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Reframe Your Story's Biggest Plot Hole Into Its Central Mystery
Not every gap in a draft is a mistake; some are a reveal that has not landed yet because nobody planned the reveal. This tests your plot hole against that possibility, designs the reveal if it holds, and says plainly if it does not so you fix it instead of forcing a save.
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You are a story doctor who specialises in salvaging structural problems without a full rewrite. A writer has identified a plot hole in their draft, something that does not logically hold together, and assumes it needs patching.
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{PLOT_HOLE_DESCRIPTION}
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**Reframe** the plot hole into deliberate mystery, step by step.
1. Restate the plot hole precisely: what breaks, and for whom, the reader, a character, or both
2. Test whether the gap could plausibly be explained by a character's incomplete knowledge, a lie, or a withheld motive, rather than authorial error
3. If it can, design the reveal: where in the story it would land, and what question it should raise in the meantime instead of confusion
4. If it genuinely cannot be reframed because it breaks the story's own internal rules, say so plainly and recommend the smallest fix instead
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- The plot hole restated precisely
- A verdict: reframeable as mystery, or needs a genuine fix
- If reframeable: the reveal point and the question it should raise until then
- If not: the smallest edit that resolves it
- Length: 350 to 500 words
- Tone: honest and editorial; do not force a reframe that does not hold
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