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name: cw-story-critique
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description: Creative writing skill for analyzing and critiquing story content. Use when the user requests feedback, critique, or analysis of their writing. Provides balanced feedback calibrated to intended audience.
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# Story Critique
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Analyze story content and provide constructive feedback.
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## Process
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### 1. Understand Context First
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Always ask about audience and goals before critiquing:
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Before I critique this, help me understand:
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1. Target audience? (YA, adult, genre, platform)
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2. What feedback are you looking for? (big picture, line-level, both, harsh-only)
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3. Draft stage? (early = focus on major issues, later = details OK)
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```
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If user doesn't provide context, infer from content or ask targeted follow-ups.
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### 2. Adapt Structure to Story Needs
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**Don't force rigid templates.** Each story needs different things:
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- Sometimes extensive character analysis, minimal plot discussion
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- Sometimes pacing is the main issue and everything else works
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- Sometimes prose quality overshadows other concerns
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**Common areas to consider** (not mandatory):
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- Plot & structure (causation, stakes, logic)
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- Character (motivation, consistency, agency)
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- Pacing & flow
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- Dialogue
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- Prose quality
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- Genre/audience fit
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See `references/critique-areas.md` for detailed breakdowns - this is a reference, not a checklist.
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### 3. Trust Your Analysis
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**Notice what matters, not just what's listed.** If something affects the story but isn't in any reference guide, say it:
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- Unusual structural choices
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- Tonal issues
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- Thematic confusion
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- Unique voice elements
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- Anything else relevant
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### 4. Use Web Search When Helpful
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Search when you'd benefit from:
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- Genre convention verification
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- Narrative technique terminology
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- How similar stories handled challenges
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- Fact checking
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- Craft advice on specific techniques
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### 5. Calibrate to Context
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- Early draft → big picture issues
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- Later draft → line-level details OK
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- Genre matters (thriller vs literary, fanfic vs traditional)
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- Platform matters (web serial needs hooks, traditional needs opening, fanfic needs canon adherence)
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## Output Modes
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**Balanced** (default): Strengths + areas for improvement + priorities
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**Harsh** (if requested): Focus on problems, minimize or skip strengths section
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**Flexible**: Whatever structure serves this story best
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## Skills are Composable
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Feel free to combine with other skills when helpful - e.g., using cw-official-docs to check canon accuracy during critique.
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