Dialogue Diagnostic Skill

Diagnose world-level story problems. This skill should be used when settings feel thin, institutions feel designed rather than evolved, economies don't make sense, or non-human species feel like humans in costume. Keywords: worldbuilding, setting, world, institutions, economy, culture, species, consequences.

Diagnose genre problems and generate genre-specific elements. Use when genre promise is unclear, when elements feel misplaced, when secondary genres compete with primary, or when you need genre-specific entropy. Covers all 11 elemental genres from the Writing Excuses framework.

Create worldbuilding quotes and epigraphs through documentary perspectives. Use for chapter epigraphs, in-world documents, or any content where limited perspective creates meaning through what the documenter cannot see.

Autonomously draft and polish chapters through multi-skill editorial passes. Use when you have a complete outline and want to produce a polished first draft with iterative refinement.

Act as an active writing partner who contributes content alongside the human writer. Use when the writer wants a collaborator who generates prose, dialogue, alternatives, and builds on their ideas. Applies Story Sense frameworks while actively contributing to the creative work. Contrasts with story-coach which never writes.

Diagnose sentence-level issues after structure is solid. Use when prose feels flat, sentences are monotonous, word choices are generic, or voice is inconsistent.