How to track what each character knows
Knowledge continuity asks a precise question: at this point in the story, what information could this character possess, and why do they believe it?
Create one entry per meaningful fact
For each secret or revelation, record the objective story fact, the characters who know it, the characters who believe a false version, and the scenes where those states change.
Record the information path
A character learns through observation, testimony, inference, memory, a document, or supernatural/technical access. The path matters because it controls how certain they should be and which details they can repeat accurately.
Audit dialogue and decisions
Review scenes where a secret drives action. Look for unexplained familiarity, premature names, impossible conclusions, and dialogue that assumes information never shared on the page.
Respect viewpoint and unreliable narration
Do not normalize every belief into omniscient canon. Point of view, deception, memory, and bias may require multiple versions of the same event. Report the knowledge-state mismatch, not merely the difference in wording.
Continue the editor workflow
Check knowledge across distant chapters
Surface possible knowledge conflicts with evidence, then evaluate the information path yourself.
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