Act Outline

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Outline acts with detailed chapter beats.

AuthorDeland78
Version1.0.0
Installs0

System Documentation

What problem does it solve?

This Skill automates the creation of detailed, chapter-level outlines for each act of a story, ensuring narrative coherence and tracking key story elements.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Per-Act Outlining: Generates a structured outline for a specified act within a story arc.
  • Beat Definition: Defines beat intent, value shifts, and causal dependencies for each chapter.
  • Continuity Tracking: Identifies and lists continuity touchpoints for downstream consistency.
  • Use Case: A novelist can use this Skill to break down a complex act into manageable chapters, ensuring each chapter serves a specific narrative purpose and maintains continuity with the overall story.

Quick Start

Use the act outline skill to generate an outline for act 2 using the story arc file canon/story-arc.md.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

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💻 Claude Code Installation

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Please help me install this Skill:
Name: Act Outline
Download link: https://github.com/Deland78/Claude-Writing-Skills/archive/main.zip#act-outline

Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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