Creative discussion first. Use chat to explore scenes, prose, worldbuilding, critique, and alternatives. Nothing becomes library material until you save or export it.
Surface contract
Purpose, ownership, boundaries
LoreCore is the hybrid exception: Home-style discussion first, library + project continuity in the same surface,
then creator-style drafting below. Exploration stays in chat until you save, stage, or export it.
Center surface
LoreCore studio
Creative discussion is the main workspace. Keep the chat open, then save or export only the material worth keeping.
I need the opening movement for the early Viking age arc to feel grounded, tense, and historically useful — not fantasy sludge. Start by figuring out how trade, rivers, and political pressure should shape the first three chapters.
Then the cleanest opening is not “big battle first.” Start with movement through a trade artery. Let river access, coastal exposure, and who controls passage determine where tension lives. Chapter one can establish economic dependence. Chapter two can introduce rumor, scouting, or pressure from outside power. Chapter three can make the first personal cost visible.
Alternative: begin in a market town where people do not yet believe catastrophe is coming. The opening can show route logic, tolls, river traffic, and fragile peace before violence. That gives the invasion weight later.
Creative workbench
Book studio
Manual editing stays available, but discussion remains the dominant way to produce and promote material.