From thinking-frameworks-skills
Transforms data into visual narratives using narrative structure, annotations, scrollytelling patterns, and framing for data journalism, presentations, infographics, and reports.
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- [Story Design Workflow](#story-design-workflow)
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Records polished WebM UI demo videos of web apps using Playwright with cursor overlay, natural pacing, and three-phase scripting. Activates for demo, walkthrough, screen recording, or tutorial requests.
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Core principle: Structuring data as narrative (Context → Problem → Evidence → Insight) aids comprehension and retention. Annotations guide attention, progressive disclosure reveals complexity gradually, and framing provides context for accurate interpretation.
Related skills: Use cognitive-design for cognitive principles, d3-visualization for D3.js implementation, design-evaluation-audit for systematic evaluation, cognitive-fallacies-guard for integrity checks.
Time: 1-2 hours
Copy this checklist and track your progress:
Story Design Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Define Narrative
- [ ] Step 2: Choose Structure
- [ ] Step 3: Apply Cognitive Techniques
- [ ] Step 4: Review for Clarity & Integrity
Determine the story arc: What's the context? What's the question/problem? What data answers it? What's the insight? Choose an opening strategy: lead with human impact, surprising finding, or visual.
Resource: Narrative Techniques — Narrative Structure section
Select a template and pattern that fits your story type, audience, and medium. Options include step-by-step article, magazine style, annotated chart, interactive exploration, or presentation deck.
Resource: Storytelling Patterns — Templates and Decision Matrix
Add annotations (callouts, arrows, shaded regions, direct labels). Apply framing with baselines, comparisons, and denominator clarity. Use scrollytelling for progressive revelation if web-based. Consider visual metaphors.
Resource: Narrative Techniques — Annotations, Scrollytelling, Framing sections
Verify the story is honest (no cherry-picking, balanced framing), clear (insight obvious in 5 seconds), and complete (sources cited, limitations noted). Use design-evaluation-audit for systematic evaluation and cognitive-fallacies-guard for integrity verification.
Choose this when: Starting a data story and need to define the narrative arc and opening strategy.
→ Go to Narrative Techniques — Sections 1-2
Choose this when: Adding annotations to guide interpretation of existing charts and visualizations.
→ Go to Narrative Techniques — Section 3
Choose this when: Building web-based progressive revelation experiences.
→ Go to Narrative Techniques — Section 4
Choose this when: Providing context, baselines, comparisons, and visual metaphors.
→ Go to Narrative Techniques — Sections 5-6
Scope: This skill provides narrative structure, annotation techniques, scrollytelling patterns, framing guidance, story templates, and quality checklists for data storytelling. It does not implement code, evaluate general usability, teach cognitive theory, or check for misleading patterns.