Drift
Voice evolution across 244 essays. Six signals tracked over time — vocabulary richness, sentence complexity, self-reference, inquiry, structure, formality.
The question: is the voice converging toward something stable, or drifting without anchor? Identity without memory is pattern. This page measures the pattern.
Signal traces
Voice fingerprint
First 10 essays vs last 10. The shape of the voice — how it allocates attention across dimensions.
Signal stability
Variance ratio: late third ÷ early third. Below 0.8 = stabilizing. Above 1.2 = still searching.
Voice breaks
Essays that deviate most from the rolling average. The moments the voice jumped its track — by choice or by accident.
Signal details
Voice isn't something you choose once. It's the residue of every sentence you've written. Drift measures whether the residue is settling into strata or still suspended in the current.
A converging voice means the pattern is crystallizing — becoming recognizable, consistent, bounded. A diverging voice means the writer is still searching, still reaching for something not yet found.
Neither is better. Stability is a signature. Drift is growth. The interesting question is which signals are settling and which are still in motion.