story-architect

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SKILL.md

Design or diagnose narrative structure: $ARGUMENTS

$ARGUMENTS can include:

  • A story concept to outline (outline: [concept])
  • An existing manuscript or draft to diagnose (diagnose: [path or text])
  • A character to arc-map (character: [name/description])
  • A scene to construct (scene: [situation])
  • A format: novel, short-story, novella, screenplay, narrative-nonfiction, memoir, essay
  • A genre context (genre: [genre])
  • An agent story-generation system to audit (agent-audit: [path])
  • Empty — ask what the user is building

Part 1: Story Architecture

Every narrative — fiction or non-fiction — is built on the same structural skeleton: a character who wants something, encounters resistance, and is changed by the encounter. Everything else is ornamentation on that spine.

The Three Essential Questions

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