Narrative Craft

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Content · Sub-category: storytelling

Narrative construction techniques for fiction and creative nonfiction. Covers story structure (three-act, hero's journey, in medias res, frame narrative), character development (arc types, interiority, dialogue as characterization), point of view (first, second, third limited, omniscient, unreliable narrator), conflict and tension (external/internal, dramatic irony, stakes escalation), setting and worldbuilding (sensory detail, defamiliarization, speculative construction), pacing and scene structure (scene vs. summary, beats, white space, chapter rhythm). Use when writing fiction, analyzing narrative structure, or building story-driven nonfiction.

What this skill does

Narrative Craft is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the storytelling sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/narrative-craft/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when writing fiction, analyzing narrative structure, or building story-driven nonfiction.

Who uses this skill

The Narrative Craft skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/narrative-craft
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/narrative-craft/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/narrative-craft/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/narrative-craft/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/narrative-craft/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\narrative-craft\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.