# Creative Context Proof

This proof shows how one craft decision travels through the core writing loop.

## Scenario

The writer is planning chapter 4 of a novel. During discussion, they decide that Mara should stay emotionally guarded, but the room should feel colder after the argument.

## Discuss artifact

`.manuscript/4-CONTEXT.md`

```markdown
## Craft Notes

- CHOICE: Keep chapter 4 close third from Mara's point of view.
- HUNCH: Let the room feel colder after the argument without explaining why.
- QUESTION: Non-blocking: does Elias notice Mara hiding the letter?
- WATCHPOINT: Preserve Mara's clipped dialogue when she is afraid.
```

## Plan artifact

`.manuscript/plans/4-1-PLAN.md`

```markdown
## Craft Notes

- CHOICE: Close third remains with Mara for the whole scene.
- HUNCH: After the argument, use sensory cold in the room as pressure rather than explanation.
- QUESTION: Non-blocking: Elias may notice the gesture, but the draft should keep his certainty ambiguous.
- WATCHPOINT: Mara's dialogue stays short, evasive, and controlled.
```

## Draft behavior

The drafter receives the plan in fresh context, with `STYLE-GUIDE.md` loaded first. The draft may use colder sensory detail and clipped dialogue, but it does not include `CHOICE`, `HUNCH`, `QUESTION`, or `WATCHPOINT` labels in the prose.

## Review artifact

`.manuscript/reviews/4-REVIEW.md`

```markdown
## Craft Notes Follow-Up

- CHOICE: Held. The scene stays in Mara's close third point of view.
- HUNCH: Worked. The cold room pressure sharpened the argument without overexplaining it.
- QUESTION: Resolved enough for now. Elias notices the gesture, but the draft leaves his interpretation open.
- WATCHPOINT: Preserved. Mara's dialogue remains clipped under stress.
```

## Blended character and subject artifact

Character-based scenes can also carry subject movement. In this example, the scene tracks Mara's persona and the changing meaning of the forged letter.

`.manuscript/plans/4-1-PLAN.md`

```markdown
## Character Persona Notes

- Mara becomes still and terse when she lies.
- Elias makes Mara defensive because he notices what she wants hidden.
- WATCHPOINT: Preserve the power shift when Elias sees her hand move toward the letter.

## Subject Dynamics Notes

- Active subject: the forged letter.
- Reader starts here: the letter feels like proof Mara can control.
- Reader should move toward: the letter feels like a burden that controls the room.
- Pressure or friction: evidence vs. guilt.
- Interaction pattern: object vs. meaning. The same paper changes emotional weight because Elias notices it.
- WATCHPOINT: Let the letter's meaning shift through behavior and staging, not explanation.
```

The draft should show Mara's body language and the letter's changed pressure at the same time. It should not label either layer in the prose.

## What this proves

Creative Context improves memory without making the manuscript procedural. Labels live in planning and review artifacts. Character behavior, subject movement, and reader-state movement can travel together. The prose remains prose.