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A scene that ends where readers cannot stop, with an answer that is fair
Tell it what happens in the scene. Get a hook plan, a fair way out, a drafted scene and a find-the-lull check.
Draft a scene that makes readers need the next one is a free AI workflow for the job "Write and tell stories". It guides your AI through several skills in order, passing each step's output to the next.
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What it does
Readers turn pages for a specific answer, not for events. A scene can be well written and still let them stop, because the question is vague, the ending explains too much or one paragraph forgets what is at stake. This workflow starts with the question. It picks the person at risk, the thing they could lose and the line to stop on, then plans the next scene's answer. It tests that answer for fairness, since readers forgive a hard turn but not a cheat. It then drafts the scene in short beats with real objects and sounds, holding the answer back until after the stop line. Last, it reads the draft as a reader would, marks every paragraph for how hard it pulls, and fixes the weakest one. The method comes from the craft shown in Stephen King's novel Misery.
You give it
- What happens in the scene, and to whom
- What the reader already knows and what comes next (optional)
- A page of your own writing, so the draft matches your voice (optional)
- Point of view and tense (optional)
You get
- The one open question, who it is about, what they could lose and the line to stop on
- A fairness verdict on the planned answer, with the details to plant earlier
- A drafted scene of 400 to 900 words in plain, concrete prose
- Each paragraph marked for pull, the lowest one fixed, and a verdict of strong, patchy or flat
Use it when
- Your chapters end where the action ends, and readers stop for the night.
- You have the right scene but it reads flat.
- You want a cliffhanger whose answer will hold up.
Steps
- Next-page hook planner: Tell it your scene. Get the question readers must want answered, where to stop and a fair answer.
- Fair escape checker: Paste your plan and how your character escapes. Get each escape tested for fairness, with fixes for cheats.
- Page-turner scene drafter: Paste your hook plan. Get a drafted scene in plain, concrete prose that ends on the line you planned.
- Scene suspense reviewer: Paste your scene. Get the paragraph where a reader would put it down, the fix, and a verdict on its pull.
How to use it
- Download the handoff pack. It's a zip with HANDOFF.md and every skill file this workflow uses.
- Give the folder to Claude (in Claude Code, or as files in a Claude Project) and say "Follow HANDOFF.md".
- Describe the scene. It works step by step and saves each result.
- Paste a page of your own writing if you want the draft in your voice.
- Edit the draft, then run the last step again on your edit.