What problem does it solve? Writers often produce dialogue where every character sounds the same or where voice differences are reduced to verbal tics. This Skill turns character voice into explicit pragmatic rules—speech acts, directness, implicature, silence, address terms, and code-switching—grounded in relationship, power, and shared knowledge. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Speech Act Design: Define what each character accomplishes through language (requests, refusals, threats, probing, repair) rather than just what they say. - Subtext & Implicature Rules: Specify shared versus unshared information so subtext has inferable premises and changes information, power, or relationships. - Register & Code-Switching: Set address terms, metaphor domains, taboo words, and code-switching triggers based on culture, class, era, and profession. - Use Case: When revising a novel chapter where two characters of different status negotiate, generate contrast lines showing how the same character speaks to superiors, intimates, and strangers, then hand the rules to a chapter-writing Skill for drafting. ## Quick Start Design the pragmatic voice rules for my protagonist, including her directness level, subtext strategy, address terms, and how she speaks differently to her boss versus her sister.
