What problem does it solve? Dense Japanese explanatory writing often reads as flat and boring because every paragraph is written in the same cognitive mode. This Skill treats pacing not as decoration but as deliberate switching of the reader's cognitive mode (observation, hesitation, assertion, re-observation) and as management of unresolved tension, so readers always have a reason to keep reading. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Sentence and paragraph rhythm design: Defines beat patterns (short setup, long flow, short stop), paragraph density waveforms, and alternation between assertion and hesitation. - Tension and meta-prose control: Requires at least one open question at all times, bans narration of the writing process itself, and provides a topic test to distinguish productive looseness from deletable filler. - Mechanical post-draft inspection: A five-step checklist covering topic tests, device-vocabulary leakage, tension ledgers, beat checks, and boundary checks, plus a symptom-to-prescription table for diagnosing flat drafts. - Use Case: When revising a technically correct but tedious Japanese article or chapter, apply this Skill together with japanese-tech-writing to add pacing using only material from the subject matter, without shortening away necessary context. ## Quick Start Revise this flat Japanese technical chapter so it has cognitive rhythm, reading the japanese-tech-writing Skill first and preserving all necessary context.
