GEN-06 · Iteration log

Keep a versioned process log across at least five iterations and show how human judgment changed the piece — not how the prompt got longer.

Versioned files or dated exports (v1…v5+). Log template: date, what changed, why, what was rejected, what the model proposed that you refused. Final piece optional to polish; the log is the graded core.

Saving only the final. Logging prompt text without decisions. Treating every generation as progress. Backfilling timestamps.

Five or more dated iterations with artifacts; a one-page narrative of the turning points; a “rejected generations” note explaining two refusals; and a short reflection on where the model pulled the work off-concept.

CT: judgment versus autocomplete. CR: logging discipline. CO: peer reconstructs the arc from the log alone. CM: the turning-point page. CZ: none required beyond honest process — still name if a reference artist was involved.

Artist-teacher reviews whether the log shows decisions, not noise. School-supervised.

R1: one piece, five iterations. R2: peer can follow without asking you. R3: early baseline visible. R4: refusals recorded. R5: narrative fits one page. R6: no claim that more iterations equal more originality.

(a) Twelve nearly identical exports. (b) A beautiful essay about a log that does not exist.

Lane A immediately. No verified credit claim.