creative-writing-craft
Craft references for writing fiction well: prose, scenes, style, voice, and genre/page-level technique. Load when a writer, critic, or muse needs how-to-write guidance rather than a production mode.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/haowjy/creative-writing-skills --skill creative-writing-craft- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads creative-writing-craft automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Creative Writing Craft
How fiction works on the page: prose technique, scene mechanics, and style
analysis. This is the how-to-write layer. /writing-principles carries the
reader-reward model and failure-mode diagnostics; /creative-writing-modes
carries the production modes for putting prose on the page.
Load only the resource needed for the task:
resources/prose-writing.md— psychic distance, free indirect discourse, rhythm, sensory grounding, interiority, POV.resources/scene-construction.md— scene entry, dialogue, pacing, transitions.resources/style-analysis.md— analyzing prose samples and producing style reference files.resources/genre/— genre-specific craft guidance when genre promise shapes the page.
FAQ
What does the creative-writing-craft skill do?
Craft references for writing fiction well: prose, scenes, style, voice, and genre/page-level technique. Load when a writer, critic, or muse needs how-to-write guidance rather than a production mode.
How do I install creative-writing-craft?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/haowjy/creative-writing-skills --skill creative-writing-craft in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/creative-writing-craft/ (personal) or .claude/skills/creative-writing-craft/ (project).
Which AI agents can use creative-writing-craft?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is creative-writing-craft safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains creative-writing-craft?
It is published by haowjy in haowjy/creative-writing-skills. It has 788 recorded installs.
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