Overview
Open the Report tab. Pick a tier and a scope, send it to Scribe, and read the dossier when it lands.
The Config tab: four report tiers, a scope picker, and a note field for the editor.
Choose a report
Four tiers, each a deeper read than the last:
A deeper tier reads more closely and writes more sections, so it costs more time and tokens. Quarkle shows both estimates, and how many reports you have left today, right on the send to scribe button before you commit to a run.
Run a report
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Open the Report tab
In the Creative Companion, open Report, then Config.
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Pick a tier and a scope
Choose one of the four tiers above, then This chapter or Whole book. Each option shows its word count.
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Add a note (optional)
Click + add a note to the editor to tell Scribe what to focus on, for example “Focus on the middle act, I’m worried the twist lands too late.” Up to 280 characters. A note makes for a more considered read, so it adds to the time estimate.
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Send it
Click send to scribe. Reports run silently in the background, there’s no chat back-and-forth, just one finished dossier when it’s ready.
Reading the dossier
A finished report opens under its own masthead, in the voice of The Quarkle Press. Its tabs adjust to what the report actually contains, a lean Editorial Letter might show only Verdict, Story, and The Plan, while a Full Assessment shows every tab below.
The Verdict tab: the overall read, what's working, and the stats sidebar.
- Verdict. The overall read, a what’s working list tagged to chapters, a how it reads sidebar (a readability score, grade level, sentence length, dialogue share, estimated read time), and a short digest of the revision plan. The how-it-reads numbers are measured straight from your text, not the model’s impression of it.
- The Plan. Every fix, sorted into three honest severity classes: critical (the book doesn’t work for a reader without this), recommended (a clear improvement), and optional (polish and taste). An empty critical list is a good sign, Quarkle doesn’t invent problems to fill it.
- Story. The story as read, a structure and plot breakdown with turning points called out (and flagged if one doesn’t land), and how the opening, climax, and resolution work.
- Themes. What’s coming through, and where a theme’s follow-through slips.
- People. Each major character’s want, need, arc, and the beats that carry them, chapter by chapter.
- Presence. A heatmap of who’s on the page, chapter by chapter. These are exact counts from your manuscript, not the model’s guess.
- Rhythm. Where pacing drags or rushes, plus point-of-view and voice consistency.
- The Read. Where a reader’s attention is likely to drift, or where they’d genuinely get lost.
- Threads. Every commitment your book makes, tracked from where it’s made to whether it pays off. A dropped thread isn’t a formatting gap, it’s a finding.
- Scene Map (chapter reports) or The Map (whole-book reports). Tension scored scene by scene or chapter by chapter, with what each one turns on.
Threads: every commitment your book makes, tracked from where it's set up to whether it pays off.
The Map: tension scored chapter by chapter, with what turns each one.
Past reports
Every report you’ve run lives in Archive, tagged by tier and scope with the date you ran it. Click one to reopen it.Next: The Story Atlas
Your living record of characters and world.