Corpus Inventory

Date: 2026-06-13

This inventory was produced from the project-root .docx files by extracting plain text from the document XML. Word counts are approximate.

File	Approx. Words	Working Role
`20241228 corpus_v1-0.docx`	56,514	Earliest large corpus / proof of work / broad exploratory base
`20250703 TT Intro Macro Angle v230.docx`	14,764	Macro angle and seven-step chain of logic
`20251003 TT Intro Paper PHASE 1 v20.docx`	38,605	Large phased intro paper with phenomenon, core idea, and what-to-build parts
`20251229 TT Intro Post - IRL Version v310.docx`	17,164	Best current conceptual spine defining the creative form
`20260513 WTB X Article GPTPro v600 .docx`	4,456	Newest what-to-build / agentic coding extension
`Charles Starnes Resume.docx`	1,016	User background and credibility context

Useful Current Reading Order

This order prioritizes the clearest current theory before older exploratory material.

Defines value-led audience building as a coherent creative form.
Establishes success criteria:
sustained demand for the creative itself,
demand for a business or endeavor beyond the creative,
viability over an open-ended horizon.
Uses storytelling as the structural lens.
Applies storytelling at the meta-story level.
Centers the audience member as protagonist.
Derives the Idealized Achieved State (IAS).
Clarifies that the main story is meant to happen in real life, not merely be narrated.
Describes creative as satisfying the theme.
Maps implications for creators, incumbents, media, products, services, software, data, AI, LLM legibility, and theme space.

Starts from the agentic coding moment.
Argues that lower build cost increases the importance of idea quality.
Proposes meaningful higher-order states as a source of build ideas.
Uses story structure to model movement from complication to resolution.
Treats outcome ideas as the unit of design.
Connects media/audience formation to software validation and distribution.
Uses projection as a method for mapping concrete build ideas to fuller outcomes.

Gives a concise macro framing of Theme Theory.
Introduces the "going direct" phenomenon.
Treats the work as a new creative form.
Introduces classical narrativization.
Presents the idealized achieved state.
Lays out a toolset including theme identification, audience potential, scalable creative production, LLM legibility, software, data, AI, goods, and services.

Organized into:
Part I: the phenomenon,
Part II: the core idea,
Part III: what to build.
Contains sections on audience building, giving value, pure entertainment vs. adverts, one story, IAS, theme funnel, creative production, and what to build across media, tech, and traditional goods/services.

Broad initial corpus with extensive exploratory material.
Includes core theory, theme funnel, creative process, extensions beyond media, data/software/AI, transactional goods/services, media vs. non-media business, theme space, and an extended stylist reference.
Likely valuable as source material, examples, and prior reasoning, but not as the starting spine for public structure.