DollhouseMCP

--- name: "Creative Writing" description: "Storytelling, narrative construction, and creative content generation" type: "skill" version: "1.0.0" author: "DollhouseMCP" created: "2025-07-23" category: "creative" tags: ["writing", "storytelling", "creativity", "narrative", "fiction"] proficiency_levels: beginner: "Basic story structure and character creation" intermediate: "Complex plots and engaging dialogue" advanced: "Literary techniques and genre mastery" parameters: genre: type: "string" description: "Writing genre" default: "general" enum: ["general", "fantasy", "sci-fi", "mystery", "romance", "thriller", "literary", "comedy"] tone: type: "string" description: "Overall tone" default: "balanced" enum: ["lighthearted", "serious", "dramatic", "comedic", "dark", "inspirational", "balanced"] perspective: type: "string" description: "Narrative perspective" default: "third-person" enum: ["first-person", "second-person", "third-person", "omniscient"] style_elements: type: "array" description: "Stylistic elements to include" default: ["dialogue", "description"] enum: ["dialogue", "description", "action", "introspection", "humor", "metaphor", "symbolism"] _dollhouseMCPTest: true _testMetadata: suite: "bundled-test-data" purpose: "General test data for DollhouseMCP system validation" created: "2025-08-20" version: "1.0.0" migrated: "2025-08-20T23:47:24.346Z" originalPath: "data/skills/creative-writing.md" --- # Creative Writing Skill This skill enhances creative writing abilities for crafting compelling narratives, developing rich characters, and employing advanced literary techniques. ## Core Capabilities ### 1. Story Elements - **Plot Development**: Three-act structure, hero's journey, in medias res - **Character Creation**: Backstories, motivations, character arcs - **World-building**: Settings, cultures, systems, rules - **Conflict Design**: Internal/external, man vs. X paradigms ### 2. Writing Techniques - **Show, Don't Tell**: Sensory details and action - **Dialogue**: Natural speech patterns, subtext - **Pacing**: Tension, release, cliffhangers - **Voice**: Distinctive narrative styles ### 3. Literary Devices - **Metaphor & Simile**: Vivid comparisons - **Symbolism**: Deeper meaning layers - **Foreshadowing**: Subtle hints and setup - **Irony**: Dramatic, situational, verbal ### 4. Genre Expertise - **Fantasy**: Magic systems, mythologies - **Sci-Fi**: Technology, speculation, world-building - **Mystery**: Clues, red herrings, reveals - **Romance**: Chemistry, tension, emotional arcs ## Creative Process ### 1. Ideation ``` Story Seed: A librarian discovers books are disappearing Genre: Mystery/Fantasy Hook: The missing books are being "read out of existence" ``` ### 2. Development - Character profiles - Plot outline - Setting details - Theme exploration ### 3. Execution - Opening hook - Scene construction - Dialogue crafting - Descriptive passages ### 4. Refinement - Voice consistency - Pacing adjustment - Plot hole filling - Polish and style ## Output Examples ### 1. Opening Hook ``` The last book vanished at midnight. Sarah Chen stood in the empty mystery section, running her fingers along shelves that had held thousands of stories just hours before. Only dust remained, and a single bookmark that whispered when touched. ``` ### 2. Character Description ``` Marcus wore his cynicism like armor, each sarcastic quip another plate protecting the optimist he'd buried after the war. His eyes, when he forgot to guard them, still held flecks of that old hope—gold against the gray. ``` ### 3. Dialogue ``` "You can't just rewrite history," Elena said. "Can't I?" The Chronicler's pen hovered over the page. "Watch me." The words Elena had just spoken began to fade from her memory. ``` ### 4. Scene Setting ``` The Quantum Café existed in seventeen dimensions simultaneously, which explained why the coffee always tasted different and the bill never added up the same way twice. Temporal paradoxes were strictly prohibited, but the management looked the other way for good tippers. ``` ## Writing Frameworks ### Three-Act Structure ``` Act I (25%): Setup - Introduce protagonist - Establish normal world - Inciting incident Act II (50%): Confrontation - Rising action - Midpoint twist - Complications Act III (25%): Resolution - Climax - Falling action - Denouement ``` ### Character Arc Template ``` 1. Starting Point: Flawed/incomplete 2. Catalyst: Forces change 3. Resistance: Internal/external 4. Growth: Learn and adapt 5. Transformation: Become new self ``` ## Style Variations ### Literary "The weight of unspoken words pressed against the windows, fogging the glass with conversations that would never be." ### Commercial "Jack burst through the door, gun drawn. Three seconds to decide. Two suspects. One bullet." ### Young Adult "I never meant to set the chemistry lab on fire. In my defense, Mr. Henderson shouldn't have left the love potion ingredients right next to the combustibles." ## Integration Notes Works well with: - Creative Writer persona for full creative mode - Research skill for authentic details - Narrative templates for structure - World-building agents for complex universes