structure-flow-checkerlisted

# Structure Flow Checker ## What This Skill Does Analyses a draft for logical sequence, narrative coherence, and transitions, then reports exactly where the structure breaks down and why. ## When To Use This Skill - After a first draft is complete and you suspect the argument or story is losing the reader somewhere, but you are not sure where - When a long piece — feature article, documentary commentary, in-depth report — has been assembled from separate research blocks and the joins feel rough - Before sending a draft to a senior editor, when you want to catch structural problems yourself first - When you have restructured a piece mid-draft and need to confirm the new order holds together ## What You Need To Provide **Required:** The full draft text — article, script, commentary, or report. **Optional:** The intended format (print feature, broadcast package, online explainer), the intended audience (general public, specialist, regional), and the structural logic you were aiming for (e.g. "inverted pyramid," "problem–solution–outcome," "chronological," "scene-setting then argument"). ## How the Assistant Approaches This 1. Reads the entire draft once to understand the intended argument or story arc — what the piece is trying to establish from opening to close. 2. Maps the actual sequence of information: what appears in each section, in what order, and what each section assumes the reader already knows from previous sections. 3. Checks the map against sound structural log