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name: fiction-outline
description: Build or revise a compact novel outline, including premise, cast, conflicts, chapters, and continuity notes.
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# Fiction Outline Skill

Use this skill when the user asks to plan a novel, expand an idea into chapters, organize a story arc, or repair continuity.

## Workflow

1. Identify the requested genre, tone, protagonist, central conflict, and target length.
2. Produce a concise premise and a one-paragraph story promise.
3. Define the main cast with goals, fears, secrets, and relationship tension.
4. Draft a chapter or scene-beat outline with cause-and-effect progression.
5. End with continuity notes and the next useful writing step.

## Output Shape

- Premise
- Story Promise
- Main Cast
- Conflict Engine
- Outline
- Continuity Notes
- Next Step