Continue your unfinished novel with AI: import into Oh Story

Example

ORIGINAL EDITORIAL EXAMPLE — Harbor Radio An original reading and handoff exercise written for this guide; the editors wrote every request and passage below by hand. It assumes an author-owned, complete chapter 1–20 manuscript. Only the relevant excerpts are shown here; the real import source is the complete manuscript. All /ABS paths are placeholders for real files in your own environment.

Source boundary: /ABS/harbor-radio/complete-chapters.md — accepted chapters 1–20 only. /ABS/harbor-radio/alternatives/ch21-unused.md — an old, unaccepted opening, excluded. The author chooses NOT to retain that alternate opening. No chapter 21 prose file is present in the imported book in this example. If a real project keeps a partial chapter, send a revision/completion request for that existing file.

Accepted chapter 18 promise: “When we stop work this time, I’ll leave with you,” Lin Zhou told Chen Yu.

Chapter 19 evidence and confirmed information boundary: The manuscript shows Lin Zhou finding a red notebook and hiding it in his inside pocket. The reader has seen it. The author confirms that Chen Yu has not learned about it by the end of chapter 20. Who changed the broadcast log remains unresolved for the reader, and this exercise leaves that identity open as well.

Accepted chapter 20 ending, at 20:10 in the old radio room: “At twenty-forty, the causeway closes,” Chen Yu said. She set the torch beside the toolbox. “I can wait another half hour.” Lin Zhou felt the hard corner of the red notebook through his inside pocket. “One more try.” He turned the lamp toward the open receiver.

What the import handoff can preserve: - Both characters are still in the radio room. The receiver has not been repaired. - Lin has the notebook; Chen does not know about it. Reader knowledge stays separate from character knowledge. - Lin has promised to leave with Chen when they stop work; they have not left yet. - He has already committed to one more attempt. The next scene carries that attempt forward; “Will he try?” is already answered. - Chen has stated a time limit. Whether the repair succeeds, when they leave and how the conflicts between them settle all remain open.

A reconstruction mistake — a deliberately authored counterexample: Suppose the imported handoff already reports the following as established history: “The receiver finally worked. Chen Yu opened his red notebook and pointed to the culprit’s name. By morning they had all the answers, and nothing stood between them anymore.” This is wrong as the imported chapter-20 state: the attempt is unfinished, Chen has neither the notebook nor that knowledge, and the next morning is outside the stated cutoff. It also turns a local promise into complete reconciliation. Those events belong in a proposal for the future, outside the history and intention recovered from chapters 1–20.

What the author NOW chooses — a future plan, kept apart from imported history: Chapter 21 is about leaving an unfinished task without abandoning a promise to another person. The extra attempt will fail. Chen prepares her own things but does not pack Lin’s for him. Lin stops, packs the still-unrepaired receiver and leaves with her before her stated deadline. The notebook stays in his pocket; its contents and the person who changed the log are not revealed here. This is one chosen direction; the source leaves room for other valid readings. Do not turn the choice into a romance, permanent trust or an explanation of Chen’s private feelings unless the author separately establishes those things.

Why the intention belongs in the plan: A different author could choose a successful repair and the cost of staying. The accepted chapter 20 alone cannot choose between those futures. Here, the author’s decision governs chapter 21; it must not be backfilled as “the receiver failed and they left” in the imported chapter-20 checkpoint before the new scene has been written.

Suggested import request, after the host setup described above: /story-import Import only /ABS/harbor-radio/complete-chapters.md as a continuable long-form project. Chapters 1–20 are complete; the book is unfinished. Do not import the excluded alternate opening, rewrite old prose, or turn my future chapter-21 decision into past events. Before migration, show the detected chapter range and any candidate volume divisions that require my choice. Leave unsupported reconstruction fields uncertain. Complete the declared import workflow, but do not write chapter 21 in this request.

After reviewing the reconstructed project, make the next-chapter plan explicit: /story-long-write 补纲 Plan chapter 21 only; stop before prose. Keep chapter 20’s “one more try” decision. I approve the unsuccessful attempt, Lin packing the unrepaired receiver himself, and both characters leaving together before Chen’s stated deadline. Do not give Chen the notebook, reveal the person who changed the log or claim a complete reconciliation. Preserve chapters 1–20 and their established events. Treat this as a new plan; the historical record stays as it is. If the reconstructed outline points elsewhere, show the change before applying it.

After that plan is accepted, and no chapter 21 prose file exists: /story-long-write 写第21章 Write only chapter 21 from its approved blueprint, in Lin Zhou’s close third person with restrained dialogue. Carry through the extra attempt and the decision to stop, then show packing and leaving together. Keep the notebook in his pocket and Chen’s knowledge limited. Do not jump to the next morning, finish the repair off-page, or continue to chapter 22. If a chapter-21 file or incompatible project state is present, stop and report it; do not overwrite it. Report the actual changed files when the chapter is finished.

A candidate closing passage — original editorial prose for the last lines of the chapter: Static rose again. Lin Zhou turned the dial back. Chen Yu picked up her raincoat. She left the screwdriver beside his hand. “Still trying?” The notebook’s corner pressed against his ribs. “No. Let’s go.” He put the screwdriver into the box and closed the lid himself. A quarter of an hour remained before the time Chen had named. He lifted the unrepaired receiver and stepped outside with her.

This small ending enacts stopping, packing and leaving together. Whether Chen forgives him, whether they reach home and who changed the log all stay open. In a complete chapter, the attempted repair gets its own scene before this closing excerpt. Only after the approved chapter actually contains these events should the resulting continuity state advance. Judge the voice by reading this passage beside the last original chapters.