The Starfall Ledger

1. Put the cited moments into the order readers are supposed to understand them.
2. Compare that intended order with the time markers currently on the page.
3. Add or adjust a date, elapsed-time cue, transition, or return-from-memory marker only where the reader could lose the sequence.

Mark intentional if the time shift is meant to be ambiguous and later clarified, ignore if the evidence is unrelated, or mark for correction if readers need a stronger time anchor.

1. Open each cited passage and list the character state in story order.
2. Check whether enough time, cause, healing, or emotional transition is visible between those passages.
3. Add only the smallest needed cue: a time marker, recovery beat, consequence, or clearer wording.

Mark intentional if the trail is already clear on the page, ignore if the signal is not relevant, or mark for correction if the manuscript needs a bridge, status update, or wording adjustment.

1. Identify the exact story question, object, rule, choice, or reveal being flagged.
2. Search earlier and later chapters for setup, payoff, motive, cost, or consequence.
3. Add a breadcrumb, clarify motive, or strengthen consequence only if the story currently asks readers to accept too much.

Mark intentional if the surprise is earned elsewhere, ignore if the item is background texture, or mark for correction if setup, motive, cost, or consequence is missing.

1. Read the cited section beside the chapters before and after it.
2. Identify whether the pace should feel fast, slow, reflective, tense, or transitional.
3. Adjust scene length, paragraph density, summary, or transitions only where the actual rhythm fights the intended rhythm.

Mark intentional if the rhythm serves the scene, ignore if the signal does not affect reading flow, or mark for correction if the section needs a pacing pass.

1. Write one sentence for what changes in the cited section.
2. Compare that change with the surrounding section movement.
3. Clarify purpose, order, transition, or escalation only where the section does not move the story the way you intend.

Mark intentional if the structure matches your design, ignore if the extraction is not useful, or mark for correction if a section needs clearer purpose or placement.