Knowledge
Reader and Character Awareness
Model what the audience knows separately from what characters know.
What it does
The awareness model can track delta, salience, confidence, alignment, and evidence strength. Reader awareness follows presentation order, while character awareness can follow story-world chronology.
Why it matters
Mystery, suspense, dramatic irony, flashbacks, and delayed reveals depend on who knows what and when. ObservaStory gives that question a structured place to live.
- Reader knowledge and character knowledge are not collapsed together.
- Chronology can matter even when chapters are presented out of order.
- Evidence strength helps separate supported signals from weak guesses.