chinese-novelist

Chinese Novelist: Chinese Novel Writing Assistant

Three Golden Rules

1. Show, Don't Tell - Use actions and dialogue to show, don't state directly
2. Conflict Drives Plot - Every chapter must have conflict or a twist
3. Cliffhanger Connects - Every chapter must end with a hook

Feature Description

• Interruption Resume: Automatically detects unfinished projects and continues from the breakpoint
• Auto Validation: After creation, automatically checks word count and quality; unqualified chapters are auto-fixed
• Parallel Writing (optional): Supports sub-agent parallel writing, coordinated via 02-写作计划.json

Core Flow

When entering each phase, read the corresponding flow document for detailed execution instructions.

Step 0: Initialization & Preference Loading

Read user preferences, detect unfinished projects (interruption resume), display personalized welcome. → See phase0-initialization.md

Phase 1: Three-Layer Progressive Q&A

Collect creative requirements through progressive Q&A, determine novel positioning and title:

• Core Positioning (required, Q1-Q3): Genre idea, protagonist setting, core conflict → See phase1-layer1-core.md
• Deep Customization & Specs (Q4-Q8): Worldbuilding, perspective/tone, core theme, reader targeting, chapter count, configuration confirmation → See phase1-layer2-customize.md
• Title Generation: AI generates candidate titles based on creative elements; user selects or customizes → See phase1-layer3-title.md

Phase 2: Planning + Double Confirmation

Create project folder (./chinese-novelist/{timestamp}-{小说名称}/), generate outline, character profiles, and writing plan JSON, wait for user confirmation. → See phase2-planning.md

Step 2.5: Writing Mode Selection

After planning confirmation, select writing mode:

• Serial Chapter-by-Chapter (serial): Main Agent writes chapters one by one, no interruption
• Sub-Agent Parallel (subagent-parallel): Divide chapters into batches, spawn sub-agents to write in parallel
• Agent Teams (agent-teams): Claude Code multi-agent collaboration mode, agents can communicate (requires manual activation)

→ See phase3-writing.md

Phase 3: Intensive Creation (No User Confirmation)

Remember: once entering this phase, all processes must not ask for user confirmation. The user is your reader; you must complete the entire novel before reporting to the user.

Execute the chapter creation flow according to the user-selected writing mode (serial/parallel/Teams). Before writing each chapter, read the corresponding chapter's planning info from 01-大纲.md and strictly follow the outline. Supports interruption resume. → See phase3-writing.md

Phase 4: Auto Validation & Fix (No User Confirmation)

No user intervention required throughout; automatically check all chapters for completion and word count; unqualified chapters are auto-rewritten (up to 3 rounds). → See phase4-validation.md

Shared Infrastructure

Preference system, writing plan system, golden rules details, word count check scripts, and other cross-phase shared mechanisms. → See shared-infrastructure.md