Chinese Novelist for Claude Code: Plan a Serialized Novel
Develop a Chinese-language novel with staged character and plot questions, a chapter plan, and notes that carry plot details forward between writing sessions.
中文Setup for Claude Code
Claude Code with a writable project folder. The full skill uses local files to track manuscript state and preferences. Install Node.js if you plan to use the bundled chapter word-count checker.
- Open the pinned GitHub snapshot and create .claude/skills/chinese-novelist in an empty practice project.
- Copy SKILL.md, references, and scripts from that snapshot into the new skill directory. Keep relative paths intact so the stage-specific guides and checker can be located.
- Start Claude Code from the practice project and select /chinese-novelist. Provide your desired genre and stop after the first planning checkpoint while you evaluate the workflow.
Example task
Use /chinese-novelist to plan a Mandarin mystery. A lighthouse keeper finds a visitor log signed tomorrow; the visitor left a paper boat on the steps. Ask me about the intended readership and narrator before outlining. Then propose a three-chapter pilot in Chinese, give each chapter a new piece of evidence, and stop before drafting any prose.Expected result
After your answers, the Chinese-language outline identifies the protagonist and premise. All three chapter beats advance the mystery, and the final beat names an unresolved question you can carry into later chapters. There should be no completed chapter draft in this planning test.
Upstream documentation
Original SKILL.md on GitHub · MIT license · Source reviewed
Frequently asked question
What makes this workflow useful for serialized fiction in Chinese?
The skill keeps separate project files for facts, plans, and chapter status. That gives later writing sessions a record of what has happened, which details still need resolution, and which decisions you already made.