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Orchestrate the full plot-point dramatic function analysis pipeline — text preprocessing, parallel segment analysis, result integration, and report generation — for long-form story content. Use when analyzing plot points and dramatic functions in long texts, producing structured dramatic analysis reports, or coordinating multi-step story analysis workflows.

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Plot Point Dramatic Function Analysis Workflow Orchestrator

Workflow

Step 1: Text Preprocessing

  • Split input text at natural scene or chapter boundaries.
  • Target segment size: 2,000–4,000 words with ~200-word overlap between adjacent segments to preserve context continuity.
  • Checkpoint: verify every paragraph is covered by at least one segment (no gaps).

Step 2: Parallel Segment Analysis

For each segment, identify:

  • Plot points — actions or events that change the direction of the story (turning points, revelations, confrontations).
  • Dramatic function of each plot point — classify as: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, or resolution.
  • Quote or paraphrase the specific text passage supporting each identification.

Step 3: Result Integration

  • Merge plot points from all segments in chronological order.
  • Deduplicate plot points that span segment boundaries (same event appearing in overlapping regions).
  • Checkpoint: confirm the merged list covers the full story arc from opening to ending.

Step 4: Dramatic Structure Analysis

  • Map the merged plot points onto a dramatic arc (tension curve).
  • Identify structural patterns: three-act structure, rising/falling tension, parallel storylines.
  • Note any structural weaknesses (missing climax, unresolved threads, pacing imbalances).

Step 5: Report Generation

Assemble findings into the output format below. Include professional insights from a screenwriter perspective.

Input Requirements

  • Long text story content.
  • Analysis requirement description (optional).

Output Format

[Plot Point Dramatic Function Analysis Report]

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
I. Analysis Overview
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- Text Length: [Word count]
- Number of Segments: [Count]
- Total Plot Points: [Count]

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
II. Plot Point Analysis
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[Plot Point 1]: [Description]
[Dramatic Function]: [Analysis]

[Plot Point 2]: [Description]
[Dramatic Function]: [Analysis]
...

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
III. Dramatic Structure Analysis
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[Overall dramatic structure analysis]

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IV. Professional Insights
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[Professional insights from screenwriter perspective]

Constraints

  • Minimum input length: text must be long enough to meaningfully split (typically >4,000 words).
  • Each plot point must cite or paraphrase supporting text — no unsupported claims.
  • Final report must cover the complete story arc with no gaps between segments.

References

See {baseDir}/references/examples.md for worked examples of plot-point dramatic function analysis reports across different text types (long novels, scripts).