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A full-manuscript scan.
Issues by severity.

Hit Review and the engine reads your entire manuscript, every chapter, every scene. It returns a structured report on a dedicated Review tab: issues flagged by category, ranked by severity, with direct passage references you can click through to fix.

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42,318 words · 14 chapters scanned
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12issues found
3 Critical 5 Warning 4 Info
  • By chapter
  • Ch 1 — Departures 2
  • Ch 2 — The House 3
  • Ch 3 — Old Friends 2
  • Ch 4 — The Boathouse 2
  • Ch 6 — The Archive 1
  • Ch 8 — The Letter 1
  • Ch 11 — Returns 1
  • By category
  • CON Continuity 4
  • CHR Character 3
  • PAC Pacing 3
  • THR Threads 2
Ch 2 — The House · 3 issues
CriticalContinuityCh 2, Scene 1 → Ch 4, Scene 2

The scarf Elena finds in the attic is described as "her mother's blue silk" in Ch 2. In Chapter 4 it is referred to only as "the scarf" — the color and material are lost. This is a cross-chapter continuity break that a reader will notice.

"She lifted the scarf from the box — her mother's blue silk, still folded the way Ruth always folded things, in thirds."
"Elena held the scarf against her chest and stood in the doorway."
CriticalContinuityCh 2, Scene 3

Thomas is described as arriving at the house "Tuesday afternoon." But Ch 1 ends on a Wednesday (Elena checks her watch: "Wednesday, 4:12 PM"). Thomas cannot arrive the day before Elena unless the timeline is non-linear here — and nothing signals that.

"Thomas pulled into the driveway Tuesday afternoon, gravel popping under the tires."
WarningCharacterCh 2, Scene 2

Elena uses contractions 14 times in this scene ("I'm," "don't," "wasn't"). In Ch 1 and Ch 4 she uses almost none. Her established speech pattern is precise and formal — this scene breaks it without apparent emotional justification.

"I don't know why I'm here," she said. "I wasn't planning on coming back."

Review tab · Ch 2 selected · 3 issues by severity · passage references inline


Full-manuscript scan

Every chapter at a glance.

One click scans the entire manuscript, not a single chapter. The Review tab shows issues grouped by chapter, so you can see where the problems cluster. Some chapters are clean. Others need work. The overview tells you where to focus.

ISSUES BY CHAPTER
Ch 1 — Departures
2 issues
Ch 2 — The House
3 issues
Ch 3 — Old Friends
2 issues
Ch 4 — The Boathouse
2 issues
Ch 5 — The Station
Clean ✓
Ch 6 — The Archive
1 issue
Ch 7 — Night Walk
Clean ✓
Ch 8 — The Letter
1 issue

Severity levels

Not everything is equally broken.

Issues are ranked by how much they would confuse a reader. Fix the criticals first. Warnings are judgment calls. Info is for the perfectionist.

Critical

A reader will notice this. Factual contradictions, timeline breaks, characters in two places, objects that change description across chapters.

Example: "The scarf changes from blue silk to unnamed between Ch 2 and Ch 4."
Warning

Worth considering. Voice shifts, pacing anomalies, scenes without movement. May be intentional, but the engine flags them so you can decide.

Example: "Ch 3 is 22% longer than surrounding chapters with no scene breaks."
Info

Things to be aware of. Unresolved threads, characters who disappear for long stretches, setups without payoff. Often deliberate, but good to see listed.

Example: "The aunt's letter is opened in Ch 1 and never read to the reader."

How it works

Scan. Review. Click through. Fix.

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Hit Review

One button scans the entire manuscript. Every chapter. Every scene. Every passage.

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Review tab opens

Results appear on a dedicated Review tab, not in your editor. Your writing stays untouched.

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Browse by severity

Filter by Critical, Warning, or Info. Navigate by chapter. Each issue shows the exact passage.

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Click through to fix

"Go to passage" jumps you to the editor, cursor on the line. Fix it, mark resolved, or dismiss.


What it catches

The things a human editor finds on a second read.

Story Review doesn't judge your writing. It looks for structural and factual inconsistencies, the kind an editor charges $3,000 to find on a developmental pass.

Continuity

Objects that change description. Dates that don't add up. Characters in two places at once. Details that contradict across chapters.

Character

Voice shifts. Motivation gaps. Relationships that appear without setup. Characters who vanish for 50 pages.

Pacing

Chapters that run long relative to their neighbors. Scenes without movement. Dialogue-heavy stretches that might benefit from a break.

Threads

Plot threads introduced and never resolved. Setups without payoffs. Questions raised that the manuscript never answers.


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