creative-writing-skills

Creative Writing Skills

A comprehensive creative writing assistant for Claude Code and Claude.ai. This plugin provides six specialized skills to help you write prose in your personal style, capture brainstorming notes, create story documentation, analyze your writing, and more.

What This Plugin Does

This plugin is a comprehensive creative writing assistant that helps you throughout your entire writing process. Whether you're brainstorming ideas, writing prose, or refining your work, it adapts to your needs and learns your personal style.

Capabilities

• Brainstorm and capture story ideas - Explore plot options, worldbuilding, character arcs, and story structure without over-committing to decisions
• Write prose in your personal style - Generate scenes, chapters, and dialogue that match your unique voice and writing patterns
• Create style guides from your writing - Analyze your existing work to capture your voice, dialogue patterns, formatting preferences, and more
• Get feedback and critique - Receive constructive analysis of pacing, character consistency, dialogue quality, and prose
• Build comprehensive story documentation - Create character profiles, location wikis, lore pages, and reference materials for your fictional world
• Maintain consistency across your project - Automatically reference your established characters, settings, and story rules

How to Use (After Installation)

Once you've installed the skills (see installation sections below for Claude.ai or Claude Code), mention "creative writing" in your requests, and the appropriate skills should activate based on your needs. If it doesn't work, you can try to mention "cw-router" directly, and if that doesn't work, make sure to mention to "use a skill".

Examples:

• "Help me brainstorm ideas for my magic system" (creative writing)
• "Write the next scene where my protagonist discovers the truth" (use a skill)
• "Create a style guide based on these three chapters" (cw-router)
• "Critique this chapter for pacing and character consistency" (creative writing)

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For Claude.ai Users

Prerequisites

• A paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise) - Skills are not available on the free tier
• Code execution enabled in Settings → Capabilities (usually enabled by default)

Installation

1. Download skills from releases:

   • Go to the Releases page
   • Download the .skill files you want to use:
     • cw-router.skill
     • cw-prose-writing.skill
     • cw-story-critique.skill
     • cw-style-skill-creator.skill
     • cw-brainstorming.skill
     • cw-official-docs.skill

2. Upload to Claude.ai:

   • Go to Claude.ai
   • Click your profile icon → Settings
   • Navigate to Capabilities → Skills
   • Click "Upload skill"
   • Upload each .skill file (you can drag and drop or click to browse)

Tips:

• Upload only the skills you plan to use
• Start with cw-router, cw-prose-writing, and cw-brainstorming for a core set
• You can add more skills later as needed

Usage

After uploading skills, simply mention them in your conversations or let Claude automatically use them when appropriate.

Basic usage examples:

• "Use cw-brainstorming to help me explore ideas for my antagonist"
• "Use cw-prose-writing to write this scene in my style"
• "Use cw-story-critique to analyze this chapter"

Setting Up a Writing Project (Recommended)

For the best experience, create a dedicated Project for your writing:

1. Create a new Project:

   • Go to Projects (left sidebar) → Create new project
   • Name it after your writing project (e.g., "My Fantasy Novel")

2. Configure the Project to use skills:

   • In Project Settings → Custom instructions, add:

     This is a creative writing project. You have access to the following skills:
     - cw-router: Guide me to the right skill
     - cw-prose-writing: Write prose in my style
     - cw-brainstorming: Capture brainstorming notes
     - cw-story-critique: Provide writing feedback
     - cw-style-skill-creator: Create style guides
     - cw-official-docs: Create story documentation
     
     Use these skills as appropriate for creative writing tasks.
     

     along with any other project-specific instructions (like a bit about what the story is about)

3. Build your Project knowledge base:

   • Use the skills in your chat to create documents (style guides, character profiles, worldbuilding pages)
   • Download/copy the documents Claude creates
   • Edit them if needed
   • Re-upload them to your Project knowledge base
   • Repeat this process as your story develops