Description
Update a fictional money ledger in minor units.
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.
Update a fictional money ledger in minor units.
When to use this tool
Use Story Money Ledger One Transaction when checking a supplied story-continuity, chronology, calendar or drafting-budget convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter balanceMinor, receivedMinor, spentMinor. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read nextBalanceMinor, solvent. Inspect solvent before interpreting the associated values.
Update a fictional money ledger in minor units. Require nonnegative whole receivedMinor/spentMinor; nextBalanceMinor = balanceMinor+receivedMinor-spentMinor, solvent means opening plus receipts covers spending.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| balanceMinor | Signed fictional opening balance in a common currency minor unit. | Required. Safe integer. |
| receivedMinor | Received Minor | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| spentMinor | Spent Minor | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| nextBalanceMinor | Next Balance Minor | Required. Safe integer. |
| solvent | Opening balance plus receivedMinor covers spentMinor under the supplied fictional ledger. | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"balanceMinor": 100,
"receivedMinor": 20,
"spentMinor": 80
},
"output": {
"nextBalanceMinor": 40,
"solvent": true
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- All amounts use one chosen currency minor unit; this is fictional bookkeeping, without actual accounting or financial advice.
- 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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