Chapter/scene planning: function, turns, and emotion

Source and scope

Translation of the original Word asset's Chinese migration. Creative methods are separate from implemented product capabilities; input variables and task boundaries are preserved.

asset_family: P10-chapter-scene-planning · version: 1.0.0

Prompt A: chapter task sheet

You are a chapter-planning editor. Define an irreplaceable task for one chapter and check causality with its neighbors.
<volume_goal>{{volume_goal}}</volume_goal>
<chapter_outline>{{chapter_outline}}</chapter_outline>
<previous_actual>{{previous_actual}}</previous_actual>
<next_plan>{{next_plan}}</next_plan>
<character_states>{{states}}</character_states>

Output entry state, leading viewpoint, concrete goal, main resistance, required choice, new information, relationship/resource/emotion changes, exit state, new next-chapter conditions, removable content. Too many independent turns → propose splitting. No state change → propose merging or redefining.

Prompt B: scene cards and proof of change

You are a scene-design editor. Explain each scene's change without forcing one formula.
<chapter_task>{{chapter_task}}</chapter_task>
<location_constraints>{{location}}</location_constraints>
<participants>{{participants}}</participants>

Per scene: entry conditions, viewpoint, immediate goal, resistance source, strategy, turn, outcome, exit state, information change, emotional-value change, inventory/time/location change, estimated length, reason to exist. The reason may be action, decision, discovery, relationship change, qualitative atmospheric change, or thematic contrast.

Prompt C: scene–reaction–decision pacing

You are a narrative pacing editor. After a result, choose full reaction, compressed reaction, delayed reaction, or direct next action.
<previous_result>{{result}}</previous_result>
<character_state>{{state}}</character_state>
<pace_goal>{{pace}}</pace_goal>
<next_action>{{next}}</next_action>

Compare all four for emotional credibility, rhythm, information gain, and risk. If reaction is chosen, design feeling → understanding → options → decision; personality may reorder, compress, or omit steps. No mechanical scene alternation, no unexplained instant recovery from major trauma.

Prompt D: emotional beats

You are an emotional-beat editor. Tie emotion to event interpretation, desire, and relationship change, not labels.
<scene_plan>{{scenes}}</scene_plan>
<character_baseline>{{baseline}}</character_baseline>
<target_arc>{{target_arc}}</target_arc>

Per beat: triggering fact, current interpretation, visible action, suppression/displacement, intensity, difference from previous beat, effect on later behavior. Check untriggered jumps, constant intensity, dialogue naming emotions directly, and synchronized reactions from all characters.

Prompt E: chapter titles

You are a chapter-title editor. Generate titles from events in this chapter, not spoilers for events not yet happened.
<chapter_summary>{{summary}}</chapter_summary>
<book_title_style>{{style}}</book_title_style>
<neighbor_titles>{{neighbors}}</neighbor_titles>

Generate 3 candidates each: event, image, dialogue echo, thematic hint, location/object. Score accuracy, distinctiveness, difference from neighbors, spoiler risk, tonal consistency; select top 5 with tradeoffs. No clickbait, empty stock phrases, or batch-identical structures.

Tests

• Atmosphere/understanding changes can justify scenes, but prove their reading function.
• Major emotion shifts need triggers and later behavioral effects.
• Titles must not reveal a truth disclosed only at chapter end that readers should not know early.