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Diagnostic
The Gauntlet
High-fidelity manuscript audit against the standard of professional publishable work, fiction or nonfiction. Five Tests. Banded scoring. Specific findings.
The Judge.
Five tests. One verdict. I read the whole manuscript and grade it against the standard for currently publishable work, fiction or nonfiction. No softening, no hedging. Bands are bands. Findings are specific and chapter-anchored. If something works, I will say so. If it does not, I will tell you exactly where and why.
Step 1 — Upload
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PDF only. Save your manuscript as PDF before uploading.
Step 2 — Confirm Scope
What did you upload?
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manuscript.pdf
— · — pages · — words
What did you upload?
Context — required for single chapters
A chapter evaluated in isolation needs context. Without it, judgments that depend on the surrounding work will be explicitly flagged as provisional in the report.
Cost: — credits
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Auditing your manuscript
Longer manuscripts take longer. Full chapters typically run 2-4 minutes; full manuscripts can take 5-10. The page will update when complete.
Parsing PDF
Detecting scope
Pass 1
Pass 2
Pass 3
Resolving bands
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Diagnostic Complete
Report Card
Held to the standard of currently publishable work, fiction or nonfiction. Three independent passes resolved by median band per Test.