The Picture-Book Maker · AI Skill Card for Authors
by Lund Studio
An AI skill card for authors · Picture Books (ages 2–7) · WD-14 · THE WRITERS' DESK
A picture book promises a story told by words and pictures together, read aloud by a grown-up to a child, again and again. Readers expect very few words that sound good aloud, a child-sized problem, page turns that surprise, repetition children can join in with, and an ending that satisfies and comforts.
What it does, at your elbow while you plan
- Thirteen idea sparks for this shelf, new ones whenever you ask
- Your premise shaped into one sentence, and what this shelf's readers still expect from it
- The beat map laid on your length: where the turns usually fall, in words and chapters
- A plan to fill (STORY-PLAN.md) with every element, beat and character role as a heading
- A check of your plan: which elements and beats are named, which are still open (it never judges your writing)
- Making notes gathered into honest label lines: what you did, what the AI did, how you checked
What you get: one file, picture-book-maker-card.skill.zip (20 files): the card, the craft of the shelf written down, a small planning machine (Python, standard library) with its own selftest, a ledger, the licence note, and the LSC-1 card face.
How to use it: in Claude, turn on code execution, open Customize, then Skills, press +, choose Create skill, then Upload a skill, and upload the file as it came. Then say: "The Picture-Book Maker: I want to start a new picture book." Other AIs: paste the short prompt inside.
Plainly: the book stays yours, and every choice is yours. The card teaches the public craft of the shelf; it never imitates a living author and never promises a sale, an agent, a prize or a review. Selftest 19/19; self-tested on a studio fixture.
Made by Lund Studio LLC with Claude. A download, ready the moment you buy: in My books and in your order email.