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chapter-writing

This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a chapter", "next chapter", "chapter outline", "draft chapter", "continue the story", "write a scene", "outline a chapter", or wants to write prose for a story project. NOT for planning a scene's structure, subtext, or outcome (use scene-craft), drafting without an outline (use discovery-drafting), or revising existing chapters (use revision-continuity).

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# Chapter Writing

## Overview

Write story chapters using an outline-first workflow. Gathers context with `story context`, which keeps later chapters out, builds a beat-by-beat outline for approval, then writes full prose. After writing, records the scene dates, the continuity state, and each setup planted or paid off in the one record that owns it, and rebuilds registries with `story reindex`.

## Prerequisites

A story project must already exist with at least:
- `story.md` (story bible)
- At least one character in `characters/`
- A plot structure in `plot/_index.md` (recommended but not required for first chapters)

## Prose Pass and Companion Skill