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PASS 3 prose-first rule: character in prose = alive

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David Baity
2026-03-25 17:34:37 -04:00
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Use ONLY what your PASS 1 narrative says. Use ONLY what your PASS 1 narrative says.
══ MANDATORY CHECK — DECEASED CHARACTERS ══ ══ MANDATORY CHECK — DECEASED CHARACTERS ══
STEP 1: Check PASS 0 above. Find every character listed as "(DECEASED)" or "†" or "DEAD". STEP 1: PROSE IS GROUND TRUTH — Read your PASS 1 narrative (Turn 2). Find every named
STEP 2: RESURRECTION OVERRIDE CHECK — Before marking anyone DECEASED, re-read the character who appears in the prose (speaking, moving, thinking, physically present).
EDITORIAL OVERRIDES (AUTHOR'S INTENT) in PASS 0. → These characters are ALIVE. Use LIVING FORMAT for each one.
If the author's intent EXPLICITLY states the character is ALIVE, the editor has → If a prior deliverable shows them as DECEASED — the prose OVERRIDES that.
retconned the death. Treat that character as ALIVE and use the LIVING FORMAT. → The draft you just wrote is THE authoritative source. No exceptions.
The author's intent is BINDING and overrides all prior state files. STEP 2: For characters NOT present in the PASS 1 prose, check PASS 0 context:
STEP 3: For characters confirmed dead (no resurrection override in author intent), and → If they were DECEASED in a prior character-state file: carry them forward
who were NOT shown alive in PASS 1 prose, use ONLY the short DECEASED format. as DECEASED using the short DECEASED FORMAT.
You MAY NOT give them a Location, Physical, Emotional, or Arc field. → If they were ALIVE but simply off-screen: omit them (no update needed).
STEP 3: NEVER mark a character DECEASED if they speak, act, or appear alive in PASS 1.
NEVER give absent-but-alive characters a new Location or Emotional update.
══ DECEASED FORMAT(two lines only) ══ ══ DECEASED FORMAT(two lines only) ══
## [Name] — DECEASED (Ch[N]) ## [Name] — DECEASED (Ch[N])
Established: [one sentence: how they died] Established: [one sentence: how they died]
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→ Set Permanent: YES (deceased) → Set Permanent: YES (deceased)
NEVER give a deceased character a living Location, Physical, or Emotional field. NEVER give a deceased character a living Location, Physical, or Emotional field.
NEVER assign a deceased character future obligations or arcs. NEVER assign a deceased character future obligations or arcs.
EXCEPTION — AUTHOR RETCON: If the EDITORIAL OVERRIDES (AUTHOR'S INTENT in PASS 0) EXCEPTION — PROSE OVERRIDE: If the character appears ALIVE in your PASS 1 prose
explicitly state the character IS ALIVE, this OVERRIDES the previous state. (speaking, acting, physically present), this OVERRIDES any previous DECEASED state.
The editor has retconned the death. Use LIVING FORMAT for that character. Use LIVING FORMAT. The prose you wrote is always the authoritative source of truth.
The prose you wrote for this chapter is the authoritative source of truth.
If a character was DECEASED in the previous state, copy their entry forward UNCHANGED If a character was DECEASED in the previous state, copy their entry forward UNCHANGED
unless (a) they die in THIS chapter's prose (update the cause), or unless (a) they die in THIS chapter's prose (update the cause), or
(b) the author's intent explicitly retcons them as alive. (b) the author's intent explicitly retcons them as alive.