From pmla-skills
Polishes prose for PMLA essays to ensure clarity, conciseness, and accessibility for a broad scholarly audience. Tightens writing without altering content or citation mechanics.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/pmla-skills:pmla-writing-styleThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
A PMLA essay must be **readable by a scholar outside its specialty** and written with the clarity and
A PMLA essay must be readable by a scholar outside its specialty and written with the clarity and
grace the journal prizes — a concise, readable presentation that engages its audience. This skill
is about prose: making a demanding argument legible to the whole membership. Citation mechanics live in
pmla-citation-and-style; structure lives in pmla-structure-and-exposition.
pmla-textual-evidence-and-close-reading).Run this as a concrete capability pass. First lock the object corpus, interpretive intervention, field conversation, and scholarly stakes; then test whether the manuscript addresses humanities reviewers who expect a field-crossing literary or language-studies intervention with careful textual evidence.
claim / evidence / blocker / next edit rows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly.resources/official-source-map.md for volatile rules and name the one unresolved fact that could change the recommendation.【Reads for a generalist?】jargon earned and defined? [Y/N]
【Argument-forward sentences?】claim before qualification? [Y/N]
【Quotations integrated and analyzed?】[Y/N]
【Concision】wordy/throat-clearing cut; notes lean? [Y/N]
【Voice】distinctive without inflation? [Y/N]
【Next】pmla-citation-and-style
../../resources/external_tools.md — usage guides and prose aids (used with judgment, not as authority)../../resources/official-source-map.md — "concise, readable presentation" standardnpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin pmla-skillsOrganizes PMLA essays (6,000–9,000 words) with a clear argument structure, close reading placement, and exposition for a generalist reader. Helps when outlining, cutting word count, or fixing a disjointed draft.
Polishes Critical Inquiry essay prose to meet the journal's bar for ambitious, lucid critical writing and fits the word limit (articles ≤ 9,500 words including notes). Tightens style and discipline without inventing argument or evidence.
Polishes scholarly prose to meet JAAR house style for the study of religion. Checks argument clarity, gender-neutral language, serial comma use, and term definition.