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Phase 1: Ideation. Stress-test the premise, research real comparable titles, generate and rank concepts, offer voice samples, and lock a single concept with a reader promise.

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# Phase 1: Ideation

Goal: one concept the author is excited about, that a real reader would pay for, that this author can write, and that no existing book already delivers. Everything downstream inherits this decision.

Read `PRD.md`, `STYLE.md`, `sources/INDEX.md`, and `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/book-{genre}/SKILL.md`.

## 1. Premise stress test

Before generating alternatives, interrogate what the author already has. Answer in writing:

- **Why this book?** What does it do that the reader cannot get elsewhere in an afternoon of searching?
- **Why now?** What changed in the world, the field, or the author's life that makes this timely? If nothing, that is fine, but say so.
- **Why this author?** What access, experience, or angle do they have? (For fiction: what obsession or wound is underneath the premise?)
- **What is the reader's objection?** The strongest reason a target reader would put it back on the shelf.