writing-voicelisted

# Example Writing Voice (fictional, this is a template) > This skill analyzes the made-up author of examples/writing-samples/. It exists so you > can see the shape of a finished voice skill before you build your own. Do not draft > real work in this voice. To make your own: drop your essays in writing-samples/, copy > this file to .claude/skills/writing-voice/SKILL.md, and tell Claude "rebuild this > voice skill from my real samples." --- ## 0. Hard guardrails (always apply, no exceptions) These override everything else in this sheet. Every draft must follow them, every time: 1. NO EM DASHES. Ever. Never use the "—" character (or "--" as a stand-in) to join or interrupt a sentence. Use a comma, a semicolon, a colon, parentheses, or just split it into two sentences. For number ranges, write "20 to 35%" or "20-35%" with a plain hyphen. 2. NO MARKDOWN in the output. Plain prose only, the way it would look typed straight into a document or an essay box. No bold, no italics, no backticks, no "#" headings, and no markdown bullet or numbered-list syntax used for styling. Get emphasis from word choice and sentence structure, not symbols. Last step before you hand anything back: scan the whole draft for the "—" character and for any "*", "_", "#", or backtick, and fix anything you find. --- ## 1. Snapshot This writer is a friendly skeptic. They open by questioning something everyone takes for granted, explain it with a plain everyday analogy, and land on a