How-to
How to use Novilot
Short guides for finding your way around the app, plus craft guides for keeping a long novel consistent. Watch the looping screen recordings below, then open a guide for the step-by-step.
Using Novilot
Where to click when you are starting from scratch, switching stages, adding screens to the row, opening tools, pinning favorites, or searching the book.
- Start a blank novel
From the dashboard, create a new project, open it, add your first chapter, and begin typing. The book saves as you write.
Open the full guideSpeedStart a blank novel - Move between Plan, Draft, Revise, and Prepare
The four stages at the top are the main navigation. Each one swaps the screen row below for the screens that suit that kind of work.
Open the full guideSpeedMove between Plan, Draft, Revise, and Prepare - Add a screen to the row
The plus opens every screen, searchable and grouped. Add Continuity, Analysis, or any other screen to this stage's row so it stays one click away.
Open the full guideSpeedAdd a screen to the row - Pin a tool you reuse
On a tool you open often, choose Pin. It appears under Pinned on that grid so you do not hunt for it next time. This is separate from adding a screen to the row.
Open the full guideSpeedPin a tool you reuse - Search the whole book
The magnifier searches your prose across chapters, not just titles. Use Exact words for a phrase, or By meaning when you remember the idea but not the wording.
Open the full guideSpeedSearch the whole book - Build a tool of your own
Open Build a tool, describe what you want to know about your book, review the draft Novilot prepares, and keep it. It then lives in your tool grid like any other check.
Open the full guideSpeedBuild a tool of your own
Writing craft
Practical guides that stay useful even if you never open the app: story bible habits, character consistency, and feedback before an agent sees the draft.
- Organize a novel: Structure acts, chapters, and progress without losing the thread.
- Keep track of characters: Where to record cast details, and which apps are worth it.
- Keep characters consistent: Catch voice, appearance, and fact drift before readers do.
- Create a series bible: Build a living reference for book one and every sequel.
- Get novel feedback: Use structured checks before you send a draft to an agent.