generate-beats

What problem does it solve?

Provides a structured, rules-driven way to generate or revise a novel's major story beats from the project's existing concept and character files, removing guesswork and ensuring structural coverage for drafting-ready planning.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Reads the target book's docs (story_concept.md, characters.md, world_rules.md, open_questions.md) and validates concept readiness before generation.
• Produces or updates a 12–18 beat architecture (15_beats.md) with required beat fields, status rules, beat-to-section mapping, and a short report of open structural questions.
• Supports first-time generation and iterative revision workflows, preserves existing good beats, and enforces structural rules (inciting event, midpoint, climaxes, aftermath, etc.).
• Use case: Convert a Provisional story concept into a provisional beat backbone for review and stabilization, or revise exploratory beats after user feedback.

Quick Start

Ask the assistant to generate beats for the target book by saying: generate-beats [book-name]