- Chapter drafts must be preceded by a mandatory 'PASS 0 — BIBLE & CONTINUITY CHECK' documenting protagonist details, world rules, chapter summary, emotional beat, closing hook, and prior chapter ending. - Standard Practice: Initiate novel chapters with a Bible & Continuity Check, followed by a detailed Chapter Plan specifying POV, first line, emotional arc, and closing hook. - Policy: Spawn three specialized editorial review tasks (developmental, line, continuity) immediately after chapter creation, followed by a dependent roundtable consensus task, prior to polish. - Standard Practice: Each fiction chapter begins with a Bible & Continuity Check, including outline/character bible review, previous chapter ending quote, and detailed chapter planning (POV, first line, emotional arc, goal). - Standard Practice: Lead author drafts chapter and spawns three specialized editorial review tasks (Structural, Prose, Character) with a dependent Roundtable synthesis before polish. - Standard Practice: Precede each novel chapter with a Bible & Continuity Check and detailed Chapter Plan. - Policy: Lead authors produce raw chapters and immediately spawn parallel editorial review tasks for three specialized editors (developmental, line, continuity) plus roundtable debate before final polish.