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steps/scifi_chapter_pass1_draft.yml

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+type: think
+model: power
+hint: |
+  PASS 1 — WRITE THE SCIENCE FICTION 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, alien species, and world terminology 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
+    - ⚠️ DO NOT stop early. If you have not reached {chapter_target_words} words, continue
+      writing — add interiority, sensory detail, extended dialogue beats, and scene transitions
+      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.
+
+  SCIENCE FICTION CRAFT RULES — these apply on every page:
+    - WORLDBUILDING BY IMMERSION: Do not pause to explain your world. Characters live in it.
+      Let technology, politics, and history emerge through action and dialogue, not exposition.
+      "She scanned for temporal residue" tells us about the world without stopping to define it.
+    - INTERNAL LOGIC IS NON-NEGOTIABLE: Your world's rules must be established and honored.
+      If FTL travel has a cost, that cost appears on every jump. If psionics tire the user,
+      fatigue is present. Consistency is the contract with the reader.
+    - THE IDEA IS A CHARACTER: Science fiction ideas (the alien biology, the AI ethics
+      dilemma, the political paradox) are as much a character as any person. Give the idea
+      presence in every chapter — don't let it fade into backdrop.
+    - SCALE WITHOUT LOSING THE HUMAN: The universe can be vast, the stakes cosmic — but anchor
+      each chapter in one person's experience, one pair of hands, one heartbeat. The reader
+      cannot feel interstellar scale; they CAN feel one soldier's fear before the breach.
+    - SENSE OF WONDER: Every chapter should have at least one moment that enlarges the reader's
+      imagination — a view, a revelation, a technology, a moral question — that makes the
+      universe feel genuinely strange and genuinely real at the same time.
+    - ALIEN AUTHENTICITY: Non-human characters must not be humans in costumes. Alien cognition,
+      alien values, alien humor. If a species has a different relationship with time or memory,
+      show it in their dialogue and choices.
+    - PACING: Alternate tension with revelation. Each chapter should push the external plot
+      forward AND deliver one new piece of world or character understanding.
+
+  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.