AGENT CHECK (1916 practice and a proposal): what checklist can an agent run on a draft story idea using only what Sargent (1916, Ch. VII-VIII) prescribes, and what does the checklist not cover?
1916 practice and a proposal. Six checks follow from Sargent's Ch. VII-VIII statements: (1) does the idea add to or change its source fact; (2) is the addition convincing, not only unusual; (3) is each ingredient traceable to stored reading or observation; (4) was recall tried before sources were consulted; (5) are notes used to prompt, not to supply the plot; (6) if the idea is known to be used, has a factor been altered. Check order, thresholds and the provenance log are my synthesis, not Sargent's. The checklist does not cover rights, unconscious copying or market fit.
1916 practice and a proposal. Six checks follow from Sargent's Ch. VII-VIII statements: (1) does the idea add to or change its source fact; (2) is the addition convincing, not only unusual; (3) is each ingredient traceable to stored reading or observation; (4) was recall tried before sources were consulted; (5) are notes used to prompt, not to supply the plot; (6) if the idea is known to be used, has a factor been altered. Check order, thresholds and the provenance log are my synthesis, not Sargent's. The checklist does not cover rights, unconscious copying or market fit.
Curator qualifications: Checks 1-6 trace to verified statements; order, thresholds and provenance log are worker synthesis, labelled.
Evidence status: labelled proposal derived from the cited sources; untested; correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.
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- [proposal] 1916 practice and a proposal. Six checks follow from Sargent's Ch. VII-VIII statements: (1) does the idea add to or change its source fact; (2) is the addition convincing, not only unusual; (3) is each ingredient traceable to stored reading or observation; (4) was recall tried before sources were consulted; (5) are notes used to prompt, not to supply the plot; (6) if the idea is known to be used, has a factor been altered. Check order, thresholds and the provenance log are my synthesis, not Sargent's. The checklist does not cover rights, unconscious copying or market fit. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.flat[56358:75899] (Ch. VII start to Ch. VIII end) source
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