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Editorial Audit

A simulated read-through of The Champion Reset, scored against your own chapters, sources and open gaps. Nothing here leaves this browser.

Overall readiness

64

Last run 26 Aug, 07:40 pm

Simulated audit. Scores are illustrative and generated from the demo data.

Category scores

Structure and reader promise

78

Does the shape deliver what the vision promises?

Source coverage and claims

61

Is every chapter carried by approved material?

Voice consistency

82

Does it sound like one person throughout?

Pacing and chapter balance

58

Are chapters a workable length for the reader?

Repetition

66

Are stories or phrases doing the same job twice?

Gaps and transitions

49

Are there holes a reader will notice?

Fact-checking

63

Are dates, names and numbers supportable?

Sensitivity and privacy

55

Are living people handled fairly and safely?

Front and back matter

40

Is the book publishable end to end?

Issues

High
Gaps and transitions
Finding home again

Chapter 6 rests on one source

Only the coming-home voice note supports the chapter's central scene.

Recommendation: Answer gap 1 and 2 in Gap Analysis, then redraft the middle section.

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High
Source coverage and claims
The Champion Reset method

Framework claim is unsupported

Chapter 11 generalises the four moves with no example beyond the author.

Recommendation: Add two named examples, or soften the claim to a personal practice.

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Medium
Pacing and chapter balance
The month it stopped working

Part Two runs short against Part One

Part One averages 4,100 words a chapter; Part Two averages 1,900.

Recommendation: Expand Chapters 4 and 5, or move one Part One chapter forward.

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Low
Repetition
Two bags and four hundred dollars

Wet carpark image used twice

Near-identical phrasing in Chapters 5 and 6.

Recommendation: Keep it in Chapter 6 where it carries more weight.

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Medium
Sensitivity and privacy
The people who stayed

Family letters not yet cleared

Source s5 is pending family permission and is quoted in two chapters.

Recommendation: Get written permission or paraphrase before submission.

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Medium
Front and back matter
Whole manuscript

Back matter incomplete

Acknowledgements and About the author are empty.

Recommendation: Draft both before the publisher pack is prepared.

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Low
Voice consistency
Addressed
Learning to lead in a language I did not speak

Chapter 3 slips into report language

Three paragraphs use passive constructions unlike the rest of the book.

Recommendation: Read aloud and rewrite in first person past.

Source and factual report preview

Which chapters are carried by approved sources, and which claims still lack evidence.

The boy who kept score

Supported by: Dahya-childhood-interview.docx

Leaving for India

Supported by: India-years-journal-scans.pdf

Learning to lead in a language I did not speak

Supported by: India-years-journal-scans.pdf, Reset Room podcast, episode 41.txt

The month it stopped working

Supported by: Reset Room podcast, episode 41.txt

Two bags and four hundred dollars

Supported by: Coming-home-voice-note.m4a

Finding home again

Supported by: Coming-home-voice-note.m4a

The first paid hour

Supported by: First-clients-notebook-photos.pdf

Belief is a practice, not a feeling

Supported by: First-clients-notebook-photos.pdf, The Champion Reset framework notes

The people who stayed

No approved sources linked to this chapter.

Coaching the room I used to sit in

No approved sources linked to this chapter.

The Champion Reset method

Supported by: The Champion Reset framework notes

What I would tell the version of me at the airport

No approved sources linked to this chapter.

Claims without evidence

  • Chapter 11 says the four moves 'work for anyone starting again'. Which two people, other than you, can you show it working for?