Description
Return remaining and unreserved chapter words.
Story planning separates the order of telling from fictional chronology, continuity records and practical writing budgets. Explicit labels, counts and invented calendar rules can make a local convention consistent without deciding narrative quality or inferring facts from manuscript prose.
Return remaining and unreserved chapter words.
When to use this tool
Use Chapter Target Remaining Word Budget when checking a supplied story-continuity, chronology, calendar or drafting-budget convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter targetWords, draftedWords, reservedWords. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read remaining, freeBudget, overTarget. Inspect overTarget before interpreting the associated values.
Return remaining and unreserved chapter words. Require nonnegative whole targetWords/draftedWords/reservedWords; remaining = target-drafted, freeBudget subtracts reserved, overTarget uses drafted > target.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| targetWords | Target Words | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| draftedWords | Drafted Words | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| reservedWords | Reserved Words | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| remaining | Budget minus use under the stated direction, retaining negative deficits where allowed. | Required. Safe integer. |
| freeBudget | Free Budget | Required. Safe integer. |
| overTarget | Over Target | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"targetWords": 5000,
"draftedWords": 3200,
"reservedWords": 300
},
"output": {
"remaining": 1800,
"freeBudget": 1500,
"overTarget": false
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Negative budgets are retained; this is a caller-selected target, not a structural or editorial recommendation.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use the manuscript, scene outline and the chosen style/calendar policy for a complete editorial review; interpret numerical budgets in their narrative context.
References
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