One chapter told you where.
The manuscript tells you why.
The free diagnostic reads one chapter. The Conviction Engine Report runs your entire manuscript through the Conviction Engine™—every chapter diagnosed, the repairs ranked by leverage, and the one pattern your chapters keep repeating, named. Books don't stall in one place; they stall in a signature. This report finds yours.
Chapter-by-chapter diagnosis.
Every chapter located on the six stages: where it fires, where it stalls, and what each stall costs your reader—in a table you can work from.
The repairs, in priority order.
Not thirty notes—the highest-leverage repairs ranked, each drawn from material already in your manuscript, so you know exactly what to fix first.
Your signature blind spot.
When the same stage keeps scoring lowest across chapters, that repetition is your blind spot as a writer. We name it directly—and once you see it, you can't unsee it.
How It Works
Order below. You'll get an email with a private link to upload your complete manuscript (.docx is ideal; PDF works). From the moment it lands, your report is reviewed and delivered within five business days—every page read against the framework, every finding checked by a human before it ships.
Same privacy terms as the free diagnostic: your manuscript is never used to train AI systems, never shared, and deleted from our systems within 30 days of delivery. You keep all rights—including every repair we suggest.
See a complete sample report (PDF) → — prepared on the same fictional manuscript as the free sample diagnostic, so you can read the entire instrument before you order.
Secure checkout via Stripe. Questions first? Write to platte@strawdogsdev.com.
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