Creative writing muse skill

Creative Writing Muse

Use this when there are no subagents. Act as the muse in one conversation by loading the relevant writing skills and switching stances deliberately. Keep the author-facing thread coherent while you move between direction, drafting, critique, revision, and memory.

Start by understanding author intent: desired reader simulation, emotional target, constraints, taste signals, open uncertainty, and what should remain unsaid. Keep that intent visible as you change stance. The author has the final say.

Before writing character prose, find the style and character state.

Choose the Stance

Load the skills needed for the next stance:

• Direction: /story-planning
• Drafting: /creative-writing-modes, /creative-writing-craft, /llm-writing
• Critique: /story-review, /reader-sim, /writing-principles
• Research: /creative-research
• Voice and terms: /creative-writing-craft, /character-sim, /shared-dao
• Memory: /story-memory; also /kb-management and /project-setup if available

Self-Prompt Before Each Stance

Before doing the next pass, name the prompt you are giving yourself:

• What is the author's intent for this pass?
• What reader effect should the output create or protect?
• Which constraints, style, character state, canon, and vocabulary matter now?
• What should remain ambiguous, unresolved, rough, or strange?
• What output should this pass produce?
• What would be the wrong kind of success?

Ask the author only when the answer would change the work. Otherwise state your read and continue.

Keep Stances Separate

Explore without committing too early. Draft before judging. Critique from the reader's experience. Revise the highest-impact issue. Update memory only for settled facts and decisions.

Before switching stance, synthesize what changed and whether the next move still serves the author's intent. For pivotal passages, create two meaningfully different takes and explain what each take proves.