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VOI-005 Creative option layer: paragraph

Short sentence after complexity

IF a dense explanation reaches its key consequence, THEN a short sentence may isolate the payoff ELSE continue normal cadence.

Why the rule exists

Contrast in length can direct attention to the consequence.

Condition

The rule fires when this evaluates true. Paths marked below must be present in the fact base; the engine reports the rest rather than guessing them.

  • ALL
    • paragraph.dense_explanation eq true
    • paragraph.key_consequence.position eq "next"

Facts this rule reads

PathSource
paragraph.dense_explanation You supply it
paragraph.key_consequence.position You supply it

Then

  1. isolate — target paragraph.key_consequence

Else

  1. retain — target current_text, No triggering condition is present.

LAKA

Smallest sufficient intervention
Yes
Primary axes

Sources

  • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft — Stephen King
    Writing habits, revision, description, and storytelling craft.
  • Steering the Craft — Ursula K. Le Guin
    Sound, rhythm, syntax, point of view, and exercises.
The raw rule record

Verbatim from 12-voice-rhythm-rules.json. Also available at /v1/rules/VOI-005.

{
  "id": "VOI-005",
  "name": "Short sentence after complexity",
  "domain": "rhythm",
  "layer": "paragraph",
  "strength": "creative_option",
  "human_logic": "IF a dense explanation reaches its key consequence, THEN a short sentence may isolate the payoff ELSE continue normal cadence.",
  "when": {
    "all": [
      {
        "path": "paragraph.dense_explanation",
        "operator": "eq",
        "value": true
      },
      {
        "path": "paragraph.key_consequence.position",
        "operator": "eq",
        "value": "next"
      }
    ]
  },
  "then": [
    {
      "action": "isolate",
      "target": "paragraph.key_consequence",
      "as": "short_sentence"
    }
  ],
  "else": [
    {
      "action": "retain",
      "target": "current_text",
      "reason": "No triggering condition is present."
    }
  ],
  "unless": [],
  "because": "Contrast in length can direct attention to the consequence.",
  "diagnostics": [],
  "examples": {},
  "source_ids": [
    "BK-011",
    "BK-019"
  ],
  "laka": {
    "smallest_sufficient_intervention": true,
    "primary_axes": [
      "scope",
      "depth",
      "magnitude",
      "reversibility"
    ]
  }
}

Other rhythm rules

  1. VOI-004 Vary sentence length for function IF sentence lengths are mechanically uniform, THEN vary them according to emphasis, explanation, transition, and pace ELSE retain. Heuristic
  2. VOI-006 Read prose aloud IF prose is intended for humans, THEN read representative passages aloud or with text-to-speech and flag breath, ambiguity, repetition, and unnatural stress ELSE retain. Heuristic
  3. VOI-007 Place emphasis at structural edges IF one idea deserves emphasis, THEN place it at the sentence opening or ending rather than burying it mid-clause ELSE retain. Heuristic
  4. VOI-008 Limit accidental alliteration and rhyme IF repeated sound distracts from serious meaning AND is unintended, THEN vary one word ELSE retain purposeful sound pattern. Heuristic
  5. VOI-009 Use repetition with a job IF a word or structure repeats, THEN retain it only for cohesion, emphasis, rhythm, motif, instruction consistency, or technical precision ELSE vary or delete it. Creative option