Day 14 · Week 2 — Build the instrument
Week Two Review
The nuance
Devices, not vibes
The rant ladder, the story spine, the callback, the admission, the register shift, the snap-back: six devices you can now reach for on purpose rather than hoping inspiration shows up.
This week's test is whether you can name the device in someone else's yap, and in your own, within ten seconds of hearing it. Recognition is what makes a tool available under pressure.
The mechanic
- 1Play your six recordings from Days 8–13 in a row, one minute of each.
- 2Label the device for every minute. A minute with no device is filler.
- 3Score the week's best take on the YAP Scale. Compare against Day 7.
- 4Choose the one device you are weakest at. Week Three hides it inside every task.
The drill clock — live timers
Listen
4:00
One minute from each of Days 8–13. Label the device out loud.
Score
2:00
Score the strongest take of the week.
Pick
2:00
Name the weakest device and the evidence for it.
Prompt bank
- No new topic today. This is an audit, not a performance.
The trap
Scoring the performance you remember rather than the recording on your phone. Memory is generous. The file is not.
Yap log
Recording 14 · audit session · six devices labelled
The YAP Scale · score before you replay
Five axes, one to five. Honest numbers beat flattering ones.
0 / 25
Hook
Did the first three seconds make staying easier than scrolling?
Texture
Concrete objects, numbers and names — or categories and filler?
Pace
Did speed vary on purpose? Were the pauses clean and deliberate?
Presence
Energy floor, eyeline and commitment held all the way through?
Landing
Did it end on a button, or fizzle out mid-thought?
Reflection
My weakest device — and the evidence:
22 pages · one nuance a day · recordings are the programme, not the reading.