# Chapter N: Chapter title

> **Book**: Title
> **POV / tense**: first person past / third limited
> **Target**: ~3,000 words
> **Status**: Draft 1

## Chapter outline

- **Opening**: where the chapter starts, scene, mood
- **Turn**: the complication or reveal
- **Close**: the hook into the next chapter

## Draft

Chapter text goes here. Write the scene.

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## Author notes

- Continuity: detail to keep consistent with chapter N-1
- Foreshadowing planted: what this sets up
- Open threads: what must be resolved later

## Revision checklist

- [ ] Scene goal is clear
- [ ] POV consistent
- [ ] Sensory detail in every scene
- [ ] Chapter ends on forward momentum
- [ ] Cut throat-clearing opening