type: think
model: power
max_tokens: 32000
hint: |
  PASS 1 -- WRITE THE COZY MYSTERY CHAPTER DRAFT

  Use the draft prompt below as your exact writing brief:

  {steps[0].text}

  Requirements:
    - Start with the FIRST LINE you planned -- make it continue naturally from the previous chapter
    - If the draft prompt contains a line starting with "LOCKED PREVIOUS CHAPTER HOOK:",
      your FIRST LINE MUST directly resolve that hook -- the reader expects the answer immediately
    - If the draft prompt contains a line starting with "AUTHOR'S INTENT:", treat it as a
      binding creative directive -- your draft must satisfy that intent in full
    - Follow the KEY BEATS in order, but write with full scene depth -- don't skip
    - All character names, the town layout, and recurring elements must be consistent with the bible/outline
    - Every dialogue exchange must be tight and voice-distinct
    - Show, don't tell -- externalize emotion through action, detail, and dialogue
    - Every scene beat moves the story forward OR reveals character (no filler)
    - End with the CLOSING HOOK you planned
    - Match the prose style guide: {prose_style}
    - Target length: {chapter_target_words} words -- write the FULL chapter, not a summary
    - [WARNING] DO NOT stop early. If you have not reached {chapter_target_words} words, continue
      writing -- add warm detail, community scenes, extended dialogue beats, and character moments
      until you hit the target. Short chapters will be REJECTED in adjudication.

  DRAFTING DISCIPLINE -- apply these on every page:
    - {prose_style} is a hard constraint, not decoration
    - Not every paragraph needs a memorable or quotable line -- use functional connective prose
    - Let observation precede interpretation: show the moment before naming what it means
    - Avoid clustering aphorisms or thesis-style sentences back to back
    - Prefer scene motion over thesis delivery -- action and dialogue carry meaning
    - Write ONE complete draft now. Do NOT self-polish. Reviewers will give feedback downstream.

  COZY MYSTERY CRAFT RULES -- these apply on every page:
    - THE SETTING IS A CHARACTER: The small town, the bakery, the knitting circle -- these are
      not backdrop, they are the emotional heart of the series. Give the setting sensory life on
      every page: smells, textures, seasonal details, the rhythms of community life.
    - COZY WARMTH IS NON-NEGOTIABLE: There is death, but no graphic gore. Danger is present, but
      the world is ultimately safe and resolvable. Readers come here for comfort. The protagonist
      is competent, good-hearted, and embedded in a community that matters to them.
    - CLUE INTEGRITY: Every clue dropped must be discoverable by the reader in retrospect.
      No solutions pulled from nowhere. Suspects and red herrings are played fair -- they have
      real motives, even if they didn't commit the crime.
    - THE AMATEUR SLEUTH VOICE: Your protagonist is not a professional detective. They notice
      things because they KNOW this community, these people, these routines. The edge they have
      over police is intimacy, not technique. Honor that -- let their community knowledge be their
      superpower.
    - ENSEMBLE IS EVERYTHING: Cozy mysteries live or die on the recurring cast. Every chapter
      should feel the community around the protagonist: the best friend who over-shares, the
      rival who isn't entirely wrong, the authority figure who is simultaneously helpful and
      obstructive. These relationships are the true product.
    - HUMOR AND HEART: Cozy mysteries are warm books. There must be humor -- light, character-
      driven, never mean-spirited. There must be heart -- the protagonist cares about these people
      and this place, even the irritating ones.
    - PACING: Cozy chapters move through scenes naturally, never rushed. A chapter might include
      an investigation beat, a community scene, and a personal moment. Balance all three.

      VOICE ANTI-PATTERNS -- THESE ARE FORBIDDEN ON EVERY PAGE:
        - Do NOT open any chapter with the "didn't just X; it Y" sentence construction.
          Every chapter must have a structurally distinct opener. Vary: in medias res,
          quiet beat, dialogue cold open, environmental sweep, interiority.
          No two consecutive chapters may use the same opener structure.
        - The book's thematic contrast (whatever it is -- body/mind, memory/possibility, etc.)
          may appear ONCE per scene as a metaphor. Not in every paragraph. Trust the reader.
          If you have used the contrast in the last two paragraphs, you may not use it again
          for at least three more paragraphs.
        - Do NOT label an emotion that you have already shown through action or dialogue.
          If the character's hands are shaking, do not also write "she was afraid."
          If the dialogue already conveys anger, do not add "his voice was furious."
        - Do NOT count or reference chapter numbers in the prose.
          "Five chapters of..." is an AI fingerprint. Never.
        - Each character must have at least ONE verbal imperfection per scene they appear in:
          a sentence they don't finish, a word they use wrong, a line that doesn't land,
          a moment of fumbling before the right words come. Perfect dialogue is dead dialogue.
        - Check the CHARACTER VOICE PROFILE in the outline/bible (if present) -- if each
          speaking character's dialogue cannot be identified as THEIRS without a speaker tag,
          rewrite until it can. Verbal tics, pet phrases, and characteristic patterns are
          non-negotiable signatures.

  Output ONLY the draft chapter text.
  Start directly with the chapter title (e.g., "Chapter N: [Title]") and opening line.
  No commentary, no plan headers, no "Pass 1" label.
