What Authorial does
Complete manuscript infrastructure for long-form fiction.
Seven capabilities that work together — from first draft to final revision.
Manuscript Drafting
A complete drafting environment for novels and long-form narrative work.
02Research & Notes
Character profiles, worldbuilding, and thematic notes — inside the manuscript.
03Structural Rewrites
Try alternate acts, openings, and endings without touching your working draft.
04Narrative Consistency
A rules engine that catches canon contradictions and timeline breaks automatically.
05VoiceCheck
Continuous voice monitoring with inline violations and a toolbar counter.
06Version Control
Git-backed history with branching, merging, and full recovery at every state.
07Export
Structured manuscript output for publishing workflows — any branch, any state.
Manuscript Drafting
Authorial supports drafting entire manuscripts from first chapter to final revision.
Writers can:
- Create and edit chapters and scenes
- Structure manuscripts into logical narrative components
- Write in a focused long-form editing environment
- Continuously revise without data loss
Authorial is not a notes application. It is a complete drafting environment for novels and long-form narrative work.
Research & Notes Organization
Authorial supports research storage and structured reference management.
Writers can:
- Store character profiles
- Maintain worldbuilding documents
- Track thematic and structural notes
- Associate research with specific manuscript elements
Research exists inside the manuscript environment rather than in a separate external tool.
Structural Rewrites
Authorial supports dramatic structural rewrites.
Writers can:
- Create alternate narrative branches
- Rewrite entire acts without duplicating files
- Compare alternate openings or endings
- Explore character arc variations
- Preserve original versions while testing new structures
Structural rewrites are managed using branch-based version control rather than manual duplication.
Narrative Consistency Enforcement
Authorial includes a narrative rules engine.
Writers can define and enforce:
- Canon constraints
- POV limitations
- Lexical restrictions
- Timeline integrity rules
- Structural requirements
Consistency is enforced programmatically rather than manually tracked. The system detects and surfaces violations across the manuscript.
VoiceCheck
VoiceCheck monitors your manuscript continuously.
Every project maintains its own custom lexicon of preferred, restricted, and forbidden language.
When a violation appears, Authorial flags it inline with a red underline and tracks it in the toolbar's violation counter.
Spellcheck protects spelling. VoiceCheck protects voice.
Version Control with Branching
Authorial uses Git-backed version control.
It supports:
- Full revision history
- Branching
- Merging
- Reverting to previous states
- Comparing changes across versions
This is not a snapshot feature. It is structured version control infrastructure applied to manuscripts. Every change is tracked. Every state is recoverable.
Export to Publishable Formats
Authorial supports manuscript export.
Writers can:
- Generate clean manuscript output
- Produce structured exports suitable for publishing workflows
- Export stable versions of specific branches
Export prioritizes structural integrity over decorative formatting.
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