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Look for Comment

A ACTIONS Verbs and adverbs

Any or all of >>> Inconsistent use of tense

Cerebral verbs

Things that didn’t happen

A ANXIETY MINIMIZATION

Any or all of >>> Subjective truths

Projection and referral

Self-deprecation

Prevarication and end softening

Reference to a mental state e.g. ‘mind’

Challenging proof or evidence

Avoiding binary answers

D DETAIL

Any or all of >>> Missing or inconsistent detail

Apparently irrelevant detail

Absence of conjunctions

Abnormal assumptions

Timelines (dates, times etc. all Prepare a timeline or diary of events showing objective or real
to GMT) times

D DENIAL Failure to deny

Pseudo denials

Declining strength of denials

Unsolicited denials (of accusations not made)

As you go through this process, you will normally have to add new rows and cut and paste.
Do not be worried about creating too many rows even if sometimes all they will contain is
one word. Keep the labels in column 5 up to date as you encounter important new labels and
actions. Enter a bookmark at the starting point and find and highlight repetitions.

Numbers, topics and word counts

When you have completed your detailed analysis and breakouts you can number the frames
and, if appropriate, carry out a word count of the prologue etc. using Word Count from the
Tools menu. You can also use Word Count to calculate the subjective–objective time of topics.
In most cases you will need a number of iterations before exposing the full story.