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name: cw-router
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description: Quick guide to choosing the right creative writing skill. Use when you need help deciding which creative writing skill to use for a specific task - brainstorming vs documentation, critique vs writing, etc.
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# Creative Writing Skills - Quick Reference
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Quick guide to choosing the right skill for your task.
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## The Skills
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### cw-brainstorming
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**Use for:** Exploring ideas, figuring things out, thinking through options
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**Creates:** Skeletal working notes with [TBD] markers and source tags
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**Handles:**
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- Story/plot brainstorming
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- Chapter planning (beats, scenes)
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- Worldbuilding exploration (magic, cultures, geography)
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- Character development (motivations, arcs, relationships)
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- Timeline and continuity work
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**Key trait:** Multiple options coexist, preserves vagueness, exploratory
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### cw-official-docs
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**Use for:** Documenting finalized decisions, creating canonical reference (wiki pages)
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**Creates:** Polished, reader-ready wiki/documentation pages with citations
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**Handles:**
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- Character profiles
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- Location documentation
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- Lore/system pages
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- Event documentation
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- Any finalized worldbuilding
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**Key trait:** Single version, no [TBD], encyclopedic/wiki tone
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### cw-story-critique
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**Use for:** Getting feedback on written chapters/scenes
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**Analyzes:**
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- Plot and pacing
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- Character development
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- Prose quality
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- Story structure
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- Whatever needs feedback
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**Key trait:** Feedback on existing writing, not creating content
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### cw-prose-writing
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**Use for:** Actually writing story prose in your style
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**Writes:**
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- Scenes and chapters
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- Dialogue
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- Narrative prose
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- Story content
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**Key trait:** Creates actual story text, matches your voice
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### cw-style-skill-creator
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**Use for:** Creating custom style skills for prose writing
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**Creates:** Skills that teach Claude your specific writing style
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**Key trait:** Meta-skill for building other skills
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## Key Distinction: Brainstorm vs Documentation
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This is the most common confusion:
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**Still figuring it out?** → **cw-brainstorming**
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- "Maybe X, or Y, or Z?"
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- [TBD] markers everywhere
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- Multiple versions coexist
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- Skeletal notes
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**You've decided and it's ready to show someone?** → **cw-official-docs**
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- Single authoritative version
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- Polished and reader-ready
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- No [TBD] markers
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- Canonical documentation
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## Common Scenarios
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### "I'm exploring worldbuilding ideas for my magic system"
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→ **cw-brainstorming** (exploring, not finalized yet)
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### "I've finalized my magic system and want to document it"
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→ **cw-official-docs** (decided and ready to document)
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### "I'm thinking through how this chapter should flow"
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→ **cw-brainstorming** (planning/exploring)
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### "I need to write this chapter"
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→ **cw-prose-writing** (actually writing)
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### "I wrote this chapter and want feedback"
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→ **cw-story-critique** (getting feedback)
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### "I need a character profile for my protagonist"
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→ **cw-official-docs** if finalized, **cw-brainstorming** if still exploring
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### "I need a wiki page for my protagonist"
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→ **cw-official-docs** (creating wiki/documentation)
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### "I'm figuring out character motivations and relationships"
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→ **cw-brainstorming** (exploring)
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### "I want to document this character's canon profile"
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→ **cw-official-docs** (documenting finalized)
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### "Help me work out the timeline of events"
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→ **cw-brainstorming** (working through chronology)
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### "I want Claude to write in my specific style"
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→ **cw-style-skill-creator** first (create style skill), then **cw-prose-writing**
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## Decision Tree
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```
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Are you writing story prose?
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└─ Yes → cw-prose-writing
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└─ No ↓
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Do you want feedback on something written?
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└─ Yes → cw-story-critique
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└─ No ↓
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Are you figuring things out or have you decided?
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└─ Figuring out → cw-brainstorming
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└─ Decided → cw-official-docs
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Need a custom writing style?
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└─ Yes → cw-style-skill-creator
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```
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## Skills Work Together
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You can use multiple skills in combination:
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- **Brainstorm** → finalize → **Docs** (explore then document)
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- **Brainstorm** → **Prose** (plan then write)
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- **Prose** → **Critique** (write then get feedback)
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- **Brainstorm** + **Docs** (check existing docs while brainstorming)
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- **Critique** + **Brainstorm** (get feedback and brainstorm fixes)
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Skills are composable - use whatever combination helps.
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## Still Unsure?
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**Default rules:**
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1. **Exploring/uncertain?** → brainstorming
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2. **Finalized/polished?** → official-docs
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3. **Need feedback?** → story-critique
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4. **Actually writing?** → prose-writing
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When in doubt, start with brainstorming. You can always move to docs later when things are decided.
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