Literary Writing
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The beauty of language apart from what it refers to — sentence structure, voice, imagery.
Key observation
Movement
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Arc, momentum, and reader investment — the story must move forward with purpose.
Key observation
Difficult Themes
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Mortality, transcendence, trauma, the sublime — getting under the surface of things.
Key observation
Score all criteria to plot the manuscript
Criterion Averages
Literary Writing Exceptional
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Movement Exceptional
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Difficult Themes Exceptional
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Recommendation
Complete the scoring to see a recommendation
How to read the triangle
A point near a vertex means that criterion dominates — the manuscript is carried by one exceptional quality.
A point near the center means balanced strength across all three — the ideal.
The dashed inner zone marks the minimum threshold. Points outside it indicate at least one failing criterion.