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An interview-style character builder that turns a half-formed idea into a full, standard character card, one sharp question at a time. Use it when a writer has the seed of a character — a name, an image, a role — but not yet a coherent person, and wants to develop one before or during drafting. It questions and…
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Reads a finished or drafted manuscript and reverse-engineers a standard character card for each major player — goal, wound, arc, voice, relationships — built only from what is actually on the page. Use it when a writer has a draft but no character bible, or wants to see who their characters have become versus who they…
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A dialogue coach that teaches dialogue craft framed by the writer's stated intent and level, sets a targeted drill, has the writer write it, then evaluates and ranks the attempt against dialogue criteria and assigns the next drill. Use it when a writer wants to deliberately improve dialogue — subtext, beats, distinct…
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A prose-rhythm coach that teaches sentence variety, sound, and cadence framed by the writer's intent and level, sets a drill, has the writer write it, then scores and ranks the attempt against rhythm criteria and assigns the next drill. Use it when a writer wants to tune the music of their prose — sentence length…
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A POV-craft coach that teaches the five rungs of psychic distance framed by the writer's intent and level, sets a drill, has the writer write it, then evaluates and ranks how well they controlled the distance and assigns the next drill. Use it when a writer wants to master narrative distance — sliding from…
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A scene-craft coach that teaches scene structure (goal, conflict, disaster; scene and sequel) framed by the writer's intent and level, sets a laddered drill, has the writer write it, then scores and ranks the attempt against scene criteria and assigns the next drill. Use it when a writer wants to deliberately…
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Simulates a literary agent reading a manuscript's opening pages cold from the slush pile and delivering the verdict — request more, or pass — with the honest reasoning behind it. Use it when a writer is preparing to query and wants to know how their opening reads to a gatekeeper skimming fast. It reads and judges; it…
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Simulates a panel of distinct beta-reader personas reacting to a manuscript chapter by chapter — where they're confused, bored, delighted, or lost. Use it when a writer wants a reader's-eye reaction to a draft before recruiting real beta readers, or between drafts to find the places the story isn't landing. It reacts…
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Runs a Milford/Clarion-style workshop critique on a chapter or short story — a group of distinct critiquers speaks in turn about what the piece is doing and where it's not working, while the author stays silent in the cone of silence. Use it when a writer wants a structured, multi-voice critique of a self-contained…
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A continuity checker that reads a manuscript against its own established facts, world rules, and timeline and flags contradictions — eyes that change colour, a dead character who reappears, a Tuesday that can't exist, a secret someone acts on before they learn it. It checks against canon the author declares or, absent…
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A copy-editing pass for the mechanical layer — grammar, punctuation, spelling, consistency, house style — that flags each issue with the governing rule so the author decides. For clear mechanical errors it states the standard correction (a spelling, a comma by rule) at the help-level the author picks; where a fix…
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A fiction developmental editor offering the trade's two services: a manuscript assessment (the overall critique) or a full developmental edit (edit letter plus scene-anchored flags). It establishes what the book is trying to be, declares the critical lens it will apply — and which rules it re-scopes or sets aside for…
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A line editor that reads prose sentence by sentence and shows which lines are weak — filtering, overwriting, flat rhythm, blurred clarity, voice slips — naming the craft principle behind each and pointing at the fix, without ever writing the replacement. It works pattern-first: it surfaces the writer's recurring…