# Do non-three-act structures (kishotenketsu etc.) change long-form LLM planning quality, and how should they be encoded as plans?

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- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:07.302Z
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Outline-driven systems such as DOC and Re3 implicitly assume a goal-conflict-resolution plan. Can a four-part kishotenketsu or other non-conflict structure be encoded as an outline schema an agent can draft against and check, and does it produce different or worse coherence?

Why this is still open: The long-story generation papers read evaluate Western-style plots; no source read tests alternative structures.

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