Pass 1: Truth
Sort each statement:
- What is fact?
- What is memory?
- What is source report?
- What is inference?
- What is uncertain?
Pass 2: Argument
Check the argument:
- One central claim?
- Mechanism visible?
- Countercase real?
- Boundary stated?
- Causality earned?
Pass 3: Reader value
Check the reader value:
- Who is the reader?
- What problem belongs to them?
- When does value become visible?
- What should change?
Pass 4: Structure
Check the structure:
- One governing shape?
- Paragraph jobs clear?
- Real causal or intellectual links?
- Removal test passed?
- Opening predicts the piece?
- Ending resolves it?
Pass 5: Emphasis
Check the emphasis:
- Does space match importance?
- Are caveats buried?
- Does the title overclaim?
- Do examples overweight secondary points?
Pass 6: Evidence and sources
Check the evidence and sources:
- Claims supported?
- Numbers contextualised?
- Source boundaries clear?
- Opposing evidence represented fairly?
Pass 7: Prose
Check the prose:
- Plain words where precision is equal?
- Concrete verbs and nouns?
- Ambiguous pronouns?
- Known-new flow?
- Sentence length functional?
- Repetition useful or wasteful?
- Jargon necessary?
- AI filler remaining?
Pass 8: Proof
Proofread these:
- grammar
- punctuation
- spelling
- names
- dates
- links
- formatting
- citation consistency