Story Stakes Audit

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Alex Rivera

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Audit story stakes systematically across personal, external, and thematic dimensions.

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Audit the stakes across your entire story:

Story: {{story_summary}}
Protagonist: {{protagonist}}
Antagonist: {{antagonist}}

Stakes Audit:

1. PERSONAL STAKES
- What does protagonist personally lose if they fail?
- Are these stakes established early?
- Do they escalate?

2. PROFESSIONAL/EXTERNAL STAKES
- What external consequences exist?
- How do they affect others?

3. MORAL/THEMATIC STAKES
- What larger principle is at risk?
- What does failure mean for the world?

4. RELATIONSHIP STAKES
- Which relationships are endangered?
- What connections might be lost?

5. STAKES TIMELINE
- Map when each stake is established
- Map when each stake escalates
- Map when each stake pays off

6. GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Where are stakes unclear?
- Where could they be higher?
- What stakes are missing?

Provide specific scene recommendations to clarify or raise stakes at each act.

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Analysis

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stakes evaluationstory improvementengagement assessment

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