The Argument Console

The issue

Step 1 · Where is the disagreement actually sitting?

Step 2 · Which kind of argument do you owe?

Step 3 · Tick only the moves your draft really makes

Before drafting, write one sentence: The disagreement here is really about ____. If you cannot fill that blank, you do not yet have an argument, and more research will not produce one.

Your opponent answers

Choose a stasis on the left. The person who disagrees with you will reply — and if you have picked the wrong one, their reply is the sound of an argument going nowhere.

Draft completeness

Choose a sub-genre to load its required moves.

The concession rebuilder

Here is the token version most drafts contain. Switch on the three parts of a real concession and watch what happens to the strength of your own claim.