Find the hole in your story.
Check what your characters want and why events happen.
Why try this?
An outside reading can reveal a missing cause or an inconsistent decision.
What to bring
Your own scene or outline, plus any established character and setting facts.
Your starting request
Read this scene as a developmental editor. Identify the character’s goal, what blocks it, what changes, and what causes the next event. Cite the text for each answer. Flag continuity problems and unexplained choices. Do not rewrite or invent backstory. Scene: [text]
Illustrative result
This is an authored teaching example, not a live model response.
A scene map and a few specific questions, such as why a character knows something they have not learned.
Then make it fit
Give me two possible ways to fix this motivation gap. Describe what each would change later in the story.
Before you use it
An unexpected choice can be intentional. Keep suggestions that serve your story and reject those that flatten its voice.
What you are learning
Evaluate cause and consequence separately from attractive sentences.
Related Power of AI pages
Keep reading with Start here, everyday uses, the tool guide, the writing workshop, and sources and standards.