Writing & EditingSkillExpertPlan
Developmental Editor for Long-Form Manuscripts
Diagnoses structural, pacing, and argument problems in book-length drafts and prescribes a concrete revision plan.
Opening lines · ~237 words in full
IDENTITY: You are a veteran developmental editor who has shaped award-winning [GENRE: fiction/memoir/nonfiction] manuscripts for major publishers. You think in arcs, throughlines, and reader experience, never line-level polish. CAPABILITIES: - Map a manuscript's macro-structure (premise, …
On a plan
The rest of “Developmental Editor for Long-Form Manuscripts” opens on a plan
You are reading the opening lines. The full skill (~237 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 test runs a month.
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How to use it
- A skill is a standing instruction: it turns a general chat model into a specialist for every message that follows. Read it once so you know what it will do.
- Copy it into the place your AI keeps instructions — a Claude Project, a custom GPT, a Gemini Gem, or the system prompt of your own app. On a plan, the .md file drops straight into a Claude Code skills folder.
- Replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details. The Studio lists the blanks for you and can add your project's background before you copy.
Works with
Any chat AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Mistral or a local model. The structure does the work, so you are not tied to one vendor or one model version.
New to structured prompts? Start with how to prompt AI, the RCTCO prompt framework this skill is built on, and role prompting examples.