Character Lie Belief System

Map the lie your character believes and its belief system:

Character: {{character}}
Core Lie: {{core_lie}}
Story: {{story_context}}

Belief System Mapping:

1. THE CORE LIE
- State the lie in one sentence
- What painful experience created this lie?
- Why does believing it feel safer than the truth?

2. SUPPORTING BELIEFS
- What smaller lies support the core lie?
- How do these manifest in daily behavior?
- What do they prevent the character from doing?

3. LIE PROTECTION MECHANISMS
- How does the character avoid truth?
- What situations do they avoid?
- How do they rationalize contrary evidence?

4. LIE UNDER PRESSURE
- What happens when the lie is challenged?
- How do they defend it?
- What emotion surfaces?

5. TRUTH TRAJECTORY
- What truth opposes the lie?
- What would believing the truth require?
- What would be gained and lost?

6. SCENES
- Write: Character operating under the lie
- Write: Lie being challenged
- Write: Moment of truth recognition