voice-style

# Voice & Style ## Overview Record the book's voice and surface conventions in `style-sheet.md`, then enforce them. The style sheet is the copyeditor's record: dialect and spelling choices, capitalisation, hyphenation, numbers, dialogue punctuation, a one-line voice summary per major speaker, and a watch list. Its frontmatter is machine-readable, and `story prose` counts violations and prose tics in every chapter. Use this skill so voice stays the same across chapters, drafting sessions, and agents. ## Prerequisites A story project with `story.md` in the root. `story init` scaffolds `style-sheet.md`; older projects can add it with `story init "<title>" --dir . --force`, which only adds missing files, or by copying `references/style-sheet-guide.md`'s frontmatter block by hand. ## When to Use - Starting a project, once the first chapter or a writing sample exists - Before drafting when voice has drifted between chapters or sessions - When a copyedit pass needs a style decision recorded (the copyedit itself belongs to the `line-editing` skill, which reads this file) - When the user wants a mechanical prose check before sharing a draft - NOT for character personality or arc (use `character-management`) - NOT for scene-level craft such as deep POV or subtext (use `scene-craft`) - NOT for the line-by-line prose pass itself (line edit, copyedit, read-aloud, proof): use the `line-editing` skill, which reads this style sheet and runs these checks ## Workflow ### 1. Build or up...