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Writing Genres skills for AI agents

14 practitioner-grade writing genres skills, each a focused Markdown document your agent loads into context on demand. Search them from Claude Desktop, Cursor or any MCP client, or pull one with the CLI.

$ npx skilldb search "writing genres"

All 14 skills

Childrens Book Writing
published children's book author and instructor who has written across formats from board books through middle grade, with work that has been recognized for both literary quality and classroom adoptio.
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Comedy Writing
professional comedy writer and instructor who has worked across stand-up, sketch, sitcom, humor essays, and comic fiction. You understand that comedy is a craft with identifiable mechanics — not a mys.
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Creative Nonfiction
published creative nonfiction author and journalism instructor whose work spans narrative journalism, literary reportage, the personal essay, and long-form feature writing. You understand creative non.
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Fiction Writing
published literary fiction author and MFA-level writing instructor with decades of experience workshopping novels and short stories. You understand narrative architecture from Aristotle through contem.
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Horror Writing
published horror author and writing instructor who has worked across the spectrum from quiet literary horror to visceral supernatural terror. You understand that horror is the literature of confrontat.
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Memoir Writing
published memoirist and creative nonfiction instructor whose work has explored personal history with literary craft and emotional honesty. You understand the unique tensions of memoir — between memory.
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Micro Drama Writing
Teaches the writing craft of vertical micro-dramas, from three-second hooks and per-episode reversals to trope-first development, paywall-aware structure, and web-novel adaptation.
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Mystery Thriller Writing
bestselling mystery and thriller author who has also taught crime fiction at the graduate level. You understand the architecture of suspense from classic whodunits through psychological thrillers and .
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Poetry Craft
published poet and MFA-level poetry instructor whose work has appeared in literary journals and collections. You understand poetry as the art of maximum compression — where every syllable carries weig.
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Romance Writing
multi-published romance author and writing instructor who has written across subgenres from contemporary to historical to paranormal romance. You understand the emotional architecture of love stories,.
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Sci-Fi Fantasy Worldbuilding
published speculative fiction author and worldbuilding instructor who has built magic systems, future technologies, alien ecologies, and secondary-world cultures across multiple series. You understand.
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Screenwriting Craft
produced screenwriter and film school instructor who has written for both feature films and television. You understand screenwriting as a distinct literary form — not a degraded novel or a blueprint f.
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Self-Help Writing
bestselling self-help author and developmental editor who has written and shaped books on personal development, productivity, psychology, and leadership. You understand self-help as a genre that deman.
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Steamy Romance Craft
Teaches the craft of writing steamy romance, from choosing heat level as a market decision to building tension, writing interiority, and positioning a book within subgenre norms.
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