Can this skill handle non-linear stories?

Yes, it includes specialized logic for 'Save/Load' loops, parallel timelines, and circular narratives, ensuring temporal consistency across scenes.

Does it integrate with existing writing projects?

It is designed to work within a 'snowflake-fiction' project directory, reading from existing outline files and outputting structured Markdown files for each scene.

How does it improve story pacing?

It automatically flags 'no-conflict' scenes, checks for consecutive passive scenes, and ensures that every scene ends with a hook or a transition to the next conflict.

What is the Snowflake Method in this context?

It is a top-down fiction design methodology. This skill specifically automates Step 8 (Scene Listing) and Step 9 (Detailed Scene Planning) of the process.

Snowflake Scene Planner

Name: Snowflake Scene Planner
Author: hestudy

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Content Management

Transforms story outlines into granular, conflict-driven scene blueprints using the Snowflake Method methodology.

The Scene Planner skill is a specialized tool for fiction writers that bridges the gap between a high-level story outline and the actual drafting process. By implementing Steps 8 and 9 of the Snowflake Method, it helps authors deconstruct chapters into structured scenes, ensure consistent pacing through active/passive scene alternation, and manage complex narrative structures like time loops or multi-POV threads. It includes automated pacing checks and conflict analysis to identify structural weaknesses or character overcrowding, ensuring every scene serves a narrative purpose before the drafting phase begins.

Key Features

01Structural Scene Listing: Automatically breaks down outlines into a conflict-driven scene list with POV and setting data.

02Advanced Narrative Support: Provides specialized templates for non-linear timelines, time loops, and multi-thread story arcs.

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04Pacing & Conflict Analysis: Validates the balance between active and passive scenes to maintain narrative tension.

05Character Entry Logic: Manages character introduction events and prevents character overcrowding in individual scenes.

06Flexible Execution Modes: Supports full project generation, list-only previews, or targeted re-planning of specific chapters.

Use Cases

01Re-planning specific chapters after an outline pivot to ensure the new scenes align with existing story logic.

02Converting a finished novel outline into a granular scene-by-scene roadmap before writing the first draft.

03Auditing narrative 'hooks' and suspense density to prevent reader drop-off in long-form fiction.

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add hestudy/snowflake-fiction scene-plan

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Key Features

01Structural Scene Listing: Automatically breaks down outlines into a conflict-driven scene list with POV and setting data.

02Advanced Narrative Support: Provides specialized templates for non-linear timelines, time loops, and multi-thread story arcs.

032 GitHub stars

04Pacing & Conflict Analysis: Validates the balance between active and passive scenes to maintain narrative tension.

05Character Entry Logic: Manages character introduction events and prevents character overcrowding in individual scenes.

06Flexible Execution Modes: Supports full project generation, list-only previews, or targeted re-planning of specific chapters.

Use Cases

01Re-planning specific chapters after an outline pivot to ensure the new scenes align with existing story logic.

02Converting a finished novel outline into a granular scene-by-scene roadmap before writing the first draft.

03Auditing narrative 'hooks' and suspense density to prevent reader drop-off in long-form fiction.