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outlinecontinuous· 1
charactersdiscrete· 9
researchdiscrete· 5
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the manuscript is one continuous doc. the outline is its own. notes stay discrete beside them.
a writing day
2026-02-11 · rewrite the ferry scene
the fog comes in like a decision she cannot unmake. miriam does not look back at the shore. that is the whole book in one gesture. i think this is the line.
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"she does not look back at the shore." the thesis gesture.
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the highlights reel
memory · pins · the novel · 12
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text"she does not look back at the shore"↻ ↓ ×
the thesis gesture. ch.1 closes on it; ch.14 might. her arc is the refusal to turn around.
textmiriam goes flat when she lies↻ ↓ ×
her only tell. the reader learns it in ch.3 and catches her with it in ch.11.
timelinethe year the book spans↻ ↓ ×
marchshe arrives on the island
junethe ferry, and the choice
novemberthe return she refuses
blocksrevision pass: ch.9↻ ↓ ×
✓land the ferry callback
✓cut the rain
fix miriam's tell
tighten the opening
blocksthreads to resolve↻ ↓ ×
•does the fog return in ch.12?
•miriam's mother: keep or cut? one scene in ch.3, never again.
•cut the second ferry crossing?
📎 fileferry crossing, 1890s.jpg↻ ↓ ×
iron railings, lantern light through fog. the railing is her last handhold before she turns.
pin × trail. every keeper line, beat, and reference in one view.