# Sw Series Engine Bible

From an idea to a sellable series design; series engine / franchise, story pattern...

- Repository: https://github.com/jtydhr88/screenwriting-skills (1918 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-03
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add jtydhr88/screenwriting-skills --skill sw-series-engine-bible -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add jtydhr88/screenwriting-skills --skill sw-series-engine-bible -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add jtydhr88/screenwriting-skills --skill sw-series-engine-bible -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add jtydhr88/screenwriting-skills --skill sw-series-engine-bible -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add jtydhr88/screenwriting-skills`

## Description

From an idea to a sellable series design; series engine / franchise, story pattern, character webs that keep generating conflict, pilot types, and the documents that sell them (剧集引擎/franchise/故事模式/人物网/试播集类型/剧集圣经/跳板/提案). Merged from Rabkin's four-element franchise and story landmines, Landau's tacit contract and pitch recipe, Oberg's series types and bible specs, Douglas's franchise-plus-springboard and bible tiers, Goldberg & Rabkin's 100-episode test, Blum's concept/presentation/bible ladder, Miller's ten-component treatment, Calvisi's Compelling Crisis, Smith's series format, plus engines read off Sopranos, Fleabag and Succession. Use when turning an idea into a series, testing whether a premise has legs, choosing premise vs typical-episode pilot, designing a sustainable character web, writing a logline, pitch document, bible or treatment, picking a series type, adapting IP into a series, or diagnosing a project that feels "more like a movie than a series".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# 剧集引擎与剧集圣经（Series Engine & Bible）

> **输出语言＝提问语言**；术语一律锚回原词，见 [sw-workflow/terms.md](../sw-workflow/terms.md)，不自创译名。

管四层：**引擎**（凭什么每周都有故事）、**人物网**（冲突从哪里自动产生）、**pilot 类型与策略**、**文档**（logline → 提案 → treatment → bible）。

**不管**：单集与季的幕结构、页码、act out 与 cliffhanger 类型学（→ `sw-series-structure`）；编剧室流程与 pitch 会议礼仪（→ `sw-writers-room`）；半小时喜剧的笑点力学与人物配置（→ `sw-sitcom-comedy`）；国产剧策划书、分集大纲、集数体量与审查（→ `sw-chinese-series-practice`）。前提/主控思想/三维人物/对白等媒介无关内容不在此重写（→ `sw-premise-theme`、`sw-character-conflict`）。

参考资料分三个文件：引擎拆解、剧集类型与人物网见 [reference.md](reference.md)；文档模板的完整字段表（Rabkin 十节 pitch document、Smith series format 十一节、Oberg bible 十二组件）见 [reference-documents.md](reference-documents.md)；填好的样例（两份 writers’ guidelines、Miller 六份 treatment 矩阵、Succession 七个 want 表）见 [reference-samples.md](reference-samples.md)。
## 按任务读哪几节（不要通读）

本节 44 KB，规则编到 56 条，逐条读完通常是浪费。

| 任务 | 读 | 跳过 |
|---|---|---|
| 判断一个点子能不能做成剧 | 一（引擎定义）、二（写成句子，尤其第 8 与第 10 条的二选一） | 三, 七 |
| 设计人物网 | 三 | 五、六 |
| 选 pilot 类型 | 四 | 三、七 |
| 写 bible / pitch / series format | 六，字段表转 reference-documents.md | 一, 四 |
| 诊断一份已有的方案或大纲 | **九（诊断清单）**；改单集时整组跳过 ㉑, ㉚ | 六 |
| 改编 IP | 七 | 四、五 |

reference.md／reference-documents.md／reference-samples.md 都是查表用的，只在正文指向时打开。

---


## 来源与各书关系

**Rabkin 给引擎原理，Landau 给字段，Oberg 给类型与规格，Douglas 给行业语汇，Goldberg/Rabkin 给工业底线，Blum 给文档层级，Miller/Calvisi/Smith 给表单，四部语料给证据。**

The rest: https://github.com/jtydhr88/screenwriting-skills/blob/HEAD/plugins/screenwriting/skills/sw-series-engine-bible/SKILL.md