UNIVERSE STATUSACTIVE CONFLICT
DECLASSIFIED // AUTHOR INTEL
LEFT ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
Author field notes from outside the finished page: deleted scenes, alternate drafts, research rabbit holes, continuity decisions, character material, and ideas that may not be as dead as they look.
MM // CONUS + GLOBAL // MULTIPLE FRONTS
AUTHOR FIELD NOTES // DECLASSIFIED
Intel Briefings
These files sit between the published canon and the writing room. Each briefing identifies the author, the book or story it touches, what changed, why it changed, and whether the idea is truly dead or still moving somewhere off-book.