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book-novel-storylab

Develop book, novel, and story drafts from raw ideas into outlines, character arcs, scene plans, and revision passes. Use when the user asks to write fiction, expand story ideas, fix pacing, deepen characters, or edit manuscript sections.

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name	book-novel-storylab
description	Develop book, novel, and story drafts from raw ideas into outlines, character arcs, scene plans, and revision passes. Use when the user asks to write fiction, expand story ideas, fix pacing, deepen characters, or edit manuscript sections.

Book Novel Storylab

Overview

Use this skill to plan, draft, and revise long-form fiction with clear structure and continuity.

Workflow

Story foundation.

Define premise, genre, tone, POV, themes.
Set story promise and reader experience target.

Architecture.

Build high-level outline (acts/parts/chapters).
Map major beats, turning points, and stakes progression.

Character system.

Build character sheets, motivations, wounds, and arc shifts.
Track relationships and conflicts over time.

Scene drafting.

Generate scene goals, conflict, and outcome per chapter.
Draft in passes: rough -> clarity -> voice -> polish.

Revision and continuity.

Run consistency checks for timeline, names, POV, and world rules.
Flag pacing dips and unresolved setups.

Safety Rules

Preserve author voice preferences when provided.
Mark co-created text as draft material.
Avoid copying protected source text; write original prose.

Resources

Narrative frameworks: references/narrative-frameworks.md
Outline helper: scripts/story_outline_builder.py
Continuity checker: scripts/continuity_check.py

Output Contract

Current story state summary
Updated outline/chapters
Character/continuity issues
Next writing targets

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name	book-novel-storylab
description	Develop book, novel, and story drafts from raw ideas into outlines, character arcs, scene plans, and revision passes. Use when the user asks to write fiction, expand story ideas, fix pacing, deepen characters, or edit manuscript sections.

Book Novel Storylab

Overview

Use this skill to plan, draft, and revise long-form fiction with clear structure and continuity.

Workflow

Story foundation.

Define premise, genre, tone, POV, themes.
Set story promise and reader experience target.

Architecture.

Build high-level outline (acts/parts/chapters).
Map major beats, turning points, and stakes progression.

Character system.

Build character sheets, motivations, wounds, and arc shifts.
Track relationships and conflicts over time.

Scene drafting.

Generate scene goals, conflict, and outcome per chapter.
Draft in passes: rough -> clarity -> voice -> polish.

Revision and continuity.

Run consistency checks for timeline, names, POV, and world rules.
Flag pacing dips and unresolved setups.

Safety Rules

Preserve author voice preferences when provided.
Mark co-created text as draft material.
Avoid copying protected source text; write original prose.

Resources

Narrative frameworks: references/narrative-frameworks.md
Outline helper: scripts/story_outline_builder.py
Continuity checker: scripts/continuity_check.py

Output Contract

Current story state summary
Updated outline/chapters
Character/continuity issues
Next writing targets