What is Plot Analysis?
Plot Analysis is a report that gives you detailed feedback on your story’s structure. It analyzes your story’s plot for how well it delivers the 9 key story beats within the established Three Act Structure used in bestselling novels and scripts.
When you run Plot Analysis, you’ll get an in-depth report that includes an overview, analysis of all 9 story beats and a summary with next steps.
Report Overview
This includes a story snapshot that identifies your story’s structure type and strongest story beat. It also analyzes the narrative tension flow with a narrative tension arc infographic and identifies the strongest versus weakest beats.
Story beats
Each of the 9 story beats has a dedicated section in the report. It evaluates each of these with color-coding as Green (No issues found), Yellow (Minor concerns), Orange (Concerns), Red (Major concerns). The story beat section includes it status, summary, character arc impact and things to consider. If the story beat is identified as a concern, the section will also suggest a revision with a list of suggested improvements.
The 9 story beats within the Three Act Structure are:
- Opening
- Inciting Incident
- Key Decision
- Rising Action
- Midpoint
- Increasing Conflict
- Lowest Point
- Climax
- Final Image
Summary and Next Steps
This includes an overall assessment of your story’s structure, pacing, and narrative flow. It also gives you a list of key takeaways within your story’s plot.
How much does it cost to run Plot Analysis?
It costs 1 Story Credit to run Plot Analysis once. You can run Plot Analysis by using Story Credits. You can purchase Story Credits directly on our website.
If you have a Premium plan, you will get up to 40% off Story Credits. And if you have a Premium Pro plan, you will get up to 65% off Story Credits.
Can I run Plot Analysis on my whole manuscript?
Yes. In fact, this is the ideal way to run Plot Analysis. It will work best by analyzing your entire manuscript of 6,000 words to 300,000 words.
When should I run Plot Analysis?
You can choose to run Plot Analysis whenever you like, but you may find it particularly helpful once you have an initial outline of your entire story in your manuscript. You could also run it during your drafting stage to understand and strengthen your structure when you start editing.
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