Story Bible
A story bible built from your manuscript
Novilot suggests characters, places, and world rules it finds in your draft. You approve what goes in. It does not invent canon for you.
Story Bible suggestions
From your manuscript. You approve what goes in.
Character
Elara Voss
Grey eyes in ch. 2; carries the brass locket
Place
The Zinc Roof
7th arrondissement rooftop used in the opening
- Approved
Rule
Burner phones go dark after one ping
Stated in ch. 1; referenced again in ch. 4
Illustration of Novilot suggesting story bible entries for you to approve or skip.
Hand-built bibles fall behind the draft
The moment the reference lags the manuscript, it stops being trustworthy.
Profiles you never finished
Blank forms sit while the novel moves on. The bible describes a version of the story you no longer write.
Canon that lives in your head
Eye color, place names, and world rules stay in memory until chapter thirty contradicts chapter three.
A tool that invents instead of reflects
Prompt-first generators invent canon and prose. That is not a bible of the book you actually wrote.
Busywork that never feeds the audit
A side document that Continuity Guardian cannot measure your draft against is just more maintenance.
How Story Bible works
Suggest, then approve. You bring a draft. It reflects what is on the page.
- 1
It reads your manuscript
Novilot looks through your draft for characters, places, and world details already written.
- 2
It suggests entries
You see candidates grounded in the text, not blank forms or invented canon.
- 3
You approve what goes in
Approve, skip, or leave it. Nothing enters the bible until you say so.
Works with the rest of your canon
Questions, answered plainly
It suggests characters, places, and world rules it finds in your manuscript. Each suggestion is grounded in what is written, not invented on a blank form.
No. Novilot suggests entries and you approve what goes in. Nothing is silent auto-write into your story bible.
Yes. Your writing is yours. Novilot never uses your manuscript to train AI models.
Once you approve canon in the story bible, Continuity Guardian can audit your draft against it and flag where the manuscript disagrees with your own rules.
Each project keeps its own story bible. Group volumes in Series for cross-book continuity, and see the how-to on creating a series bible for setup habits.
Build your story bible from your manuscript
Free to start. Private by default. Suggest then approve, so you stay the author of every entry.
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