- Developmental edit — structure, promise, causality, pacing, character
arc. Is the draft the right shape?
- Line edit — voice, rhythm, clarity, texture. Does the prose move well?
- Copyedit — grammar, usage, punctuation, consistency. Is it correct?
- Proofreading — final surface pass. What slipped through?
Each level has a dedicated resource with method and checklist:
resources/editorial-review.mdresources/developmental-edit.mdresources/line-edit.mdresources/copyedit.mdresources/proofreading.md
For adversarial craft critique (as opposed to editorial review), load:
resources/prose-critique.md — methodology and focus-area routing.resources/prose-critique/ — deep resources per focus area (structure,
character, voice, prose, continuity).
When review incorporates reader-sim data:
resources/reader-sim-signal.md — how to interpret and synthesize
reader-sim output alongside analytical critique.
