Interactive Tools Library Shelf
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Character Friction Tool
Characters live on two tracks simultaneously — an external life the world can see, and an internal life only they experience. An imbalance causes friction
First Chapter Tool
What does your genre owe the reader — and does your first chapter deliver it? Select your genre. Answer three questions about your first chapter. The tool will tell you what your opening owes the reader and where the gaps are
Fiction Brain Reader Tool
Listen & flag problems, add notes, edit on the fly, export flagged passages, sentence & paragraph navigation, and prose metrics
Writer Diagnostic Survey
This survey explores your writing journey, highlighting your unique patterns and psychology across 6 dimensions. Upon completion, it generates a personalized writer profile along with a set of tailored AI query prompts designed specifically for you
Story Problem Diagnostic
Name the story problem. Find the cause. Get the fix. Eight categories of common story trouble, from broken openings to flat endings, each with a plain-language diagnosis and a targeted repair. Results can be downloaded as a formatted file you can keep as a revision guide
Ask Mike
Ask Mike your question about any fiction craft. Receive researched answers. During high traffic times, Mike may be busy.