How to use Consistency Check

Consistency Check is an automated analysis tool that reviews your writing for potential inconsistencies based on the information you have already entered about your book. It is designed to surface issues for your consideration, not to enforce changes or block progress.

Consistency Check runs when you submit a chapter. You do not need to upload files or trigger the tool separately. Once a chapter is submitted, Consistency Check analyzes that chapter using the book’s existing reference material.

The tool uses information from multiple sources within your book. This includes your plot information, character sheets, chapter outlines, previous chapters, and other saved reference data. By comparing the submitted chapter against what has already been established, Consistency Check looks for places where the story may contradict itself or drift from earlier decisions.

Consistency Check highlights areas that may need attention. Examples include timeline discrepancies, character traits or motivations that do not align with prior entries, world-building rules that appear to be broken, or details that conflict with earlier chapters. These results are presented as observations, not errors.

Results from Consistency Check appear in the chapter submission report. They are visible to the person submitting the chapter and, in collaborative books, to the book owner or editor reviewing it. The tool does not modify your chapter or prevent it from being approved.

Consistency Check does not determine whether a chapter is good or bad. It does not make creative judgments and does not decide what is correct. Its purpose is to help you notice potential problems before they ripple outward into other chapters or collaborators’ work.

In personal books, Consistency Check exists to help you catch issues early, even though you can revise submitted chapters freely. In community and private group books, it helps protect shared continuity by giving reviewers additional context during approval.

Using Consistency Check is optional. All subscribers have access to it, but you are not required to act on every suggestion. You decide whether an item is a true inconsistency, an intentional change, or something that can be safely ignored.

Consistency Check works best when your book’s reference material is up to date. Keeping worksheets, character information, and plot details current improves the relevance of the results and reduces noise.

Consistency Check is a subscriber-only feature and is intended to support cohesion and clarity as your book grows, without replacing authorial judgment or editorial decision-making.