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The Plot Gap Analysis: Find the Holes in Your Story Before Readers Do
A repeatable method for finding structural gaps in your plot — missing beats, weak stakes, and loose threads — before you query, self-publish, or send it to beta readers. Five modules take you from mapping your story's actual shape through running the analysis, triaging findings, and rewriting what's weak, ending with a checklist you can run on every future draft.
Curriculum (5 modules, 13 lessons)
Module 1: What a Plot Gap Analysis Actually Is
1Why Rereading Your Manuscript Doesn't Find the Problems Free preview
2The Four Gaps You're Hunting
Module 2: Mapping Your Story Before You Analyze It
1Building the Three-Level Map: Acts, Sequences, Scenes
2What Belongs on Each Scene Card
Module 3: Running the Gap Analysis
1Reading for Missing Beats
2Reading for Weak Stakes
3Reading for Risky Handoffs
Module 4: Interpreting and Fixing What You Find
1Triage: What Actually Needs a Rewrite
2Worked Example: Diagnosing a Weak Middle
3Rewriting with Goal-Conflict-Outcome
Module 5: Keeping It Healthy Through Revision and Beyond
1The Payoff Audit: Tracking Setups Through to Resolution
2A Repeatable Checklist for Every Future Draft
3Reading Your Own Results: What Beta Feedback Is Really Telling You
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