# What check can an agent run on a scenario or outline to see whether each scene and character has its proper weight, using only Sargent's Chapter XLVII rules?

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Agent check, labelled 1916 practice plus a proposal. Eight steps, each tied to a Ch. XLVII rule: (1) rate every scene and personage on intensity and story bearing; (2) list what is emphasised and what payoff pays for it; (3) flag prominent items with no proportional result; (4) flag pivotal items that are not noticed and build them up; (5) check each action has an aim and result; (6) check figures' emphasis follows plot connection and plant late-needed figures early; (7) check villain/hero business is not coaxing; (8) compare total emphasis to value ('and no more'). Sargent supplies the rules; the order, the ledger form and every proxy are mine, and he gives no scoring scale or test.

Agent check, labelled 1916 practice plus a proposal. Eight steps, each tied to a Ch. XLVII rule: (1) rate every scene and personage on intensity and story bearing; (2) list what is emphasised and what payoff pays for it; (3) flag prominent items with no proportional result; (4) flag pivotal items that are not noticed and build them up; (5) check each action has an aim and result; (6) check figures' emphasis follows plot connection and plant late-needed figures early; (7) check villain/hero business is not coaxing; (8) compare total emphasis to value ('and no more'). Sargent supplies the rules; the order, the ledger form and every proxy are mine, and he gives no scoring scale or test.

Curator qualifications: Value and emphasis rules are verified as Sargent's text: the implied promise that prominence will pay off, emphasis methods, and character importance by plot connection. The bounded negatives hold on whole-word counts.

Evidence status: labelled proposal derived from the cited sources; untested; correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt",
      "note": "sar.flat (a3cff7eb) ch. XLVII offsets per candidate"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [proposal] Agent check, labelled 1916 practice plus a proposal. Eight steps, each tied to a Ch. XLVII rule: (1) rate every scene and personage on intensity and story bearing; (2) list what is emphasised and what payoff pays for it; (3) flag prominent items with no proportional result; (4) flag pivotal items that are not noticed and build them up; (5) check each action has an aim and result; (6) check figures' emphasis follows plot connection and plant late-needed figures early; (7) check villain/hero business is not coaxing; (8) compare total emphasis to value ('and no more'). Sargent supplies the rules; the order, the ledger form and every proxy are mine, and he gives no scoring scale or test. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) ch. XLVII offsets per candidate · source: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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