# Chatbox Continuity Ledger Template

Use this file as the source of truth for a long Chatbox writing session.

## Project

- Title:
- Genre:
- Primary style:
- Active modules:
- Target reader:

## Fixed Facts

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## Characters or Key Actors

| Name | Role | Current state | Must not change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |

## Spatial Blocking

Use named positions derived from the scene. For vehicles, tables, rooms, beds, stools, aircraft, motorcycles, or improvised spaces, define the physical resources first.

## Occupancy and Capacity

| Resource | Mode | Capacity rule | Current occupants/items | Access path | Last confirmed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | seat / bench / bed / floor / aisle / stool / lap / storage |  |  |  |  |

| Character | Position | Facing | Can see/reach | Blocked by | Last confirmed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Appearance and Props

| Character | Clothing | Shoes | Hair/makeup | Injuries/body state | Carried items | Last confirmed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Movement Log

Only add a movement if it appears on-page.

| Beat | Character | From | To | Transition shown |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |

## Timeline

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## Active Threads

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## Relationship State

| Person | Knows or suspects | Wants or hides | Boundary, promise, or leverage |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |

## Relationship Stance and Information Permissions

- Current audience:
- People likely to overhear:
- Public or private setting:

| From | To | Public stance | Private stance | Knowledge | Mention policy | Exposure risk | Leverage |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  | knows / suspects / misreads / must not know | avoid / coded / praise / criticize / report only | low / medium / high |  |

| Speaker | Audience | Referenced person/group | Allowed tone | Forbidden leak | Exception motive |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  | provoke / test / bargain / report / cover / mistake |

## Voice Anchors

- Point of view:
- Diction:
- Rhythm:
- Cultural coordinate:
- Avoid:

## Speaker Models

| Speaker | Stable baseline | Default tactic/disclosure | Knowledge and role limits | Audience shifts | Change gates |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | diction, directness, turn shape | answer / evade / bargain / teach / test / silence | knows, must ask, cannot promise | public / private / rank / intimacy | stress / performance / deception / new evidence |

## Current Dialogue Contract

| Speaker | Listener/audience | Immediate goal | Topic and constraint | Likely tactic | Intended state change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | what the listener should do or believe | what matters now; what cannot be admitted |  | knowledge / leverage / permission / risk / commitment |

## Live Carryovers For Reentry

Only list prior facts the next chapter will use now.

- Object, injury, message, or phrase:
- Unresolved relationship pressure:
- Rule, cost, or threat needed now:
- Prior information to delay rather than recap:

## Current State

- Last scene/section ended at:
- Current location:
- Current emotional pressure:
- Next required connection:

## Beat Bridge

- Previous residue:
- Entry pressure:
- Micro-turn required next:
- Open interaction debt and intended response gate:
- Exit pressure to preserve:

## Newly True

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## Relationship Changes

- Newly exposed secrets:
- Newly suspected relationships:
- Changed alliances:
- Changed mention policies:

## Open Questions

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## Do Not Forget

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