From first idea to published copy.

Begin with a premise, a genre template, or an existing manuscript (DOCX / TXT / Markdown / RTF — Scrivener users compile to DOCX first). The Forge walks idea → outline → scene-by-scene drafting, with Grove asking the right questions along the way — or skipping them entirely when you'd rather just write. For series writers: define the series first, then add books that inherit the shared world.

Before you write a word, capture the intent. "I want this to have more horror." "Keep dialogue snappy." "First-person POV throughout." These directives carry through every AI interaction — chat replies, chapter reviews, generation, story doctor — without you re-prompting each time.

Draft in a clean writing surface with Grove one click away. Grove reads your full manuscript and series world, reviews chapters, and suggests fixes — every suggestion is preview-then-apply with anchors to the exact passage. It's a senior editor writing margin notes, not a ghostwriter producing pages.

Characters, locations, magic systems, story rules, canon items — all live on the SERIES, not on each book. Edit a character's profile once; books 1 through 12 see the update. Promote a per-book character to series-shared with one click. Demote when needed.

The Insights view scans your manuscript for character name drift, timeline contradictions, geographic inconsistencies, voice shifts, and pacing anomalies. Each finding is anchored to the exact chapter — see precisely where the issue is before applying any fix.

Ask Grove to hand you one of your characters ("let me talk to Marlow," "interview my villain") and it answers in the first person as them — grounded in your canon, knowing only what they'd plausibly know at that point in the story. It's a discovery space: it never edits your prose. But when you correct how a character spoke ("too formal," "she's blunter"), Grove appends that as a rule to their voice notes behind an Apply button — so every future scene the book generates stays in character. Your correction becomes canon, transparently and only with your approval.

Create a private reading link for any book. Your readers open it in their browser — no account, no DOCX attachment — and read in a clean book view. Notes they leave flow straight back into your workspace, anchored to the chapter they were reading. Revoke a link any time.

Open your book on your phone and it reads like a book: full pages, swipe to turn, picks up where you left off. Select a passage to make a note or ask Grove for an improvement pass; dictate thoughts with voice capture. Everything syncs back to your desk.

Generate a validated EPUB 3.3 (verified by W3C EPUBCheck), ONIX 3.0 metadata XML (EU Accessibility Act + Amazon March 2026 sunset compliant), KDP-formatted print PDF (proper trim sizes, margins, gutter), and a step-by-step checklist for each publisher. We never automate against publisher portals — you stay in full control.