Pick a template that matches what you're writing: General Fiction, Mystery / Thriller, Fantasy / Sci-Fi, Non-Fiction, Memoir, or Biography. Each one seeds your project with sensible starting element types — with terminology that fits the form (Memoir tracks "People" and "Places," Biography tracks "Figures," Non-Fiction adds Sources and Topics). The continuity problems don't change with the genre; only the labels do.
Upload chapters individually, in batches, or import your entire manuscript as a single file. NovelContinuity auto-detects chapter breaks from Scrivener, Word, Vellum, Atticus, and most writing apps — or highlight your own separator in a live file preview. Each chapter is broken into individual paragraphs. Your manuscript never leaves your account.
Run the AI scan on any or all chapters. NovelContinuity reads every paragraph and identifies characters, locations, businesses, events, dates, and any element type you define. Simple includes 15 scan credits per month; Advanced includes 50 — one credit per chapter scan. The AI is a detection tool only: it reads your story, it does not touch it.
Every AI suggestion goes through your review screen — accept what's right, dismiss what isn't, and link similar names as aliases. Nothing is committed to your project without your decision. Any element, alias, cross-reference, or relationship can also be added manually at any time.
Find potential cross-references between story elements — or let the system surface them automatically. Link related entities across element types, define relationships like husband/wife or employer/employee, and convert incorrect aliases to proper relationships in one click. Build the web of connections that lives beneath your story.
Lay events out on a Timeline — one row per scene or beat, capturing what happens, what the reader learns, and what stays hidden. Run parallel timelines for braided storylines and weave them into a merged view for cross-cut sequences (pointer-based, so editing an event in its home timeline updates every merged view automatically).
Then tag passages by Plot Line to see which narrative thread each part of the manuscript advances. The Plot Line Map shows at a glance where each thread runs — and where one has gone quiet. Timeline answers when; Plot Lines answer which thread. Both are available on every plan, no AI, no credits.
Every character gets a dedicated profile — physical description, background, relationships, key events, speech patterns. On the Simple plan you fill these in yourself. On the Advanced plan, AI reads your manuscript and drafts each field for you to accept, edit, or dismiss. Every paragraph where the character appears is listed and linked.
Search by word, by story element, by cross-reference, or by relationship. Results return the exact paragraphs where those elements appear — in chapter order, with full context. Aliases expand automatically — searching "Jon" finds every paragraph where "Jon Mercer" appears too, so long as that alias has been set up.
Use Project Notes as a freeform scratchpad for research, world rules, character backstory — anything your manuscript depends on but doesn't contain. It's a rich-text editor that auto-saves as you type. Email ideas to your project's dedicated address from your phone and they land in a review inbox, waiting for your next session.
Open Insight for a dashboard that reflects your manuscript back to you as a neutral observer. Pacing and word count per chapter. Dialogue-vs-prose trends. A Character Presence Map showing who appears where across the whole book. The Before You Write compass surfaces who's been absent, where the story has been, and the latest timeline event — so you plan the next chapter with context, not guesswork.
Advanced plan users also get Emotional Beat Classification (AI reads each chapter's dominant beat with a Why? explanation) and Narrative Voice detection (AI tracks POV and tense per chapter, with paragraph-level deviation flagging and intentional-exception marking).
Write chapter summaries manually or let AI draft them from your manuscript. Export a working synopsis for your own reference, or generate a publishing synopsis — a tight narrative ready for agents and editors. Advanced plan users can generate all chapter summaries at once and let AI synthesize the final document.
Get a health check on your project — most useful after chapters have been scanned and story elements tagged. The continuity audit flags unscanned chapters, story elements that never appear, isolated elements with no connections, and possible category mismatches — so you can fix problems before your manuscript goes to a reader.
Bring your manuscript. See what NovelContinuity sees.
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