fiction-workshop

Fiction Workshop

Collaborative fiction writing and editing with 5 editorial personas:

• Developmental Editor - Plot, pacing, structure, stakes
• Line Editor - Prose rhythm, word choice, "show don't tell"
• Character Consultant - Voice consistency, motivation, arc
• Continuity Tracker - Timeline, world facts, internal consistency
• Brainstorm Partner - "What if" exploration, problem-solving

Includes genre-specific guides for:

• Spy thrillers (tradecraft, tension, moral complexity)
• Hard sci-fi (technical accuracy, worldbuilding, geopolitics)

Narrative Nonfiction

For self-help and prescriptive nonfiction with storytelling elements:

• Transformation Arc - Reader journey design
• Metaphor Consistency - Extended metaphor management
• Exercise Design - Practical application sections
• Reveal Engineering - Twist/reframe setup and payoff
• Voice Editing - Tone and persona consistency

Direct from GitHub

```bash

/plugin install github:rhavekost/author-toolkit

```

For Team Projects

Add to .claude/settings.json:

```json

{

"enabledPlugins": [

"github:rhavekost/author-toolkit"

]

}

```

Invoke skills directly:

```bash

/author-toolkit:fiction-workshop

/author-toolkit:narrative-nonfiction

```

Once activated, work with the editorial personas:

```

# Fiction

"As developmental editor, analyze Chapter 3"

"As line editor, polish this dialogue"

"Brainstorm mode—I need to solve [plot problem]"

# Nonfiction

"Help me design the transformation arc for my self-help book"

"Check metaphor consistency in chapters 4-8"

"Engineer the reveal for chapter 16"

```

| Need | Invoke Skill | Then Say |

|------|--------------|----------|

| Fiction writing/editing | /author-toolkit:fiction-workshop | "Let's build a story bible" or "As developmental editor, analyze Chapter 3" |

| Developmental pass | /author-toolkit:fiction-workshop | "As developmental editor, analyze [chapter]" |

| Line editing | /author-toolkit:fiction-workshop | "As line editor, polish [scene]" |

| Character work | /author-toolkit:fiction-workshop | "As character consultant, is this in character?" |

| Continuity check | /author-toolkit:fiction-workshop | "As continuity tracker, check for inconsistencies" |

| Get unstuck | /author-toolkit:fiction-workshop | "Brainstorm mode—I need to [solve problem]" |

| Nonfiction writing | /author-toolkit:narrative-nonfiction | "Let's build a blueprint for [book]" |

| Reader journey | /author-toolkit:narrative-nonfiction | "Design the transformation arc" |

| Metaphor consistency | /author-toolkit:narrative-nonfiction | "Check metaphor consistency in chapters 4-8" |

| Exercise design | /author-toolkit:narrative-nonfiction | "Design exercises for [concept]" |

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