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Fiction Writing Principles v1.0.0

Use this resource to write or diagnose a fiction passage that feels flat

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install fiction-writing-principles

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent relies on five reader reward channels (transportation, aesthetic, social simulation, flow, curiosity) to understand why a passage does not work. It fixes common faults: over-explaining, flattening voice, resolving everything. You get tighter prose that trusts the reader.

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Updated November 2, 2026

The five reward channels of a fiction reader.

Details

Works in
Install guides
Generates with
Your agent's model
Licence
Apache-2.0

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: trust the reader, economy, reward channels, punctuation
  • A failure-modes sheet with fix heuristics
  • A list of signs of AI-written text, sorted by strength of evidence
  • Supporting research sources

Good fit for

  • Reviewing a short story or chapter that feels mechanical
  • Writing scenes with an agent without losing the character voice
  • Learning to spot the tics of generated text

Not for

  • Advertising copy or blog posts
  • Spelling and grammar correction
  • Video scripts or sales copy

Tags

  • fiction
  • writing
  • style
  • editing
  • narrative

About

You say

"Review this chapter with your writing principles, tell me which reader channel is broken and rewrite the flattest passage."

The five reward channels of a fiction reader.

Skill published by haowjy under the Apache-2.0 license.

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Prerequisites

You bring
The fiction passage to review or the scene brief and Optionally a style file or the narrator's point of view

How to use it

  1. Copy the skill with its resources folder into your agent's skills folder.
  2. Paste the passage or give the scene brief.
  3. Ask for the diagnosis, then a targeted rewrite.

Content preview

Files

  • LICENSE11.3 KB
  • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.4 KB
  • resources/antipatterns.md5.2 KB
  • resources/citations.md6.9 KB
  • resources/failure-modes.md7.8 KB
  • SKILL.md5.3 KB

Origin and licence

Modified by PalateKit

Author
haowjy
Source
github.com/haowjy/creative-writing-skills/tree/1cb520f9c61e79ce2b1c56dba18601b2d6873433/skills/writing-principles
Licence
Apache-2.0

Notice

Version modifiée de « writing-principles » (haowjy, Apache-2.0) : traduction française et fiche par PalateKit.

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Frequently asked questions

Does it cite other skills?

Yes, it mentions a neighboring execution skill, but works alone for diagnosis.

Does it fit French fiction?

The principles do; the examples and the AI-tics list target English first and need adapting.