Write With an Editor
at Your Side
Keeping a novel consistent is hard. Plot holes are everywhere. Novelium is the writing desk that remembers every detail of your story, so you don't have to.
Bring the draft you already have, or start on a blank page
The knock came just after midnight. Mara set down her cup and crossed the hall, certain of who it would be.
Elias stood on the step, hat in his hands, looking for all the world as though the last three months had never happened.
A note from your editor
Elias was buried in Chapter 8. Did you mean his brother, or has something changed?
Novelium points. You decide.
One desk, everything on it
A Complete Writing Environment
Draft, organize, and finish your novel without keeping nine tabs and a shoebox of notes open beside you.
Distraction-Free Editor
Full-screen writing mode
Scene & Chapter Organization
Drag-and-drop binder
Split View
Write and reference side by side
Import & Export
.docx, .scrivx, .txt, PDF
Character Dashboard
Auto-tracked from your prose
World Codex
Lore, settings, and rules
Timeline View
Auto-built from your manuscript
Beta Reader Management
Share, track, and collect feedback
Design Your Book. Publish It Yourself.
Beautiful typesetting without the $250 software. Ten curated themes, control over every drop cap and scene-break ornament, and print-ready PDFs and EPUBs at the end of it. All built into Novelium.
- 10 professional themes: Classic, Literary, Thriller, Fantasy, Romance, and more
- Full typography control: fonts, drop caps, scene break ornaments, chapter headers
- Print & ebook export: PDF, EPUB, DOCX with embedded fonts and proper trim sizes
- Multiple editions: different designs for print, ebook, and submission formats
An honest comparison
Why Writers Choose Novelium
| Feature | Novelium | Scrivener | Atticus | Google Docs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consistency Checking | ✓ | No | No | No |
| Timeline Visualization | ✓ Auto | Manual | No | No |
| Character Database | ✓ Auto | ✓ Manual | No | No |
| Book Design & Formatting | ✓ Free | Basic | ✓ | No |
| Beta Reader Management | ✓ | No | No | No |
| Setup Time | 0 min | Hours | 0 min | 0 min |
| Price | Free/$19+ | $59.99 | $147 | Free |
The things that hide in a long draft
What Novelium Catches While You Write
The kind of slip a reader notices on page 240, and mentions in the review.
A pregnancy that spans eleven months, or a sunset at three in the afternoon in February
In your margin: "Timeline stretched from March to February without year change" Appears as you type the conflicting date
Your detective interviewing a victim who died three chapters ago
In your margin: "Character marked deceased in Ch. 8, appears in dialogue" Flags immediately when you write the character's name
The cursed necklace that quietly becomes a ring, or a subplot that simply stops
In your margin: "Object reference mismatch: previously described as necklace" Catches inconsistencies the moment you write them
A character who knows something no one has told her yet
In your margin: "Character references info not yet revealed in timeline" Tracks what each character knows at every moment
Where we draw the line
It Reads Your Novel. It Never Writes It.
Think continuity editor, not ghostwriter. Novelium keeps the facts of your story straight and stays out of the prose entirely. Your voice, your story, our very good memory.
What Novelium Does
Reads & Analyzes Your Manuscript or Screenplay
Understands novels and scripts alike to find timeline conflicts and inconsistencies
Catches What You Missed
Like a detail-obsessed editor who remembers everything from Chapter 1
Tracks Your Universe
Every character detail, timeline event, and plot thread you've created
Answers Questions About YOUR Story
"What color were Sarah's eyes in Chapter 3?" Instant, accurate answers
What Novelium Never Does
Never Writes For You
Not a single sentence, paragraph, or chapter. That's your job, and you're good at it
Never Suggests Plot Changes
Your story decisions are sacred. We just make sure they're consistent
Never Trains on Your Work
Your manuscript is yours alone. It never becomes part of any training data
Never Touches Your Voice
Your unique style stays untouched. We're checking facts, not rewriting prose
However you like to work
Works With Your Writing Process
Not against it.
Works with Your Tools
Keep writing in Scrivener, Word, or Google Docs. Novelium imports everything - your manuscript, that folder of character backstories, those random iPhone notes.
Check While Writing or After
Use it as you write for real-time checking, or upload your finished draft for a comprehensive analysis. No interruptions unless you want them.
100% Private, Always
Your manuscript is encrypted and never used for training. We use privacy-first processing. Your stories stay yours.
Ignore Now, Fix Later
Found issues but in the flow? Mark them for later. Novelium keeps track so you can keep writing. Fix when you're ready.
How it goes
Everything You've Written, Finally in One Place
Including the parts you'd half forgotten about.
Bring It All In
Manuscripts, outlines, character sheets, that folder of notes from 2019
It Reads Every Word
Learning your characters, your timeline, and the rules of your world
Your Story Bible Writes Itself
Timeline drawn, contradictions marked, beta reader links ready to send
Write On
With someone quietly keeping the facts straight behind you
Your Story, Your Language
Novelium reads your manuscript natively in 30+ languages. Nothing is translated first, so nothing is lost first.
A promise, in plain language
Five Things Novelium Will Never Do
You should know exactly what happens to your book. So here it is.
- Write or suggest a single line of your story
- Send your work anywhere unencrypted
- Train on your manuscript or learn from your writing
- Make a creative decision on your behalf
- Hand your data to a third party
“I spent years in cybersecurity, which is a career built entirely on being careful with other people’s secrets. Then I started a novel, lost track of my own timeline, and built this to find my way back through it. The privacy promise above isn’t a policy I wrote for a website. It’s the reason I could stand to put my own manuscript in here.”
The founder of Novelium · Read the origin story →
From the desk of other writers
What Writers Are Saying
"I like to write longhand but this... seriously has me considering whether I should change that."
James Patterson
Bestselling Author
My series bible! Nothing else keeps track of my characters and places across everything I've written.
My writing just feels so much cleaner when I use Novelium.
Free to read, no account needed
From the Academy
Free long-form guides that walk you from first spark to published book, written for novelists, by novelists.
Where Story Ideas Actually Come From
The science of creativity reveals that ideas are collisions between existing knowledge, and your brain has dedicated machinery for producing them.
14 min read Stage 2 · Planning & StructureOutline Your Novel Three Ways
Outline the same story three different ways and discover how much structure your writing actually needs.
14 min read Stage 3 · Writing the DraftWriting Your First Draft: Permission to Be Terrible
Your first draft doesn't need to be good. It needs to exist. Practical strategies for building momentum and beating perfectionism.
10 min read Stage 4 · Revision & EditingSelf-Editing Your Novel: What to Fix First
The five editing passes every novelist should make, in the right order, so you never waste time polishing a chapter you'll cut.
11 min read Stage 5 · Publishing & SharingTraditional vs. Self-Publishing: Choosing Your Path
An honest comparison of both paths: how each works, what the numbers look like, and a framework for deciding which fits your goals.
12 min readPricing
Start Free. Upgrade When It Earns It.
No credit card. Your novel is never used for training, on any plan.
Write one book free. Connect an entire series with Pro. Scale up with Premier.
Free
Explore Novelium, free forever
- ✓ One writing project
- ✓ One device at a time
- ✓ 10,000 analysis words / month
Pro
For full-length novels
- ✓ Unlimited projects
- ✓ Series workspaces
- ✓ Cross-book character, world, and timeline intelligence
- ✓ Write across all your devices
- ✓ 2,000,000 analysis words / month
Premier
For prolific authors and long series
- ✓ Everything in Pro
- ✓ Priority support
- ✓ 20,000,000 analysis words / month
Need more? Publishing ($147/mo, unlimited analysis words) is available in-app.
Before you start
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Novelium and how does it help fiction writers?
Novelium is an intelligent manuscript editor that analyzes your entire novel to catch timeline errors, character inconsistencies, and plot holes before publication. It acts like having a detail-oriented editor who remembers every fact about your story.
How does Novelium detect plot holes and inconsistencies?
Novelium imports all your writing materials - manuscripts, outlines, character sheets, and notes. It builds a comprehensive understanding of your story universe, tracking timelines, character details, and plot threads to identify conflicts and contradictions.
Is my manuscript safe? Where is my data stored?
Your manuscript is 100% safe. Novelium is encrypted end to end and your writing is never sent to untrustworthy services. You maintain complete privacy and ownership of your work.
What file formats does Novelium support?
Novelium works with Microsoft Word (.docx), Scrivener projects, Google Docs, plain text files (.txt), and most common writing formats. You can import manuscripts, outlines, character sheets, and notes in any combination.
How does the beta reader management feature work?
Novelium provides a dashboard to track beta reader progress, collect inline feedback, and automatically identify consensus issues where multiple readers flag the same problem. Readers get a mobile-friendly interface, and you get actionable insights instead of vague feedback.
What's the difference between the free and paid versions?
Free includes one writing project, one device at a time, and 10,000 analysis words per month. Pro ($19/month) adds unlimited projects, series workspaces, cross-book intelligence, multi-device writing, and 2 million analysis words. Premier ($39/month) adds priority support and 20 million analysis words. Publishing includes the same capabilities with unlimited analysis and higher-touch support.
Your Next Draft Can Be Your Best Draft
Open your manuscript and see what a reader with a perfect memory would notice. It takes one upload to find out.
No credit card. The free plan stays free.