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Chapter-by-chapter pacing map for a full manuscript
I want a bird's-eye pacing diagnostic across my whole manuscript, not a scene-level edit. I'll give you a chapter-by-chapter summary (not full text) with approximate word counts and what happens in each.
Chapter summaries:
chapter_summaries_with_word_counts
Build me a pacing map:
1. Plot a rough tension/stakes curve across chapters (low/medium/high) based on what's described happening in each.
2. Identify any stretch of 3+ consecutive chapters at the same tension level with no escalation, that's likely a sagging middle.
3. Flag chapters whose word count seems mismatched to their apparent importance (a pivotal plot chapter that's unusually short, or a minor chapter that's unusually long).
4. Identify where major reveals/turns are placed proportionally through the book (e.g. 'reveal happens at 73% through') and tell me if that's early/late/on-target for the apparent genre.
5. Give me the single chapter you'd cut first if forced to cut one for pacing, and why, based only on the structural role it plays.
Work only from what I've given you, don't invent plot points.