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Story Feedback
Paste a premise, an outline, or a character you are stuck on. Get three focused questions worth exploring — not a rewrite, not a verdict, and not a compliment.
How to use questions instead of answers
Answer in the story, not the margin
A question that sends you back into the notes has done its job. One you answer in a sentence and file away has not.
Look for the one you resist
The question you want to skip is usually the one aimed at the part you have not decided yet.
Feed it the mess
Polished notes get polite questions. Paste the version with the contradictions still in it.
Do not take the first answer
A question with an obvious answer is worth asking twice — the second answer is where the story usually is.
More free tools for the next story problem
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Pitch ExtractorThe two-line hook a query letter opens with, out of your synopsis.
Genre & Comp FinderYour manuscript's genre, and comparable titles that exist.
Frequently asked questions
Will it rewrite my notes?
No. It is explicitly instructed not to rewrite, outline, restructure or invent plot. It reads what you paste and asks about it.
Why questions rather than a critique?
A critique tells you what someone else would have written. A question points at the decision you have not made yet and leaves the decision yours.
What kind of notes work best?
Anything with a story problem in it: a premise you are unsure of, a character whose motive is thin, an outline with a soft middle. Around a paragraph is enough.
Can I use this on a finished draft?
You can paste an extract, but this reads concept material rather than prose. For a full manuscript, Talebuddy's editorial review works chapter by chapter instead.
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Ask it about the page you are actually on
In Talebuddy the same pass reads the open page plus everything attached to it, so the questions are about this character or this chapter rather than a block of pasted text.
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