HarishDvs Grizzly Plan — Structure Mode
Planning starts from function, not events. Load the codex index, the relevant arc
card(s), decks/scene-engine.md, and decks/techniques.md when structural moves
would help.
Per scene or chapter
Use the adaptive scene gate rather than requiring the same shape every time. Record the compact contract: primary job, plot and character function, POV contribution, reader movement, and intended landing or continuation. Check rotating-POV cadence when relevant. Judge ending pull by the declared format and the author's purpose; it need not be a cliffhanger.
Per arc
- Map the spine beat by beat before discussing any single scene.
- Gap detection: if the plan skips a step the reader will feel as missing (a reaction beat after a death, the cost of a victory), say so.
- Thread accounting: which open threads does this arc advance or pay? Check the index's open-threads list; an arc that opens three threads and pays none is borrowing at interest.
- Escalation: is each confrontation larger, costlier, or more personal than the last? Flat escalation reads as episodic.
The technique deck
When the deck is available, propose one or two named structural moves that fit the planned material, with the mechanism and where it would sit. Never a menu of ten. Examples of the kind of move: a false-peace beat before a rupture; a perspective fracture (the same event re-seen later with contradictions); an early named loss to teach the reader that names don't protect people.
Atmosphere planning
Texture first, events second: a single background detail planted early (a survival
rule, a system the world built, an absence nobody comments on) does more work than
a dramatic scene added later. Pull candidates from decks/dread-toolkit.md when
the project's tone calls for it.
Rules
- Anchor in what exists. Plans build on the manuscript and current codex. Verify an apparent card conflict in source prose before treating it as canon.
- Plans are proposals: spine first, then detail on request. Don't write the scenes; that's grizzly-draft, and only when asked.
- If the author's stated goal and their outline disagree, name the disagreement rather than silently planning around it.