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Say why the script failed instead of just that it did

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The reason was already being stored on the project, but the page showed a bare
"could not finish" and a Start again button. A dead link is the most common
cause and it is the reader's to fix, so it needs saying out loud.
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@ -154,7 +154,12 @@ function render(r) {
if (poll) { clearInterval(poll); poll = null; }
if (p.status === "script_failed") {
out.innerHTML = '<div class="card"><p style="margin:0 0 16px">The writer could not finish this one.</p>'
// The reason was always stored; it just was not being shown. A dead or
// paywalled link is the usual cause, and only the reader can fix it.
var why = (s && s.error) ? s.error : "";
out.innerHTML = '<div class="card"><p style="margin:0 0 10px">The writer could not finish this one.</p>'
+ (why ? '<div class="warn" style="margin:0 0 16px">' + esc(why) + '</div>'
: '<p class="foot" style="margin:0 0 16px">No reason was recorded.</p>')
+ '<a class="btn" style="display:inline-block;text-decoration:none" href="/create.html">Start again</a></div>';
return;
}