Sample diagnostic report

The Starfall Ledger

plot-holes · COMPLETED

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Overall diagnostic summary

Structured diagnostic report generated. Original manuscript text was not changed.

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Findings are diagnostic review items, not editorial decisions or assessments of literary quality. Severity and confidence indicate review priority and certainty.

Severity and confidence scales

Severity indicates possible impact if the finding is valid. Confidence indicates how certain the diagnostic scan is that the issue is present.

Severity = impact

Low: minor review item. Medium: notable continuity, pacing, or structure concern. High: potentially significant contradiction or logic issue.

Confidence = certainty

Low: weak evidence. Medium: visible pattern with possible context. High: strong textual or measurable evidence.

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Plot Hole Detection

Severity: MediumConfidence: Medium (73%)Chapter 11: The Salt Archive

Prophecy rule may be contradicted later

The manuscript states that city-fall predictions cannot name living people, but a later ledger entry names the current empress without a detected explanation.

What does this mean?
Evidence / text area
Chapter/section: Chapter 11: The Salt Archive
Location: Estimated page 119; Paragraph 4; Sentence 1
No living name could survive the ledger's ink.
The final entry read: Empress Vale will open the eastern gate.
Diagnostic next step

Confirm whether the contradiction is a reveal, an exception, or a rule that needs adjustment.

How to review this
  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.

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