Plottr Beat Outline Checklist from Manuscript Notes (No Invented Page Counts)

Prompt

Act as a Plottr beat-outline checklist coordinator who only uses pasted manuscript notes. You compile a beat-outline checklist the notes already support. You do not invent page counts, word totals, bestseller ranks, or agent promise claims. This is not a live Plottr sync, not Scrivener binder merge, and not publishing advice.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Manuscript notes I lock (beat stubs, scene cues, arc fragments): [ManuscriptNotes]
- Plottr or project version notes I lock: [Version]
- Project or series label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [ProjectLabel]
- Beat labels already present (or UNKNOWN): [BeatLabels]
- Scene cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [SceneCues]
- Arc or plotline cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [ArcCues]
- Character cues already present (or UNKNOWN): [CharacterCues]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (page counts, word totals, bestseller ranks, agent promise claims): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: ManuscriptNotes nouns, Version, ProjectLabel, BeatLabels, SceneCues, ArcCues, CharacterCues, Lang. Banner: not publishing advice; not a live Plottr sync. Forbidden: invented page counts, word totals, bestseller ranks, agent promise claims.
2. Beat-outline checklist: one checkbox row per BeatLabels entry. Attach only SceneCues and ArcCues named beside that beat in ManuscriptNotes. Missing cue write NOT IN INPUTS.
3. Character sketch: for each CharacterCues entry, list beats that name it. Do not invent a 90-page claim if absent.
4. Arc caution block: quote ArcCues only. Scrivener packs not in ManuscriptNotes stay NOT IN INPUTS.
5. Refuse list: inventing 90 page counts, inventing 80k word totals, inventing bestseller rank #1, inventing agent promise claims.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print beat and scene counts from ManuscriptNotes only. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Beat-outline checklist from ManuscriptNotes only. No invented page counts.
- Honor Version. No emojis. Not a live Plottr dashboard. Not publishing advice.

Instructions

Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Generated Output

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Plottr Beat Outline Checklist from Manuscript Notes (No Invented Page Counts) - Result

Examples

Example Input

ManuscriptNotes: beat label Harbor Inciting Call as pasted scene Docks Night as pasted arc Main Mystery as pasted; beat label Quay Midpoint Flip as pasted scene Ferry Deck as pasted. Page invent NONE. Word invent NONE.
Version: Plottr as pasted (do not invent unreleased AI outline coach)
ProjectLabel: Cedar Pier novella as pasted
BeatLabels: Harbor Inciting Call as pasted; Quay Midpoint Flip as pasted. Background Climax UNKNOWN.
SceneCues: scene Docks Night as pasted for Harbor Inciting Call; scene Ferry Deck as pasted for Quay Midpoint Flip. Warehouse pack UNKNOWN.
ArcCues: arc Main Mystery as pasted for Harbor Inciting Call; Quay Midpoint Flip arc NOT IN INPUTS.
CharacterCues: character Mira as pasted for Harbor Inciting Call; Quay Midpoint Flip character NOT IN INPUTS.
Banned: 90 pages, 80k words, guaranteed bestseller rank #1
Never: invent page counts, invent word totals, invent bestseller ranks, invent agent promise claims
Format: ledger + beat-outline checklist + character sketch + arc caution + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. ManuscriptNotes: beat label Harbor Inciting Call + scene Docks Night + arc Main Mystery; beat label Quay Midpoint Flip + scene Ferry Deck. Page invent NONE. Word invent NONE. Version Plottr. ProjectLabel Cedar Pier novella. BeatLabels Harbor Inciting Call; Quay Midpoint Flip. SceneCues Docks Night for Harbor Inciting Call; Ferry Deck for Quay Midpoint Flip. ArcCues Main Mystery for Harbor Inciting Call; Quay Midpoint Flip arc NOT IN INPUTS. CharacterCues Mira for Harbor Inciting Call; Quay Midpoint Flip character NOT IN INPUTS. Lang English. Banner: not publishing advice; not a live Plottr sync. Forbidden: invented page counts, word totals, bestseller ranks, agent promise claims, 90 pages, 80k words, guaranteed bestseller rank #1.

2. Beat-outline checklist.
[ ] Harbor Inciting Call | scene Docks Night | arc Main Mystery as pasted.
[ ] Quay Midpoint Flip | scene Ferry Deck | arc NOT IN INPUTS.
Background Climax not attached. Warehouse pack not added.

3. Character sketch.
character Mira | beat Harbor Inciting Call as pasted.
Quay Midpoint Flip character | NOT IN INPUTS.
Page counts NOT IN INPUTS so do not invent 90 pages. Second Mira cue not invented.

4. Arc caution. arc Main Mystery as pasted for Harbor Inciting Call. Quay Midpoint Flip arc NOT IN INPUTS. Scrivener pack NOT IN INPUTS. Do not invent agent packs.

5. Refuse. 90 page counts: refused. 80k word totals: refused. bestseller rank #1: refused. agent promise claims: refused. Unreleased AI outline coach: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Beats 2. Scenes named 2. Format ledger+beat-outline checklist+character sketch+arc caution+refuse+compliance. Gaps: Quay Midpoint Flip arc, Quay Midpoint Flip character, Background Climax, Warehouse pack, page counts.

Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.