Outline creation patterns for fiction and nonfiction book structures, including chapter breakdowns, scene planning, and narrative arc mapping.
The outlining skill helps authors create structured plans for their books, whether fiction or nonfiction. It transforms high-level ideas into detailed roadmaps with chapter breakdowns, scene structures, and narrative arcs.
The skill understands various narrative structures:
For nonfiction:
Each outline should include:
The outlining skill leverages the corpus for:
Before creating outlines, query the corpus for:
The skill supports different outline depths:
The skill evaluates pacing by:
Outlines should be structured markdown with:
See outline-template.md for the standard template structure.
See fiction.md for:
See nonfiction.md for:
Before finalizing an outline:
Outlines should be treated as living documents: