ONE CHAPTER. A DIFFERENT VIEW.
Reading your chapter…
A careful reading can take a minute or two.
Your prose will stay in the text box if anything goes wrong.
Chapter study
YOUR CHAPTER, IN RELIEF
Chapter analysis
THE TEXT
Your chapter
THE CONTOUR
Pressure through the chapter
Story pressureEmotional pressure
Higher relative pressure
BeginningEnd
An interpretive contour, not a quality score. Select a point to explore the beat. Markers below the lines locate key changes in the text.
TURNING POINTS & NEW INFORMATION
Key changes
THREE THINGS WORTH EXAMINING
What StoryContour notices
Observations, possible implications, and another way to read them.
Questions the chapter leaves open
An open question may be an intentional invitation to keep reading.
ASK. CHALLENGE. LOOK AGAIN.
Ask StoryContour
about this chapter.
Explain your intention or question the reading. The map is a starting point for a conversation.
Follow-ups use the last six exchanges. They don’t change the map.
What would you like to look at more closely?