VOI-009 Creative option layer: paragraph

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.

Why the rule exists

Repetition is powerful when patterned and tiring when accidental.

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.

paragraph.repetition.exists eq true

Facts this rule reads

Fact paths read by VOI-009 and whether the analyser derives them
Path	Source
`paragraph.repetition.exists`	You supply it

Then

verify — target paragraph.repetition.function
delete_or_vary — target paragraph.repetition

Else

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.
Microsoft Writing Style Guide — Microsoft link
Warm, clear, concise, helpful technical communication.

The raw rule record

Verbatim from 12-voice-rhythm-rules.json. Also available at /v1/rules/VOI-009.

{
  "id": "VOI-009",
  "name": "Use repetition with a job",
  "domain": "rhythm",
  "layer": "paragraph",
  "strength": "creative_option",
  "human_logic": "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.",
  "when": {
    "path": "paragraph.repetition.exists",
    "operator": "eq",
    "value": true
  },
  "then": [
    {
      "action": "verify",
      "target": "paragraph.repetition.function",
      "allowed": [
        "cohesion",
        "emphasis",
        "rhythm",
        "motif",
        "instruction_consistency",
        "technical_precision"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "delete_or_vary",
      "target": "paragraph.repetition",
      "when": "function_missing"
    }
  ],
  "else": [
    {
      "action": "retain",
      "target": "current_text",
      "reason": "No triggering condition is present."
    }
  ],
  "unless": [],
  "because": "Repetition is powerful when patterned and tiring when accidental.",
  "diagnostics": [],
  "examples": {},
  "source_ids": [
    "BK-011",
    "BK-019",
    "WEB-004"
  ],
  "laka": {
    "smallest_sufficient_intervention": true,
    "primary_axes": [
      "scope",
      "depth",
      "magnitude",
      "reversibility"
    ]
  }
}