By name: "Eric Roth Writing Mastery" description: "Cross-domain deployment of Oscar-level writing craft for social media, content writing, copywriting, ghostwriting, and marketing. Translates 14 genius patterns from the writer of Forrest Gump, The Insider, and Killers of the Flower Moon into universal writing intelligence — erosion revision, off-center subtext, visual prose, psychology wallets, memorable residue, and fanciful realism applied beyond the screenplay." version: "1.0" format: "completion-engine" workflows: 10 companion_to: "eric-roth-screenwriting-mastery"
Eric Roth Writing Mastery
Deploy Oscar-level craft across every writing domain. This is the companion skill to eric-roth-screenwriting-mastery — same genius, new canvases.
"The adventure of creating something new, making something from nothing." — Eric Roth
Available Workflows
| # | Workflow | Domain | Produces | Use When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| social-subtext | Social Subtext Engine | Social Media | LinkedIn/X posts with 4-layer subtext instead of obvious takes | Writing social content that feels layered, never preachy or on-the-nose |
| content-erosion | Content Erosion Protocol | Content Writing | Systematic draft-deepening for blogs, newsletters, articles | Any content draft that feels flat, rushed, or surface-level |
| theme-strategy | Theme-Driven Content Strategy | Content/Marketing | Content calendar governed by a thematic North Star | Planning content series, campaigns, or editorial calendars that feel unified |
| visual-copy | Visual Prose for Copy | Copywriting | Sensory-immersive copy for landing pages, emails, VSLs | Sales copy that needs to make readers feel, not just think |
| avatar-wallet | Psychology Wallet for Avatars | Marketing | Screenplay-depth audience avatars with telling details | Building ICPs and personas that feel like real humans, not demographics |
| hooks-forge | Memorable Hooks Forge | Social/Marketing | Hooks and lines engineered for cultural memorability | Creating hooks, headlines, or taglines that "stay in your soul" |
| ghost-elevation | Ghostwriter Elevation Protocol | Ghostwriting | Complete craft-elevation framework for ghostwritten content | Elevating ghostwritten work from competent to unmistakably premium |
| off-center-sales | Off-Center Sales Narrative | Copywriting | Sales copy where the pitch is never direct (displacement selling) | Writing sales narratives that persuade without the reader feeling sold to |
| fanciful-brand | Fanciful Realism for Brands | Marketing | Brand storytelling grounded in emotional truth, not literal accuracy | Brand narratives, origin stories, and positioning that move people |
| cinematic-email | Cinematic Email Sequences | Content/Marketing | Email sequences structured as episodes with visual prose openings | Email campaigns that feel like serialized storytelling, not drip marketing |
Quick Reference
Decision Framework: genius.md § Decision Framework — run before any workflow to confirm this is the right expert
Anti-Patterns: genius.md § Anti-Patterns — quality gate for all outputs (Eric Roth would-never-do list)
Voice DNA: genius.md § Voice DNA — load at Tier 2 for voice-accurate output
Genius Context: genius.md — load before any workflow
Cross-Domain Patterns: references/cross-domain-patterns.md — 14 patterns adapted for non-screenplay writing
Screenwriting Companion: ../eric-roth-screenwriting-mastery/SKILL.md — original 12 screenplay workflows
Stacking Guide
| Stack With | What You Get |
|---|---|
| Nicolas Cole | Immersive sentence craft — Roth's sensory prose + Cole's rhythm mechanics |
| Mitch Albom | Literary emotional architecture deployed at social/content scale |
| Lara Acosta | LinkedIn content with cinematic subtext and thematic unity |
| Cardinal Mason | Sales copy with off-center elegance instead of aggressive persuasion |
| Kallaway | Content strategy with thematic coherence across campaigns |
| Ward Farnsworth | Classical rhetoric layered with visual prose cinematography |
| Steven Pressfield | Narrative physics + Roth's erosion discipline for long-form craft |