Are you having trouble getting your Analyzer to 100%? Here are a few things you could try and some other tips for troubleshooting common Analyzer issues:
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1. Removing the Preamble/Front Matter
The program will automatically identify any content at the beginning of your manuscript as a "Preamble". If this section is visible in your Analyzer, we recommend that you remove the text before your Chapter 1 title. If it is over 200 words and is relevant to your narrative, identify it as a chapter so that it can be included in the analysis.
We've provided a demo file to serve as an example of how your manuscript should look at the beginning. The Analyzer will not read any text before this first chapter, it focuses on the content of your story.
Demo file example:
If you have a preamble/prologue that's over 200 words, you can have it analyzed by identifying it as a chapter.
2. Give the Analyzer a "nudge" by clicking "Only Changed Chapters"
Sometimes, because of a break in connection at some point during the analysis, your analyzer may skip over one or two fields. You can click the "Only Changed Chapters" button to give it a "nudge" and have it fill out anything it missed the first time around. This will fill in those gaps and get your analysis to 100%.
3. Remove any images from your text
At present, the Analyzer is unable to see images in your file. Try removing any images you have in it, to prevent the analysis from failing.
4. Make sure there are no chapters under 200 words or over 10,000 words
If your chapters are too long you can split up chapters into 2 parts "Chapter 3.1" and "Chapter 3.2" (remember, you can always join them later, this is only to fit them into the 10,000-word limit per chapter needed to generate the best possible results). When you run the Overall Analysis later, the Analyzer will see it all as a complete story and the chapter separations won't make a difference to its results.
If your chapters are too short, you may want to consider joining them in with previous chapters or following chapters. Again, this won't matter in the Overall Analysis, but it will get you through the Chapter Analysis.
To collapse a short chapter into a previous one click the Chapter List at the top of your Writer's Desk editing area:
Then click the "-" button beside the chapter with fewer than 200 words:
This will combine the chapter with fewer words, with the previous chapter in the list:
5. Manually generate missed and strange responses
It's a good idea to scroll through your analysis results to check if anything was missed or if there are any strange responses. With any AI tool, you may receive unsatisfactory results. Feel free to manually re-generate certain sections by clicking the "Generate analysis" button.
6. Still having trouble?
If you are still having trouble, please reach out to customer service by clicking the bubble in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen or emailing [email protected]. We are happy to help!