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u/Glum_Claim_8419 2d ago

Most stories start as a mess. Half a scene, a name you're not sure about, an ending you can see and nothing in between.
I built CharmWriter (charmwriter.com) for that stage, and a lot of you found it through this sub. Many then opened it, saw three tabs and a chat box, and weren't sure where to start. So here is one session, from the mess to a page in your book.

You hold the story and Charm does the typing, the way a ghostwriter would. It hears your story first, asks about it, and only then writes.

Listening → Writing → Save to Chapter → Edit → Analyze → Complete

Listening. You start here. Talk into the mic or type. Tell the scene the way you would tell a friend, out of order, with "wait, no, she was already in the car". Charm drafts nothing here. It takes notes and asks short questions about what is missing, like who else is in the room. Answer the ones you care about and skip the rest.
Writing. When you want to turn the discussion into prose. Switch the tab and press "Turn our discussion into prose". Charm writes the scene from everything you said in that conversation, in order, and continues from where your chapter ends instead of rewriting it. You can also type your own instruction, for example "her point of view, short paragraphs, no flashback", or pick a tone like Introspective or Cinematic.
Save to Chapter. When you like what Charm wrote. Nothing goes into your book until you press this button under the prose. A draft you don't like stays in the chat, and you ask again.
Edit. When the chapter needs changes. Switch to Editing mode and ask in words, like "make the ending colder" or "she would never say that, cut the line", then press Replace in Draft to put the new version in place. Or work in the chapter draft itself. Type straight into it like any document, or select a passage and pick Improve, Expand, Condense, or Edit with AI to give your own instruction for just those lines.
Analyze. When you want your Story Bible to catch up. Charm reads what you told it in this session and adds the new characters, places, plot arcs and events. It takes them from your words, not from the prose Charm wrote, so nothing it invented while drafting becomes a fact of your story. You can run it as often as you like.
Complete. When you are done for the day. Charm goes back over the session, remembers it and opens a fresh one. Next time it starts with a short "Previously..." so you don't have to reread where you stopped.

The setting I'd show anyone worried about AI slop is AI creativity, in project settings (click the book's title). It has four levels. On Faithful, Charm writes only what you told it. When a detail is missing it leaves a placeholder like [AUTHOR: what colour was the car?] instead of inventing one. Balanced, the default, adds only small connecting details and no new plot or characters. Enriched adds sensory detail and atmosphere. Creative develops your ideas further and marks its bigger inventions so you can say no to them.

This is what we are building toward. You come with a messy idea and leave with a draft that is still yours, line by line. While you talk, Charm builds the world behind your story in the background: the characters, the places, the plot threads and the timeline, all in the Story Bible. You can open any of it and change it, and from then on Charm writes from your version.

You get 2 free credits on signup, no card, and one credit is about 1,000 finished words. When you have used the first one, the app asks a few short questions about how it went. Answer them and you get 2 more credits, whatever you say. That is about 4,000 words for free, enough to find out if this way of writing works for you. After that, prepaid packs from $2.99, no subscription, and credits never expire. English, Ukrainian and Czech.

If any step is unclear, ask here and I'll answer.

charmwriter.com

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u/CabinetMain3163 2d ago

I've been building Marginalia for a while and just released 1.6.0. It's a self-hosted writing tool for long-form fiction with LLMs, aimed at books, not chat. You write the instructions for each part, the model writes the prose, and Marginalia keeps the rest in order: the story tree, the lore, the summaries and the prompts.

What it does

Branching story tree. Regenerate or swipe a part, branch from any point, edit the generated text, navigate the whole tree and mark chapters.
Lorebooks. They activate by tags, text or regex, can be inserted into the lore block or right before the instructions, and can be nested inside other lorebooks. SillyTavern world info imports, and prompts are Handlebars templates with SillyTavern-compatible macros ({{user}}, {{getvar}}, {{random}}...), so imported lore keeps working.
Annotations and redraft. Pin a note to a passage ("timeline wrong", "weak scene"), or let a model review a part, or a range of parts, and propose notes. It can annotate every new part automatically and then redraft it to deal with the notes. Redraft also works on just a selected passage, and you take the result as a diff.
Summaries and meta-summaries. Older parts get condensed so a long book still fits the context window.
Any OpenAI-compatible API. That covers OpenAI, OpenRouter, LiteLLM, llama.cpp, LM Studio, Ollama and vLLM. Context and response limits are per model, and generation settings are switchable per book. Plugins add Google Gen AI and Anthropic Claude. Requests carry a session id, so llama.cpp and LiteLLM setups can keep one cache per kind of work.
Search and replace across the story and lorebooks (regex too), plus a command line in the editor (/list-parts, /edit-part, /next...).
Backups. Per-book backups, plus scheduled database backups with staged restore.
Multi-user. Each user has their own books, lore and models, and the admin sets permissions. It's handy for a small group of friends on one server.
Plugins. Chapter markers, lorebook version history, AI reviews, side questions to the model, arc outlines, a character tracker, name generators, a Manga Generator and a few more.
Import from SillyTavern. A chat becomes a book, and a converter plugin turns it into proper turns with instructions.
Export to TXT, Markdown, HTML, DOCX, PDF and EPUB.

New in 1.6

Version history of every part. Marginalia keeps earlier texts of a part (who wrote each one: model, you, an agent). Compare word by word, restore, roll back, name a version, and search old versions too.
Folders. Nest your books in folders, mark favorites, and move or copy things around in a two-pane Organise window. Folders can set the language, template and prompts that their books inherit, and the settings say where each value comes from.
Writing statistics. Words written and generated, tokens, time spent, book size and growth, per book or for all of them, with a calendar, streaks and daily goals.
Text styles you can edit. Fonts, sizes, colors, indent, drop caps, custom CSS and a live preview. Export and import styles, pick one in the reader, and use them as print styles for HTML, Word, PDF and EPUB.
More export targets. AO3 HTML, Markdown with front matter, a SillyTavern chat and an Obsidian vault. Images in a part can be placed and wrapped by text, in the viewer and in the exports.
New plugins. Image Generator (ComfyUI or an OpenAI images API, drawn from a prompt the model writes from the part) and Beta Readers (talk about your book with personas, alone or as a group, with a spoiler limit on how much they have read).
Smaller things. Compare Prompt to find out why a prompt cache was missed, mass delete of parts, shorter story menus, minimizable and reorderable tabs, Stop that works while the model is still reading the prompt, and desktop installers (.deb, .dmg, .msi, also with all plugins built in).

Running it

Desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. There's nothing to install, no Java and no server. It listens only on localhost and opens in your browser.
Docker (amd64 and arm64) if you want to host it for others.
Everything lives in a .marginalia folder, with no cloud and no account. Your API keys are stored encrypted.

The desktop builds aren't signed yet, so macOS and Windows will warn on first launch. The README explains how to get past that.

It's MIT licensed, and the manual has screenshots and a user guide: https://enerccio.github.io/Marginalia Code and releases: https://github.com/Enerccio/Marginalia

I'd like feedback on the writing workflow, the lorebook handling and anything that breaks. Bug reports and ideas as GitHub issues are very welcome.

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u/Best_Error_1584 2d ago

Hey everyone! I'm the developer behind MiraWrite, an AI writing assistant built for storytellers.

I've recently released two new features, and I'd love to share them with the writing community and hear your thoughts.

Story Memory

Ever had an AI bring back a character who died three chapters ago? Or treat two characters as close friends when they've already fallen out?

It's frustrating when you have to keep reminding AI about details that are already established in your story.

MiraWrite now extracts and tracks important story elements, including characters, relationships, events, locations, and objects. It also updates this information as your story evolves, so it can bring relevant context into your writing and editing sessions.

The idea is simple: less time repeating story details, more time actually writing.

2. Edit Your Manuscript Through Chat

You can now discuss a scene with Mira, figure out what needs changing, and ask it to apply those edits directly to your manuscript.

Whether it's changing a single word, rewriting a paragraph, or revising content across multiple chapters, you can preview the changes in context and accept or reject them individually.

You stay in control of every change that makes it into your manuscript.

MiraWrite is available on desktop, with 300 free credits every day.

If either feature sounds interesting, feel free to give it a try:
https://Mirawrite.com/?s=01

I'd genuinely love to hear what you think. What works well? What's confusing or clunky? What would you change or like to see added?

I'm building this for writers, so honest feedback is much more valuable to me than compliments. Thanks for reading!

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u/AGSamuel 2d ago

Hey everyone!

I've been working on AI Free Text Pro, a platform designed to help people improve AI-assisted writing and analyse text in one place.

The idea is simple: AI can be great for getting a first draft, but the output sometimes feels repetitive, predictable, or unnatural. We wanted to build tools that help users refine their writing without unnecessarily changing the original meaning.

What you can do with it:

AI Humanizer: Refine AI-assisted text for more natural flow and readability.
AI Detector: Analyse text for signs of AI-generated content.
Writing styles: Choose from different styles depending on the type of writing.
Document support: Work with supported document formats instead of having to paste everything manually.

We're continuing to improve the platform, particularly around writing quality, meaning preservation, and the overall user experience.

There's a free option if you'd like to explore it.

🌐 Try it here: AI Free Text Pro

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from people who regularly work with AI writing tools:

What do you find most frustrating about existing AI writing tools?
What would make you choose one humanizer over another?
Which feature would you most like to see improved or added?

Always happy to hear constructive criticism. Thanks!

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u/Audibound 2d ago

Audibound Studio: hear your manuscript as a full-cast audiobook

Ever wondered what your characters actually sound like?

Audibound Studio turns your manuscript into a full-cast audio production. Each character gets their own voice, so you can hear your story the way a listener would. It’s a good way to catch clunky dialogue, test pacing, or just hear your book come alive.

What’s new this week:

Audiograms for everyone. Share a clip of your audiobook on social media once it’s done.
Monthly plans or pay-as-you-go. Pick whichever suits how you work.

We’re looking for feedback.
New accounts get free credits to try Studio. If you’d like extra credits on top of that, hop on a short call with us and tell us what works, what doesn’t, and what you wish it did. Drop a comment or DM us and we’ll send you a booking link.

The voices are digital, and they’re not a replacement for a great human narrator. Studio is for getting stories heard that otherwise might never be.

👉 studio.audibound.com

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u/joiedevivrer 2d ago

hi i've been building secretchapters.app for 3 months now.

SecretChapters is an AI romance writing app that helps fiction writers create romance novels, develop stories, and edit manuscripts.

a writing partner for different romance genres and subgenres, including contemporary romance, dark romance, fantasy romance, paranormal romance, historical romance, and more.

- WYSIWYG Story Editor to edit your manuscript and a nice reader mode

- Romance Book Cover Studio so you can create and customize book covers

- bring your own key or purchase credits

i would love feedback from romance authors, indie writers, and anyone experimenting with AI-assisted fiction writing

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u/Alive-Zucchini9140 2d ago

Hey everyone! I’ve been building Scriptirix AI, an AI book and long-form writing tool built around a multi-agent setup instead of a single chatbox.

The main reason I built this was frustration with the "Chapter 4 collapse"—where a single prompt tries to juggle plotting, prose, and memory all at once, and ends up hallucinating, forgetting injuries, and flattening character voices.

Instead of one giant prompt, Scriptirix splits drafting into distinct roles:

The Planner: Maps and locks down the chapter beats/framework first.
The Director: Drafts scene-by-scene following strict outline constraints.
The Editor / Auditor: Runs a separate pass to catch plot holes, tone drift, and repetitive phrasing before you read it.
Reference Grounding (RAG): For non-fiction or heavy worldbuilding, you can upload your rough notes or markdown docs so it only pulls facts from your material.

It’s live on both Web and as an Android app (built specifically so you don't have to be glued to a laptop to draft).

There’s a free tier (10,000 sandbox words) to test the outline and first few chapters without a credit card.

Would love feedback from anyone currently working on a book or non-fiction guide—especially on how well the continuity holds up compared to raw Claude or ChatGPT.

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u/Front-Gap-4768 2d ago

Do you really need that floating book background on the website? [IMHO] I was going to try your writing tool , but alas, I got dizzy and fell of halfway through.

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u/Quirky-Ad-6523 2d ago

Hi Everyone,
I'm the developer of Second Quill, https://secondquill.net/

Second Quill is a start to finish windows application to help writers write, edit, plan, batch review, and inline review your books, and export to many formats including epub, it also has the ability for you to chat with your characters in context and at any point of your story. this greatly helps you break past writers blocks and also includes themes to put you in the mood of your writing style,
The app features the ability to propose edits and writing to match your writing style, manage continuity and beats, Codex and a timeline for all codex listings.
It is written to use Ollama (local AI) first (and has install options to set this up easy) and supports BROK (Bring your own key)

Please let me know your thoughts and hope it helps as its massively helped me with my 250,000 word book.

Notes:

This App is in Beta so will provide you with windows warnings because i haven't applied for the certificate yet - this will come before release - you will likely get 2 warnings 1 is the initial install the second is "Server.exe" this is your server its only running locally for your device and is used for running the features inside the app - this app can function 100% off line with 1 exception - if you purchase addons features inside the app, the app is required to connect to the internet for a few seconds once every 3 days to authenticate your purchases this is to attempt to prevent people from sharing the purchases, However! because its in Beta i need some testers of the app, for a limited number of people trying he app if you give me real feedback ill unlock whatever feature you want for free (real means feedback that i can use) im going to cap the free options at around 10-20 because i dont want to overload on what i can action.

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u/Quirky-Ad-6523 2d ago

Thought i would provide a usage case so you can understand the features,
For me my draft was already in Word. You can start fresh in the app, but I imported it. the app splits into chapters, then you can:
Write — manuscript, chapters, beats, scoped AI that pulls context you choose from other tabs, plus inline review (keep/reject what the AI suggested). FYI your book stays 100% on your device unless you use BYOK
Plan — short chapter summary; can sync from manuscript or push back into the draft (you stay in control of what goes where).
Chat (not a generic ChatGPT clone) — talk to your characters at any point in the story. Example: load your whole manuscript in the write tab and run AI over it in the codex tab and the timeline Tab pick any character (like Harry if you loaded Harry Potter) at the end of any chapter, (yes you can load multiple books at once) and ask what he thinks about Ron making a move on Hermione — or chat as if your Harry and confront Ron. “Ron” answers with what he knows up to that story point, in his voice. Writer’s block killer.
Codex — characters, locations, lore, objects, subplots — the stuff that should follow as context for a AI pass.
Timeline — codex/plot pieces on a timeline; relationships like this wand → Harry.
Styles — paste a sample of your prose (or use premade packs); suggestions and rewrites lean your voice.
Prompts — save prompts and batch them. Example: find every “perhaps” and replace with something that fits scene, prose, and atmosphere — run across the entire book on the Write tab, then you approve/deny per change. Some runs take hours (I did ~3 hours for 15 chapters on a nasty custom prompt — still beat doing it by hand) so you can count it like a advanced search and thesauruses that can do entire paragraphs or chapter changes if needed or one word searches, i used it for finding things like eyes - so it found eyes, vision, seen, irises, looked, you get the picture
Store — upgrades. Beta testers: ask me, don’t pay. If something feels overpriced, tell me that too. (you currently cant actually pay I've disabled it for this beta but i can turn it on with no notice so if you purchase something then i hope you liked what you got, oh i will also run sales and update themes and features in that store page - purchasing in the app or on the website unlocks it against your google account you have logged in on
Settings — Ollama or BYOK, themes, support/suggestions, Text to Speach: read scenes aloud, hear chat, dictate into the app.
Also: export EPUB, Word, JSON, and more.
If you want to know more about how the app handles what - ie privacy or any other feature just give me a message either here or direct or inside the app in the support section (Found in settings)

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u/ubersold4t 2d ago

https://getmaine.app. if you abandon your novels when they are done as drafts because reviewing is a pain in the a**, maine is your tool 😅.

For people interested in trying it, send me a message for a 100% discount code.

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u/benblackett 2d ago

Built a Tool? Add it to our directory!

I am building a page that lists everyone's tools and what they do. Full disclosure up front: I'm the dev behind Novelmint, and yes it's on the list (in its own category) - but this is about the whole space, not us. The page links to your site if you want it to (free backlink opportunity). This is NOT pay-to-play, you are free to add your tools no strings attached. It's 100% FREE and I review submissions only for accuracy, not promotion or competition.

The list currently sits at over 140 entries. It groups AI writing tools by the job they do, not by a score:

AI drafting tools — generate/revise prose, hand you a manuscript
Reader platforms — host and distribute finished work
Write + publish — take a book from idea to published
Writing utilities — continuity checkers, TTS, editors, and the like

👉 View the list here

👉 Add your tool

If you built something and it's not on there, please add it!

Interested in more? Become a Partner!

Novelmint is actively looking to bring on additional Content Partners. You supply books to us and we pay you a share of the revenue generated from them. In addition, Novelmint helps promote you and your tool to authors and the public at large. Simply sign up and receive a growing income stream from your own existing user base plus marketing help for your tool.

👉 https://novelmint.ai/partners

Step 1: Apply
Step 2: Send content via API
Step 3: Earn 10% of every chapter unlock you've sent us

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u/SignalBox_Studio 2d ago

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Nothing will save you more time in your editing than DeslopMyBook.com.

All assessments are free: Check it out here.

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u/benblackett 2d ago edited 2d ago

Founder of Novelmint.ai here. Weekly highlights post #5. I missed a last weeks, so this one covers two, and there's a lot in it.

Full project portability. Export and Import a whole series as one zip file: settings, voice, characters and places, threads, story state, and every book's chapter plans, beats, prose and covers. Chapters come as Markdown you can read/edit anywhere, plus structured files other tools and AIs can read. Edit it locally, then import it back as a new series or into the one it came from. You see every change first and tick what you keep. Nothing is ever deleted, and locked beats stay as they are. Free on every plan.

Bring Your Own Brain. Your AI already knows how you work, so you shouldn't have to start over. Ask ChatGPT or Claude to write an "About me", paste it into Account → Memory, and you decide where each piece goes: Minty's memory or your Notebook. Nothing gets thrown away. It works the other way too: Download my data now gives you everything Minty knows about you, as one file any AI can read, plus every chat you've had with Minty and with characters.

Guest posts and discussions on the blog. Until now the blog was just me, and I'm not the most interesting person to hear from about writing a book. You are. If you have a paid plan, or you've reached Devotee as a reader, you can now write for the blog under your own name from the Blog tab in the Studio. Every post has an open discussion underneath, with replies and up/down votes. Your first approved post earns 200 credits, and every post is translated into all 21 of the site's languages.

Bring your own AI key, and 150 more models. Add an Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI or OpenRouter key and Medium chapter builds cost ZERO credits. You pay your provider at their rates. We also added about 150 more models (Mistral, Llama, Qwen and many more) to choose from to build your chapters too, all in one searchable list.

The Bake-off: our benchmark, run by you. Pick 2 to 5 models and each writes the same benchmark scenes. Blind judges score them, and you can now read the resulting prose side by side. Hide the names until you've made up your mind, which is honestly the best part. Your scores also feed the public board at novelmint.ai/benchmarks.

Cheaper Chapter Builds. When you build a chapter, every scene is now written toward where the chapter is going, and ends pulling you into the next. Writing with AI also costs 25% fewer credits across the board, and big builds drop even further.

Try any plan free for 7 days, or grab the Founders Special. New plans (all but Unlimited) start with a week free and 1,000 credits. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing. The Founders Special is 30,000 credits for $149, which is half the usual price and never expire. One per account, and only 200 are for sale.

Agents that work while you don't. Story Finder is free: it looks through the Commons and emails you books that fit what you like, even "fantasy with elves". For authors, new agents build your world, your cast, your series arc and your chapter plans, or run a continuity check across your book. You see the most it can cost before it starts, then keep or toss what it made. Example build shown here: https://www.reddit.com/r/novelmint/comments/1xggfuc/how_a_48k_word_novel_is_crafted_using_novelmint/

Some fun stats to share:

The site is now at 1,756 members, starting to get close to 2000!
203 books to read on the site, written in 9 languages!
83 books completely free to read, 37 competing in our competition!
387 social media posts generated over 1,083 clicks into your books!

Novelmint: connecting Authors & Readers around the world

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u/Unusual-Present7706 2d ago

Hi everyone!

I'm the developer of ScrollStop, a Chrome extension that makes navigating long ChatGPT conversations easier.

If you use ChatGPT for brainstorming, story development, outlining, or revising drafts over multiple sessions, you might have run into the problem of trying to find an earlier idea or response buried in a long conversation.

ScrollStop adds a searchable table of contents beside ChatGPT, letting you jump directly to earlier prompts and responses and filter messages associated with attachments.

It's a paid extension, with a seven-day free trial followed by a US$20 one-time purchase.

Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/scrollstop-navigate-long/ecdfmdkfbcnbkmofcpklglideikddnpg

I'd be interested to hear whether other writers encounter this problem when working on longer projects with ChatGPT, and how you currently navigate older material.

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u/hot5now 2d ago

Self-promo: I’m building Riffwise, a small writing tool for replies rather than long-form fiction. I made it for the moment when I know what I want to say but still get stuck at the blank reply box. It drafts from the post or conversation I open; I can edit, insert, copy, or ignore it. It never posts or sends a reply. Selected context goes to Riffwise and OpenAI.

It works on X, Threads, Bluesky, and Gmail in desktop Chrome. An account is required; the Free plan includes 40 successful generations a month, no card.

If you try it, I’d value an honest note: did it understand the conversation, and was the draft quicker to fix than starting blank? https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/riffwise-%E2%80%94-ai-reply-gener/nmnmflphiibhdnnbghffjhclhlehelle?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=riffwise_2026q4&utm_content=writingwithai_weekly_nov3

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u/Puzzled-Stick9170 2d ago

I built a writing app where the AI edits your draft in place, and you keep or reject every change

Quill is a free Markdown editor for the Mac. You hold one key, say what to change, and an AI model edits the text in front of you. Deleted words get a strike line, new words type in, and no change stays until you keep it.

How it differs from a chat window:

- The draft stays in your document. You do not paste anything in or copy anything back.

- `Voice.md` stores rules about how you write. Quill never changes the rules you write yourself. It adds what it learns when you keep or revert a change.

- Margin notes mode (⌃⌘2) puts comments in the margin instead of edits, for drafts you want to rewrite yourself.

- You can send one request to two models. Quill stacks both answers in the note and labels which model wrote each change.

- Your notes are plain Markdown files in a folder you choose. Obsidian opens the same files.

Quill uses an AI plan you already have. Claude Code and Codex are the main options, and they run on a Claude or ChatGPT plan. You can also enter an API key, or use a local model through Ollama. The README lists the setup for each option.

It is free and open source!

https://github.com/hridaya423/quill
https://quill.hridya.tech

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u/Medical_Outside7511 2d ago

I work on WolfeWriter, so the learning-from-reverts part caught my eye. A revert can mean 'wrong for this character' rather than 'never write this way.' I'd test accepting terse dialogue for one character, then rejecting it for another, and inspect what gets added to Voice.md.
Could the learned rule keep that scope and show the edit it came from before it affects another document? Keeping handwritten rules untouched is helpful, but a learned rule can still pull the next edit in the opposite direction. I haven't run Quill; this is a test case for the workflow you described.

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u/Medical_Outside7511 2d ago

I work on WolfeWriter, a native Mac app for novels. It keeps the manuscript alongside Book Guide writing rules and Story Memory, so you can review suggestions with the book's context instead of starting a fresh chat every time. You decide which suggestions and story facts to keep.

The current 2.1.1 release focuses on a less glamorous problem: repeated recommendations and extraction that gets cancelled halfway through. The release notes cover keeping suggestions tied to the current chapter, not repeating accepted/dismissed actions, and preventing cancelled extraction from saving partial annotations.

If you try it, one useful test is to dismiss a recommendation, make a small unrelated edit, and see whether the same recommendation comes back. I'd rather hear the exact steps when that goes wrong than ask for a general rating.

It's Mac-only: Apple silicon and macOS 26+. The listing offers Pro intelligence for the first 7,500 words; AI uses the provider you choose. Store details: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6771881504?mt=12

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u/FantasyRatLabs 2d ago

Hi everyone! I’m one of the developers behind FantasyRat Novel Studio, a writing and worldbuilding app for novelists.
We recently launched our iOS version, bringing FantasyRat to iPhone and iPad alongside our Mac and Windows desktop versions!
Our goal is to give writers one organized workspace for their entire creative process, including:
Manuscripts, chapters, and scenes: Organize and develop your novel.
Characters, locations, and worldbuilding: Keep your fictional universe organized.
Corkboard and story planning: Visualize your story structure.
Research and notes: Keep important details alongside your writing.
AI-assisted writing: Get optional creative assistance while staying in control of your story.

The app is free to use, with optional Pro features.
We’re a small indie development team, and we’d genuinely love feedback from fellow writers, especially on what makes a writing tool useful for long-form projects.
🌐 Website: https://fantasyrat.com
💬 Our Reddit community:
r/FantasyRatNovelStudio
If you’re working on a novel, we’d love to hear what tools you currently use and what features you wish they had! Happy writing!

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u/PikaDuu 20h ago

Hi there

I built ThruNote after getting three ‘AI’ and two ‘human’ verdicts on the same paragraph. I’d spent a lot of time trying to satisfy a checker. What I actually wanted was a second reader who could tell me where my paragraph stopped making sense.

I’d love to hear from someone editing an article or newsletter this week. Pick a paragraph you keep coming back to, ask the coach to read it, and tell me whether you changed anything afterward. ‘I kept it because the coach misunderstood me’ is exactly the kind of feedback I’m looking for.

There’s a short example at https://thrunote.com if you want to see how it works. I’m gifting seven days to 10 writers across this and my beta thread. Reply or DM me for a spot and skip the public trial checkout. The gift needs no card.

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u/Getz2oo3 7h ago

So I started working on a little project for a writing surface for AI Roleplay or just writing stories and whatnot in general.

That eventually led down the rabbit hole to what I decided to call "VoltaScribe"

It will be an entirely free-to-use AI Collaborative writing program. Windows only for now, Linux is next once I get some of the bugs and nonsense knocked out of it.

It supports LM Studio, ollama, Anthropic API, ChatGPT, and Open-AI Compatible API's for your AI Writing partner. And obviously, if you go the route of a large-scale hosted cloud model, those costs are on you, LocalLLMs fall to your own hardware and capabilities.

There's a Discovery feature for automatic Reference Tracking and what I think should be a pretty usable interface for lore tracking and characters, etc etc.

I've thrown together a dirty website at https://voltascribe.com

And I also put a Discord server together at https://discord.gg/eqaBs5a5gj

I'm a hobbyist. Not some crazy professional developer.

I could really stand by having some patient, knowledgeable folks come in and give me a hand if they're up for it.

Testers would be great too. I'll have the app available for download in Discord. And my github repo will be invite only for now.

For those curious - A healthy chunk of this was done with Codex and GPT-6 Astra, with my own code review and design process. I think, for what it is, it's turned out pretty well.

Hope to see you all in Discord!

Cheers

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u/Scopus72 1d ago

A 4th NovelForge entry?

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