For novelists who take their craft seriously
Where novels
get written.
Rule of Words is a structured writing workspace built for long-form fiction. Plan your story, develop your characters, track your progress, and write with an AI assistant that actually understands your manuscript.
Writing a novel is hard enough without fighting your tools
Word processors don't understand story structure. Note-taking apps scatter your research across a dozen documents. And most "AI writing tools" want to write your book for you.
Rule of Words is different. It's a purpose-built workspace that organises your manuscript the way novelists actually think — in chapters, scenes, character arcs, and plot threads. The AI assistant doesn't generate your novel. It helps you improve it.
Chapters, scenes, characters, locations, arcs, and threads — all connected, all in one place.
Track character progressions scene by scene. The AI knows who your characters are right now, not just who they were at the start.
The assistant critiques, suggests, and improves. It doesn't generate chapters. Your voice stays your voice.
Web-based. No installs, no syncing, no file management. Open your browser and write.
The toolkit
Everything a novelist needs. Nothing they don't.
Distraction-Free Editor
Novel-style formatting with autosave. Focus mode with dark theme. Just you and the page.
Deep Character Profiles
20+ fields per character. Progressions that track change scene by scene. Relationships as first-class entities.
Story Architecture
Story arcs, plot threads, timeline view. See your manuscript's structure at a glance and never lose a thread.
Continuity Report
Automated analysis flags missing characters, POV gaps, stale plot threads, and progression gaps. No AI required.
Reference Panel
Character profiles, locations, and other scenes side-by-side with your editor. No more tab-switching.
Writing Goals
Daily targets, streak tracking, 14-day progress chart. Build a writing habit that sticks.
Optional AI assistant
An editor who's read every page of your manuscript
The AI assistant isn't a content generator. It's a critique partner that understands your story's context — the characters, their current emotional states, the plot threads in play, and your writing voice.
Select any passage and choose from six inline tools: Rewrite, Tighten, Fix Dialogue, Add Subtext, Add Senses, or Show Don't Tell. Review the suggestion and accept or discard with one click.
Don't want AI? The Author plan gives you every writing tool without it. Many of our best features — the continuity report, character progressions, reference panel — use zero AI.
See it in action
Built for the way novelists work
Select, improve, accept
Highlight any passage and choose from six AI tools. Review the suggestion, then accept or discard with one click.
Catch mistakes before your readers
The continuity report analyses your manuscript and flags character gaps, POV issues, stale plot threads, and more. No AI required.
Everything at your fingertips
Characters, locations, and other scenes in a sidebar next to your editor. No more switching tabs to check a detail.
Write like it's already published
Novel-style formatting with first-line indents, proper paragraph spacing, and a clean serif font. Your manuscript looks like a book from the first draft.
Simple pricing
Two plans. No hidden fees.
Both include unlimited projects, characters, and scenes. Choose whether you want the AI assistant.
Author
All writing and editing tools. No AI.
Author +AI
Everything in Author, plus the AI assistant.
From the blog
Latest posts
Seven Signs Your Novel Has a Continuity Problem
Continuity errors break trust with readers. Here are seven common signs your manuscript needs a cons...
5 min readWhy I Built Rule of Words
After twenty-five years of writing, I still could not find a tool that worked the way I think. So I...
4 min readIntroducing Rule of Words
A structured writing workspace built for novelists who take their craft seriously. Here is what it d...
3 min readI've used Scrivener for ten years. Rule of Words gives me everything Scrivener does, plus an AI assistant that actually understands my characters. The continuity report alone is worth the subscription.
— Beta tester, crime fiction novelist
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