Why the findings hold.

The manuscript is the authority

Every finding is grounded in the source text. Source evidence cannot be overruled by model analysis. Where the two disagree, the text wins and the finding is wrong.

Every finding carries evidence

Each claim links to the passage that supports it. If the passage does not support the claim, the claim is revised or removed. A finding without evidence is not a finding.

Grounded, inferred, uncertain

Findings are not presented at a single flat confidence. Each is marked, by name and by mark, as one of three states.

●Grounded

Stated by the text. The passage says it, and the passage is cited beside the finding.

◐Inferred

Read from the text. The evidence supports the finding but does not state it outright, and the reasoning is shown.

○Uncertain

Unresolved. The text is ambiguous, incomplete or contradictory, and the finding is reported as open rather than settled.

The state is written out in words on every finding. The mark and the colour repeat it; they never carry it alone.

How a finding becomes accepted

1. ManuscriptThe source text. The authority.
2. Analytical findingA proposed claim about the book.
3. Human reviewA reader checks the claim against its evidence.
4. Accepted findingWhat survives review, carrying its evidence with it.

Review corrects the analysis. It does not alter the manuscript, and a correction never outranks the text it was drawn from.

The path back is kept

Every finding can be traced to the source text. The route from summary to evidence is preserved rather than discarded once the summary is written.

What this is not

Fiction DNA is analytical, not evaluative. It describes how the book is built, not whether it is good. It does not predict commercial or literary success, and it does not rewrite your novel.