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He warns that too much causality drains characters (Hardy, E15-E16), that plot and character trade off (E17, E18), that plots tend to be wound up weakly at the end (E19), and that the Gide passage he reports rejects prearrangement altogether (E21, E22, E25). So the checks below are conditional on the outline's declared mode and have no source-backed pass mark.","status":"active","body":{"text":"1927 criticism turned into checks (the checks are this worker's synthesis; Forster offers none by name). From Forster: a time-ordered series invites 'and then?' (E1, E2, E8-E10) while a causal plot invites 'why?', so each link in an outline can be tested for whether it states a cause. A withheld cause is legitimate when it is revealed later and the reader could remember what is needed (E3, E4, E6, E7). Forster also separates modes: a story-teller like Scott may leave ragged ends and need not 'hammer away at cause and effect' (E11-E13), whereas a plot-maker may not leave loose ends (E6, E12). He warns that too much causality drains characters (Hardy, E15-E16), that plot and character trade off (E17, E18), that plots tend to be wound up weakly at the end (E19), and that the Gide passage he reports rejects prearrangement altogether (E21, E22, E25). So the checks below are conditional on the outline's declared mode and have no source-backed pass mark.\n\nCurator qualifications: Forster passages located (25/25); the and-then/why outline checks and pass marks are the producer's synthesis, as labelled. Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary.\n\nLimitations: [component_reuse_restriction] Forster, Aspects of the Novel (1927), Project Gutenberg #70492; sibling pin discovery/cycle3/story/C3-B002-S2/work/pg70492.txt (51c3422e); all 69 excerpts located. Rights: US public domain per Gutenberg (1927 publication); the header tells non-US users to check local law, and the author died in 1970, so the text is likely still in copyright in many countries. Quote briefly.\n\nEvidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70492/pg70492.txt","note":"candidate evidence excerpts"}]},"categories":["T01"],"tags":[],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"source_inspected","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70492/pg70492.txt","claim":"1927 criticism turned into checks (the checks are this worker's synthesis; Forster offers none by name). From Forster: a time-ordered series invites 'and then?' 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