Story Premise Workshop
Turn a spark of an idea into a tested story premise, logline and title.
Community, verifiedby Daniel DewhurstChecked October 18, 2026
Part of Daniel Dewhurst's Story Skills, a set of 24 skills for writing fiction in markdown. This one takes an image, character or question and develops it into a premise strong enough to build a story on.
Who it is for
- Fiction writers
- Students
- Hobby authors
- Screenwriters
Prompts to try
Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.
I have an idea about a lighthouse keeper who receives letters from the futureWorkshop my logline and tell me if it's strong enough for a novelHelp me name my fantasy bookHow to install it
In Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add danjdewhurst/story-skills/plugin install story-skills@story-skills
In Claude.ai
The project has a Writers start here guide that explains uploading a skill to claude.ai as a zip.
Good to know
Other skills in the set handle plot, characters, chapters, line editing and publishing.
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How we checked it
Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/premise-workshop/SKILL.md in danjdewhurst/story-skills via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-10-14, repo has 322 stars and was pushed 2026-10-14.
Source: github.com/danjdewhurst/story-skills/tree/main/skills/premise-workshop