Storyweaver Outline And Beats

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name: storyweaver-outline-and-beats
description: "Create outline, beat map, chapter or scene contracts, and an outline review route from the accepted story bible."
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# Storyweaver Outline And Beats

Use this skill when the story bible is ready and the work needs draftable structure.

## Coordinates

- Primary agent: Outline Architect
- Review agent: Developmental Editor
- Revision agent: Revision Weaver, when route is `revise`
- Routing agent: Storyweaver Orchestration Architect

## Required Reading Order

1. `creative-brief.md`
2. `story-bible.md`
3. `constraints.md`
4. `continuity-ledger.md`
5. `research/research-pack.md`, if present
6. `protocol-notes.md`, if present
7. `state.md`

## Workflow

1. Create `outline.md` with major sections, chapters, scenes, or episode beats.
2. Create `beat-map.md` with ordered turns and emotional movement.
3. Create `chapter-contracts/chapter-##.md` or scene contracts.
4. Run developmental outline review.
5. Revise outline when the route is `revise`.
6. Mark outline status: `accepted`, `accepted-with-known-risk`, or `needs-human`.
7. Update `state.md`.

## Artefacts Read

- Brief, bible, constraints, continuity, research, protocol notes

## Artefacts Written

- `outline.md`
- `beat-map.md`
- `chapter-contracts/`
- `reviews/outline-review.md`
- `revision-log.md`, when revisions occur

## Contract Fields

Each chapter, scene, or major beat should include:

- Intent
- Characters present
- Setting
- Active tension
- Emotional turn
- Character movement
- Plot advancement
- Reader promise or reveal
- Continuity facts added
- Open questions carried forward
- Source or protocol obligations

## Pause Conditions

- A structural choice changes the story meaning.
- Protocol notes block a scene or representation.
- Ending trajectory is too uncertain to draft responsibly.

## Acceptance Checklist

- [ ] Outline and beat map exist.
- [ ] Every target draft unit has a contract.
- [ ] Outline review route is recorded.
- [ ] Drafting is not started until route allows it.