How do I use Character Analysis?
Character Analysis is a report that helps you understand and improve the development of the characters in your story. It evaluates your cast of characters, generates relationship maps, and shows you character arcs and motivations.
How to run Character Analysis
If you’re using the Web Editor, under “Reports,” click on the “Critique” icon. We have highlighted this in red in the image below.
The “Critique” sidebar menu will appear in the right-hand side window. Click on “Character Analysis.” We have highlighted this in red in the image below.
If you’re using Desktop Everywhere, click on the floating ProWritingAid icon. Click on “Critique,” then click on “Character Analysis.”
Finally, click on the “Run Character Analysis” button and the report will run. It costs 1 Story Credit to run Plot Analysis once. Depending on the length of your manuscript, you may need to wait 4 to 5 minutes for it to generate in a new window. We have shown an example of what the start of the Character Analysis report looks like in the window below.
How to use the feedback in Character Analysis
The report analyzes your characters and outlines the characterization present in your story according to the following sections:
- Report Overview
- Cast
- Relationships Map
- Character Card (with the name of each character)
- Core Psychology
- Character Arc
- Agency Map
- Summary
- Revision Focus
It also shows possible revisions to characters in your story with color coding as:
- Green: No issues found
- Yellow: Minor concerns
- Orange: Concerns
- Red: Major concerns
How to view your Character Analysis report later
You can view your Character Analysis report again at any time. To do this, click on “Critique,” then scroll down to “Feedback History.” Click on “View previous feedback” to see all instances where you previously ran Plot Analysis. We have highlighted this in red in the image below.
How to print or download Character Analysis
Character Analysis has a lot of detail, including relationship maps and character arcs. If you’d like to continue with your writing and save your analysis to look at later, you can print or download it instead.
To do this, click on the “Print” icon button at the top of the analysis. We have highlighted this button in red in the image below.
From here, you can either print the document or select “Save as PDF” in the drop-down menu under “Printer.” Then click the “Save” button to download the .pdf file to your computer.
Purchasing credits for Character Analysis
You can run Character Analysis by using Story Credits. You can purchase Story Credits directly on our website. Each time you run Character Analysis, it will cost 1 credit as an introductory offer.
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.
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