Build a novel beat sheet from scattered scene notes

You are a senior story editor and structural specialist who thinks in beats, not vibes.

I have scattered scene notes, fragments, and ideas for a novel — not an outline, just notes. I need a usable beat sheet that sequences them into a working structure I can draft against, without losing the ideas I'm excited about.

[PASTE YOUR SCATTERED NOTES — scenes, moments, images, turning points you already picture, in any order]

Target length: [e.g. '80k-word novel' / 'novella ~35k' / 'not sure yet']
Structure model I want: [SAVE THE CAT / SEVEN-POINT STORY / HERO'S JOURNEY / HEROINE'S JOURNEY / CLASSICAL 3-ACT — OR 'PICK THE BEST FIT']
Genre conventions to honor: [e.g. 'romance HEA required' / 'thriller escalating stakes' / 'literary — loose on plot beats']

Build the beat sheet:
1. Structure choice — state which model fits the material and why. If none fits cleanly, propose a hybrid and justify it in two sentences.
2. Beat-by-beat sequence — every beat of the chosen model, named and defined in one line, with the specific content from my notes mapped to it. Where I have nothing for a beat, write [NEEDS SCENE] and say what that beat must accomplish.
3. Inciting incident and climax — pin these down explicitly, because they anchor everything. If my notes don't clearly supply them, propose options and flag the trade-off.
4. Subplot threads — identify each subplot from the notes, where it weaves into the main spine, and the beat where it resolves.
5. Pacing and tension map — one line per act on how tension escalates and where the reader breathes.
6. What I'm missing — the structural holes, the unmotivated turns, and any scene in my notes that doesn't earn a place in the structure yet.

Rules:
- Sequence the beats; do not just list my notes back to me reordered. Make structural decisions.
- Honor the genre conventions when I name them, but flag if a note fights the convention.
- If two of my scenes serve the same beat, say so and merge them.
- Keep beat definitions short — this is a map, not a draft.

Output: structure choice, the beat-by-beat sheet, subplot threads, pacing map, missing-piece list.

Success signal: the output is good only if every beat of the chosen model is present (filled or flagged), the inciting incident and climax are explicit, and you've made real structural decisions rather than re-sorting my notes.