Narrative Intelligence features — built for writers.
PlotLens builds a story bible from the manuscript you already have — then checks new pages against it and flags contradictions with sources, so you can fix what breaks before readers do. You write. We keep the continuity.
Your cast, mapped automatically.
PlotLens reads your manuscript and identifies characters, locations, events, and objects — then links the ways they're referenced throughout. "The detective", "Harrison", and "he" in the same paragraph? PlotLens knows they're the same person.
- Characters with names, aliases, and all their defining traits
- Locations tied to the scenes that happen inside them
- Events linked to the people and places involved
- Objects that carry history and significance across chapters
- Scar on left cheek, aches in the cold Ch. 3, p. 47
- Burned the letter without opening it Ch. 6
What's true — and what a character only thinks is true.
PlotLens is a guide, not a judge. It distinguishes established fact from what a character believes, suspects, or has been told — then surfaces potential contradictions so you can decide what to do with them. When a character is wrong about the world, that's not an error: it's a plot point.
- Continuity guidance catches inconsistencies as you write — real-time validation on Plus and above
- Character-level belief tracking separates knowledge from fact
- Add your own facts to define what's allowed in your world
- Severity levels distinguish continuity issues from intentional choices
Sarah could still recite the letter's last lineQuery A.
James waited outside the precinct, his hands in his pockets.
The rain had not let up since morning.
How does Sarah know the letter's last line? Ch. 6 says she never opened it.
Canon, Ch. 6Sarah burned the letter without opening it.
When we flag a break, you can open the source.
Manuscript Check findings point back to the draft line and the Story Bible evidence behind the conflict — so you verify, not trust a summary. Items without a clean span stay in review, not dressed up as cited proof.
- Chapter and paragraph citations when a supporting span is available
- Full attestation trail shows how facts were derived
- Unquoted or span-failed items stay in review — not dressed up as cited proof
- See competing evidence when facts conflict across documents
Sarah · Characterscar on her left cheek ached in the cold
pulled her coat tighter as the wind cut across the square. The scar on her left cheek ached in the cold — it always did when the weather turned. James · Characterleaning against the iron railing of Greyhaven Bridge
was already there, leaning against the iron railing of Greyhaven Bridge · Locationiron railing of Greyhaven Bridge
, pretending to read.
Sarah turned the brass key in the lockQuery A.
Sarah uses the brass key in Ch. 19. Ch. 11 says it went into the harbor. Which is right?
Canon, Ch. 11She dropped the brass key into the harbor and watched it sink.
Your story's timeline, always in order.
PlotLens tracks when events happen in your story's world — and also the order in which you revealed them. If a character references something that hasn't happened yet, PlotLens can flag it against the Story Bible.
- Story-world chronology separate from narrative reveal order
- Catch impossible sequences — "Tuesday after Thursday" errors
- Flashbacks and flash-forwards tracked without confusion
- Timeline consistency across a whole series, not just one book
- Winter, year 1The Battle of AshenmoorCh. 3, p. 47 · Event
- Spring, year 1Treaty signed at Kestrel FordCh. 8, p. 142 · Event
- Spring, year 1?The Battle of Ashenmoor (draft)Draft, Ch. 20, p. 310 · Event
The battle raged through the spring rainsQuery A
Which season was the battle? Ch. 3 places it at the first snow.
Canon, Ch. 3, p. 47The battle broke on the first snow of winter.
Ask your manuscript anything.
Hybrid search blends exact matches with semantic ranking, so natural-language queries can pull up the right passages, story elements, and your Story Bible even when the wording differs. Your Story Bible is the set of facts your story has established — what readers call canon.
- Semantic ranking surfaces related passages even when the query words do not match exactly
- Filter results down to story elements, documents, or your Story Bible as you narrow the search
- Results include the passage context that explains why each hit matched
- Useful for fact-checking, not just navigation
- VeraCharacter
The throne had been promised to Vera’s family before the coup.
Ch. 12, p. 203 - MarcusCharacter
Marcus had been sending sealed reports north for months.
Ch. 18, p. 291 - JamesCharacter
James had never sworn an oath to the crown.
Ch. 9, p. 156
Your whole team, working from the same Story Bible.
When multiple writers share a project, PlotLens keeps them consistent. See who validated a fact, who introduced a character detail, and when. Disagreements surface as flags, not surprises in the final draft.
- Shared projects so every writer sees the same established facts
- Attribution on every edit — who wrote what, and when
- Role-based access keeps established facts safe from accidental edits
- Real-time updates when a teammate validates or flags something
- Query A
Query raised on Marco's Ch. 19: Sarah turns the brass key in a lock, but Ch. 11 has her drop it into the harbor.
Manuscript check · just now Jeremy checked Ch. 15 against the Story Bible. No open queries.
Manuscript check · 2 min agoAlicia marked the brass key fact from Ch. 11 as critical.
Story Bible · 8 min agoMarco uploaded Chapter 19 draft.
Documents · 14 min ago
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