Keep the style decisions. Reuse the method.
A name, spelling, or house-style choice should not need to be rediscovered every time a draft returns. Novilot keeps approved rules beside the manuscript and separates them from suggestions that still need your judgment.
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Select a passage, add a comment, and review highlighted matches in context.
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Read the guideA reference you approve, not an automatic authority
Add the preferred term, variants to look for, and the editorial context. Distinguish an agreed spelling from an unresolved author preference. Only approved entries belong in an enforced rule set; dialogue, historical language, and character voice may justify exceptions.
- Keep character names and aliases distinct.
- Record which spelling or capitalization is approved.
- Explain exceptions instead of silently standardizing them.
- Keep client-specific details out of reusable house templates.
Use the free term check for the job it actually does
The literal style-sheet check searches for recorded terms and variants. It can locate a spelling you asked it to find; it does not infer every grammatical rule, judge punctuation, or understand all linguistic variants. Inspect the passage before turning a match into a correction.
Broader AI preflights are separate and show a credit quote before running. A free term check is not a promise of free whole-manuscript AI analysis.
Start the next engagement with a useful template
Save repeatable house preferences as a template, then review them for each new client. A fantasy series and a contemporary romance should not inherit each other’s private story facts. When a revision arrives, compare it against the approved reference and revisit any decisions the author changed.
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Bring your editorial preferences into the next draft
Start with a small approved rule set. Use the literal term check, review the matches, and expand only where the engagement needs it.
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