Stop Staring at a Blank Page. Start With a Sword Fight and a Slow Burn.

The Romantasy Outline Builder is an interactive AI skill for Claude Desktop that takes you from “I want to write a fantasy romance” to a complete, publish-ready chapter outline — with dual-arc synchronization tracking every fantasy beat and romance beat in lockstep, a full push-pull tension map, and love interest bios detailed enough to drop straight into your writing tool.

No more fantasy plots and romance plots running on parallel tracks that never touch. No more resolving romantic tension in chapter 4 of a 30-chapter book. The Romantasy Outline Builder walks you through 13 guided steps, asking you questions along the way so the outline is yours — not a generic template.

Here’s What You’ll Build (Step by Step)

1. Subgenre & Style Selection — Romance trope (enemies-to-lovers, forbidden love, fated mates, rivals, marriage of convenience, forced proximity, second chance)? Fantasy framework (court intrigue, quest, academy, war, heist)? How does magic interact with the romance? Heat level? POV? Morally grey or classic heroes? Novella or novel? The skill asks, you choose.
2. Market Data Check — Upload your K-Lytics romantasy reports for real market intelligence, or use the built-in data on what’s selling right now in fantasy romance.
3. 5 Unique Story Ideas — Generated from your trope picks and market trends. Each includes named love interests, the central tension, and how the fantasy plot creates romantic complications. You pick your favorite (or mix and match).
4. Hook & Pitch — A polished one-liner capturing both the romantic yearning and the fantasy stakes, plus a back-cover-ready pitch.
5. The Love Interests — Full character bios for BOTH leads, including what specifically attracts and repels them about each other, their goals beyond the romance, their power dynamic, and how they challenge each other. Not just “he’s tall and brooding.” What makes these two people unable to stay away from each other — and unable to be together?
6. Tension Architecture — The push-pull map: 3-5 moments of closeness, 3-5 moments of distance, and The Turn at the ~60% mark where the dynamic shifts permanently. Plus external obstacles (politics, magic, duty) and internal obstacles (trust, fear, identity) mapped across the full arc.
7. The Fantasy Plot — World, antagonist, and arc structure. The antagonist must threaten BOTH arcs — not just “destroy the kingdom” but specifically endanger what the love interests are building together. The fantasy climax and romantic resolution are causally linked — not coincidental.
8. Supporting Cast — The confidant(e), the rival/complication, the ally, the wild card. Every supporting character is tagged for how they affect both the fantasy arc and the romance arc.
9. Worldbuilding — Key locations designed to create romantic tension (forced proximity, privacy, danger, power dynamics). Magic system rules including how they specifically affect the relationship. Political landscape showing where the love interests sit in the power structure.
10. Heat Scene Planning — If you chose open door, steamy, or scorching: emotional purpose and placement for every intimate scene. Each one marks a genuine shift in vulnerability — not just escalation in physical intensity.
11. Chapter-by-Chapter Outline — Every chapter includes: fantasy arc beat, romance arc beat, arc connection (how they affect each other), romantic tension level (1-10 scale), POV character, trope tags, tone, goal, complication, character decision, and consequence.
12. Epilogue & Teaser — Choose your ending style and plant seeds for the next book (or the next couple).
13. Series Potential — See how your standalone romantasy could become a series (pairs perfectly with our Series Creator skill).

What Makes This Different

• Dual-arc from the start. Every chapter tracks BOTH the fantasy plot and the romance plot, plus how they affect each other. No more discovering in draft 3 that your arcs aren’t connected.
• Interactive, not automated. The skill asks you questions at every decision point using popup-style choices. You’re steering — it’s building.
• Tension ratchet, not tension switch. The outline maps a push-pull pattern: attraction builds through specific charged moments with deliberate backslides. Two steps forward, one step back — not “suddenly realized feelings in chapter 5.”
• Market-informed creativity. Integrates with K-Lytics market data so your trope and subgenre picks are backed by what romantasy readers are actually buying.
• Copy-paste character bios. Love interest bios are 18+ fields deep — ready to drop straight into your writing tool.
• Anti-AI writing guardrails. Built-in rules prevent overused AI names (no Caelum, no Seraphina, no Shadowvale, no court-of-anything naming). No ACOTAR-adjacent worldbuilding. And the dreaded “always picks 7” bias is blocked.

Tracking Tables Included

Every finished outline exports with two tracking tables:

• Romantic Tension Tracker — tension level per chapter (1-10) with direction arrows and key moments, showing the ratchet pattern visually
• Dual-Arc Synchronization Map — fantasy beat and romance beat per chapter with the connection between them, so you can see at a glance where both arcs are at any point

Supports Every Romantasy Subgenre

• Dark Romantasy / Villain Romance
• Court Intrigue Romantasy
• Quest / Adventure Fantasy Romance
• Academy / Training Romantasy
• War / Rebellion Fantasy Romance
• Heist / Mission Romantasy
• Enemies-to-Lovers (with 60% antagonism enforcement)
• Fated Mates / Soul Bond
• Closed Door through Scorching heat levels

What’s in the Download

• romantasy-outline.skill — The installable skill file for Claude Desktop
• Installation Guide (PDF) — Step-by-step setup instructions with screenshots

Requirements

• Claude Desktop app (free download from claude.ai/download)
• An active Claude Pro, Team, or Enterprise subscription
• K-Lytics romantasy/fantasy romance reports (optional but recommended for market data — grab yours here)

Perfect Companion: Series Creator Skill

Love your outline? Turn it into a full series. The Series Creator skill takes any completed outline and builds overarching arcs, per-book couples, character progression maps, a continuity bible with thread tracking, and natural expansion points. Romantasy readers are series readers — they come back for the world and the connected couples. Available separately.