1914 practice (Phillips): the phrases 'logic of motive' and 'motivation' do not occur in the book (0 hits in the whole file), but 'logical' occurs 25 times. His logic is a chain of consequence. Sequence is consequence, the first scene holds a definite cause, every scene must step the plot...

1914 practice (Phillips): the phrases 'logic of motive' and 'motivation' do not occur in the book (0 hits in the whole file), but 'logical' occurs 25 times. His logic is a chain of consequence. Sequence is consequence, the first scene holds a definite cause, every scene must step the plot forward and contribute to the climax or have no reason to be in the play, an isolated 'episode' is excluded, and time order secures the link between scenes. 'Motive' means the underlying emotional meaning of each prominent action, running as cumulative insinuation from the first scene to the climax; the sequence follows the line of the motive and departs from it only to create suspense. This gives a scene-by-scene audit (what cause does this scene follow, what motive does the action express, what does it add to the climax). The nearest Archer counterpart reported elsewhere is his rule that action should come from volition and character; his 'Logic' chapter concerns something else. Phillips's coincidence rule is covered in C3-B163-S34 and not repeated. Curator qualifications: Phillips' consequence-chain logic and contribution test verified via excerpts. Count correction: the producer's 'logical occurs 25 times' is a substring count that includes psychological/chronological; the word 'logical' occurs 15 times. The point (no 'logic of motive' phrase; logic as cause-effect chain) is unchanged. F4: 'logical' 15 as a word (17 with 'logically'); 25 is the substring count incl. psychological/chronological. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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