For novelists, sagas and worlds to build

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Novelith is the writing studio that knows your story. Manuscript, characters, places and chronology live together, talk to each other, and every inconsistency surfaces before a reader finds it.

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Scene 2 · The pier

Lucia reached the old harbour when the boats were already in. The wind smelled of salt and diesel, and the lamp of the lighthouse turned slowly above the headland.

She pushed a wet strand of hair from her brown eyes and felt in her pocket for the brass key Tommaso had left her the night before. She still did not know what it opened.

By chapter thirty nobody remembers the colour of Lucia’s eyes. Novelith does.

Continuity checks

Your continuity editor, always awake.

Novelith cross-checks cards, timeline and scenes and tells you when the story contradicts itself. No plot hole reaches print by oversight.

Ages that don’t match the story’s dates
Dead characters walking back into a scene
The same person in two places at once
Every warning points to the exact sentences: fix or ignore

Continuity2 to review

Dead character

Tommaso appears in chapter 3, but dies in chapter 2

The sea gave back Tommaso’s body only at dawn.Ch. 2 · Scene 7

The key Tommaso had left her the night before.Ch. 3 · Scene 2

Go to sceneIt’s a flashbackIgnore

Two places at once

On 12 March Lucia is at the old harbour and in Genoa

Cards, mentions, universes

Every character has a memory.

Type a character’s name and Novelith recognises it, nicknames too. Their card knows where they appear, who they spend time with and how they changed over time.

Characters, places, objects, factions, concepts or blank cards, with the fields you want
Attributes that change along the story: age, looks, role, relationships
Mentions recognised by name and alias, confirmed scene by scene
Shared universes: across a saga a character is one card, in the right version for each book

CardsUniverse · Il faro di Ponente

Lucia Ferri

Character · Protagonist · 14 scenes

Attribute	Value	From
Role	Lighthouse keeper	Start
Role	On the run	Chapter 9
Eyes	Brown	Always
Relationship	Marta’s sister	Always

Suggested mention

Is “the Ferri girl” in scene 4.1 Lucia Ferri?

ConfirmIgnore

Timeline

Story time, finally visible.

Every event is tied to its scenes. View the plot in chronological order or in the order the reader will meet it, and see at a glance where the flashbacks fall.

Real or relative dates, and invented calendars with your own eras, months and days
One lane per character, place or plotline
Chronological and reading order, one click apart

Structure

From outline to last page.

Chapters split into scenes, each with a summary, status and keywords. Move scenes on the board, weave plotlines on the plot grid, and the manuscript reorders itself.

A card board to see the whole book
Plot grid: plotlines crossed with chapters
Status of every scene, from idea to done

StructureChapter 1 · The arrival

1.1

The letter

Tommaso writes to Lucia after ten years of silence.

1.2

The ferry

Lucia returns to the island. Nobody seems to recognise her.

1.3

The shut house

The lighthouse windows are barred from inside.

Ch. 1

Ch. 2

Ch. 3

The secret

The letter

The lamp

The sisters

Marta

The pier

Writing

When you write, only the page exists.

A visual editor built for long texts, with book-grade typography. When you want to focus, everything else disappears.

Distraction-free and typewriter modes
Daily and weekly word goals
Word, character and page counts
Snapshots: go back to any version of a scene
Find and replace across the whole manuscript

Privacy first

Your story is yours. Period.

No servers reading your novel. Novelith works on your computer, saves in open formats and syncs only to the drive you choose.

0Servers of ours

None of your work ever passes through us.

100%Offline

Write on the train, in the mountains, anywhere.

MDOpen files

Text in Markdown, cards in JSON: readable without Novelith.

30Automatic backups

One compressed backup a day, in the folder you pick.

And everything else

Everything you need, from first idea to finished book.

Your works shelf

Novels and stories side by side, with cover, category and genre.

Export ready to send

DOCX, PDF, EPUB and Markdown, for a publisher or for self-publishing.

Bring your manuscript

Import from DOCX and Markdown and pick up where you left off.

Sync on your drive

iCloud and Google Drive. If two versions clash, compare them side by side and choose.

Snapshots

Capture a scene before rewriting it and compare versions.

Tips by genre

Writing tips tailored to the genre of your work.

Any language

Write in your language from day one, with the system spell checker.

Accessible and protected

VoiceOver, keyboard navigation, light and dark themes, app lock.

Coming soon · Artificial intelligence

AI that works for you, on your terms.

Optional and under your control: connect your own agent or API key, or a light local model. Your text never passes through our servers.

Coming soonDiscrepancies in the textEyes that change colour, a broken arm that climbs: found in free text.
Coming soonWriting assistantRepetitions and unusual words, flagged without rewriting for you.
Coming soonCharacter facesA portrait generated from the description on the card.

Wherever you really write

Mac, iPad, Windows and Linux.

Native apps, with projects synced through your drive.

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iPad

Windows

Linux

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No subscription, no fees. The software you buy stays yours.

Full 30-day trial, every feature
Offline activation
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Closed beta

Write your next book with Novelith.

We are looking for writers for the closed beta: a free licence in exchange for your feedback. Tell us what you are writing.

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