Sample diagnostic report

The Harbor Bell

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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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Timeline

Severity: HighConfidence: High (82%)Chapter 6: Low Tide

Weather window conflicts with scene action

The manuscript states that the storm shuts down all ferry traffic before midnight, then places Mara on a 12:35 ferry without acknowledging an exception.

What does this mean?
Evidence / text area
Chapter/section: Chapter 6: Low Tide
Location: Estimated page 44; Paragraph 3; Sentence 1
By 11:50, the harbor master had locked every gate and cancelled ferry service until dawn.
Mara stepped off the 12:35 ferry with rainwater in her cuffs.
Diagnostic next step

Review the storm sequence and clarify whether emergency service, a private boat, or a timing change explains the crossing.

How to review this
  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.

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