Stone Fox 📖

Stone Fox

John Reynolds Gardiner
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contemporary fiction children's adventure past tense third limited POV ~39 pp

Vibe

determined heartwarming inspirational

A propulsive contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, spare, direct prose. Plot-driven and action-forward. Ends with catharsis.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 25
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 60
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 30
externalintrospective
Ending 85
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 65
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count9,626
Page count~39 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited