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- Read the file "<NOVEL_PATH_MD>" and add to the context of this thread. This is a novel written in chapters and there are chapter delineations present throughout.
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- All the chapter Summary sections are notes for use by the editors and will not be making it into the final product. There is no need to update them at any point as they will be removed from the final product. do you understand?
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-I am going to be implementing editor notes with your assistance. I am going to post a note from the editor to you. I want you to plan how best to implement with me. And then later on make the updates once we agree. make sure you save your edits to the .md file. do you understand?
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-we are going to work through section 1. i need you to loop through each of the items in this section. for each item, create a plan to resolve the issue. validate that this is the best plan. then state what you will be doing and execute your plan. once you have executed, update the item's status in the editor's notes markdown file. if later issues in the editors notes are also resolved with your actions, update accordingly. then move on to the next item. do this for all items in the section.
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* Editors note one at a time
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- We are going to switch to a review phase now. Please read and review this new version of the novel. make no changes. Please read the editors notes file. Many of the items are already marked as done. Some of them are redudandant because of our changes. please update each section of the editors notes document based on the current state of the novel. do not delete any section, we are just updating the sections in place. for each section, also make sure the content is accurate for this version of the novel. if things are called out as needing to be fixed and they already are, just mark them as fixed. dont delete. It is also important to keep the pacing and tention heatmap, just update it for the current read through. Given your new read through of this version of the novel, if there are new items that should be resolved add them to a new section at the bottom of the editors notes document. we will address them next. Our target is to make this a 9.5/10 novel.
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* Resolve weaknesses one at a time
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- we are now going to start adding sections to the editors notes markdown document of things that should be corrected in the next phase of edits. make sure you have an up to date context of the novel in its current form. our target is to make this a 9.5 / 10 book. in this new section , document the items you noted above that still need to be addressed. also create recomendations.
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- Character Voice Differentiation
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Each POV character should think in a distinct internal language shaped by their backgroundand expertise. Currently all characters share the same literary-metaphorical register.
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Each POV character should think in a distinct internal language shaped by their background, demographics and expertise. A 16 year old should think and talk like a 16 year old. An old man should think and talk like an old man. Look through the novel and find any dialog that doesnt match the speaking character. create a plan to update these voices and add that to a new section in the editors notes markdown file.
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- Dialogue Naturalization
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Make sure the current dialogue isnt too clean, too functional, too information-delivery. Characters sometimes have incomplete thoughts, don't always speak in well-formed sentences, and sometimes rarely interrupt each other or themselves. make sure the dialog in the novel reads this way
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Make sure the current dialogue isnt too clean, too functional, too information-delivery. Characters sometimes have incomplete thoughts, don't always speak in well-formed sentences, and sometimes rarely interrupt each other or themselves. make sure the dialog in the novel reads this way. create a plan to update these voices and add that to a new section in the editors notes markdown file.
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- Humor, Strangeness, and the Unexpected
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Real characters deflect, joke badly, notice irrelevant things, and occasionally do something that doesn't serve the plot. create a plan to inject these odities throughout the novel. 1-2 oddities per chapter.
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- Prose Texture Variation
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Make sure the prose has a varying literary density throughout. It should breathe -- denser in reflective moments, sparser in action, occasionally raw or clumsy when characters are overwhelmed.
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Make sure the prose has a varying literary density throughout. It should breathe -- denser in reflective moments, sparser in action, occasionally raw or clumsy when characters are overwhelmed. create a plan to update the prose and add that to a new section in the editors notes markdown file.
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- metaphors
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Make sure the text doesn't go overboard with metaphors. create a plan to remove uneeded ones.
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Make sure the text doesn't go overboard with metaphors. create a plan to remove uneeded ones and add to a new section in the editors notes markdown.
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- we are now going to work through the new sections. start with section 11. i need you to loop through each of the items in this section. for each item, create a plan to resolve the issue. validate that this is the best plan. then state what you will be doing and execute your plan. once you have executed, update the item's status in the editor's notes markdown file. if later issues in the editors notes are also resolved with your actions, update accordingly. then move on to the next item. do this for all items in the section. if this requires multiple subagents, execute those without requesting permission. our goal is to make this novel a 9.5/10 novel.
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* Resolve weaknesses one at a time
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- Please do a light copy-edit pass targeting prose repetitions. Also remove unneeded dashes, em-dashes and hyphens.
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