# Author

> A writing room for novels, novellas and short stories: your manuscript, your cast and the strands of the story, with the state of every character at any moment and continuity checks that run on their own. Your own AI can write with you.

Author is in early access. Documentation pages are available as Markdown by adding .md to their address.

## Docs

- [Getting started](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/getting-started.md): Your first book in Author: make a book, add parts and scenes, write, add an event for a character, ask for their state and run the continuity checks.
- [The manuscript and scenes](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/writing-scenes.md): How a book is organised in Author: parts, chapters and scenes, their status and mode, time and place, word counts, and the four places of a book.
- [Cast and Geenius OS profiles](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/cast-and-profiles.md): How the cast works in Author: characters, places and objects made in Author or linked from Geenius OS profiles, roles, snapshots and what happens when a profile changes.
- [Events and state](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/events-and-state.md): How Author works out a character's state: events with effects on strands, folded in story order, plus the profile, the age from the birth date and the last scene they were in.
- [Strands, timeline and outlines](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/strands-and-timeline.md): Strands for plot, arcs and weather; the board and the timeline that zoom from year to minute; story time versus reading order; and the six outline templates.
- [Continuity checks](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/continuity-checks.md): The eleven deterministic continuity checks of Author, what each one looks at, severity, how to dismiss an issue, and what the checks cannot see.
- [Maps and travel](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/maps-and-travel.md): Pin places on a picture or a drawing of your world, draw routes with distances and modes, and let the travel check measure journeys against them.
- [Time and calendars](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/time-and-calendars.md): How Author writes story time: Gregorian and relative calendars, partial dates, approximate times, durations and relative scene timing.
- [Versions and diffs](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/versions-and-diffs.md): Save named versions of a book, compare two versions word by word, restore chosen scenes, and what a version contains.
- [Beta readers](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/beta-readers.md): Send beta readers a link to a frozen version of your book, collect comments on the exact paragraph, reply and resolve, and revoke the link.
- [Exports](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/exports.md): Export a book from Author as Markdown, DOCX in manuscript format, EPUB or a print PDF in 5 by 8 or 6 by 9 inch trim.
- [Use Author with your AI](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/use-with-your-ai.md): Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Grok to your Author books through Geenius OS (Premium and Max): it reads the story state, drafts scenes and runs the continuity checks.
- [books](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/books.md): Reference for the books tool of Author: books, novellas and short stories, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [manuscript](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/manuscript.md): Reference for the manuscript tool of Author: the manuscript tree, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [scenes](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/scenes.md): Reference for the scenes tool of Author: scene text, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [cast](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/cast.md): Reference for the cast tool of Author: the cast, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [strands](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/strands.md): Reference for the strands tool of Author: strands, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [events](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/events.md): Reference for the events tool of Author: events, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [story](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/story.md): Reference for the story tool of Author: story views and checks, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [maps](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/maps.md): Reference for the maps tool of Author: world maps, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [versions](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/versions.md): Reference for the versions tool of Author: versions, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [readers](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/readers.md): Reference for the readers tool of Author: beta readers, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [export](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/export.md): Reference for the export tool of Author: export, with every action and the arguments you can pass.
- [profiles](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/reference/profiles.md): Reference for the profiles tool: sync, list and check the Geenius OS profile snapshots used by a book's cast.
- [Plans and limits](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/plans-and-limits.md): What Pro, Premium and Max count in Author, how Geenius OS plans include them, and why the connection for your own AI starts at Premium.
- [Troubleshooting](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/troubleshooting.md): Fixes for common Author problems: no state for a character, a check that fires wrongly, a missing profile, PLAN_REQUIRED, a refused write and a reader link that does not open.
- [Glossary](https://author.geenius-os.tech/docs/glossary.md): The words used by Author in plain language: anchored event, strand, state, effect, snapshot, version, reader link, calendar, epoch, beat and more.

## Blog

- [Why long stories break in the seams, and how to check for it](https://author.geenius-os.tech/blog/why-long-stories-break-in-the-seams/): The continuity errors that survive editing, why they happen in long books, and the small set of rules that catch most of them without reading the text.
- [Track what your characters know: events, not notes](https://author.geenius-os.tech/blog/track-what-your-characters-know/): A practical way to keep a secret straight across a novel: write it as events with effects, so a character's knowledge at any scene can be asked for instead of remembered.
- [A timeline you can zoom from the year to the minute](https://author.geenius-os.tech/blog/a-timeline-you-can-zoom/): Why a story needs both a long view and a short one, how folded gaps and reading order help, and how to use the zoom levels in practice.
- [Beta readers without the chaos: frozen versions and comments on the paragraph](https://author.geenius-os.tech/blog/beta-readers-without-the-chaos/): How to run a round of beta reading so feedback is about one version and attached to the text it is about, and how to compare rounds afterwards.
- [Writing with an AI while the book keeps the facts](https://author.geenius-os.tech/blog/write-with-an-ai-while-the-book-keeps-the-facts/): How to let your own AI draft with a long book in view: read the state first, save a version, write with a revision, run the checks. And what Author deliberately does not do.
- [Six outline templates compared: when to use which](https://author.geenius-os.tech/blog/six-outline-templates-compared/): Three acts, the hero's journey, Save the Cat, seven-point structure, Freytag's pyramid and kishōtenketsu: what each is good for and when it gets in the way.

## Pages

- [Features](https://author.geenius-os.tech/features/): The Author features: manuscript, story engine, timeline and strands, continuity checks, cast and maps, versions, beta readers and exports, and your AI over MCP.
- [Manuscript](https://author.geenius-os.tech/features/write/): Write parts, chapters and scenes in Markdown, with status, word counts, a time, a place and a point of view for each scene. Move a scene and its events move with it.
- [The story engine](https://author.geenius-os.tech/features/story/): Events change characters. Author folds them in story order, so the state of any character at any scene or time is worked out, and every change names its cause.
- [Timeline and strands](https://author.geenius-os.tech/features/timeline/): Strands for plot, arcs, mysteries and weather; a timeline that zooms from the year to the minute; a board of strands by chapter; six outline templates.
- [Continuity checks](https://author.geenius-os.tech/features/checks/): Deterministic continuity checks: bilocation, travel too fast, the dead reappearing, age drift, knowing too early and more. Every issue names the rule and the scenes.
- [Cast and maps](https://author.geenius-os.tech/features/world/): Cast from Geenius OS profiles or made in Author, places pinned on world maps with routes and distances that feed the travel check.
- [Versions](https://author.geenius-os.tech/features/versions/): Freeze the book as a named version, see word-by-word differences between two versions, and restore any text. The current book is saved first.
- [Readers and export](https://author.geenius-os.tech/features/readers/): Send beta readers a link to a frozen version, collect comments on the exact paragraph, and export to Markdown, DOCX, EPUB or a print PDF.
- [Connect your AI](https://author.geenius-os.tech/features/mcp/): On Premium and Max, connect Claude, ChatGPT or Grok to your Author books through Geenius OS: it reads the story state, drafts scenes and runs the continuity checks.
- [How it works](https://author.geenius-os.tech/how-it-works/): How Author works in four steps: set up the book, write and mark what happens, let the checks run, share a frozen version with readers.
- [Use cases](https://author.geenius-os.tech/use-cases/): How novelists, series writers, writers who use an AI and editors or writing groups use Author to track, check and share long stories.
- [Author for novelists](https://author.geenius-os.tech/use-cases/novelists/): How novelists use Author: strands for plot and arcs, the state of each character at any scene, and continuity checks on travel, timing and knowledge.
- [Author for series and serial writers](https://author.geenius-os.tech/use-cases/series/): How series and serial writers use Author: a shared cast and maps across books, versions per episode, and reader links per release.
- [Author for writers who use an AI](https://author.geenius-os.tech/use-cases/ai-writers/): How writers use their own AI with Author: it reads the outline and a character's state before drafting, writes into your manuscript with revisions, and the checks run after.
- [Author for editors and writing groups](https://author.geenius-os.tech/use-cases/groups/): How editors and writing groups use Author: beta-reader links to a frozen version, comments on paragraphs, replies, and word diffs between rounds.
- [Pricing](https://author.geenius-os.tech/pricing/): Author costs €9, €19 or €49 a month and is included in the matching Geenius OS plan. Connecting your own AI to your books starts at Premium. No free plan, no trial period.
- [FAQ](https://author.geenius-os.tech/faq/): Answers about Author: what it is, the story engine, continuity checks, cast and Geenius OS, your own AI, readers and exports, pricing and early access.
- [Changelog](https://author.geenius-os.tech/changelog/): The Author changelog: what shipped in early access, and when. This site and the product are tracked here.
- [About](https://author.geenius-os.tech/about/): About Author and AVS Media: why a long story needs a memory, how the product relates to Geenius OS, and what we promise.
- [Contact and feature requests](https://author.geenius-os.tech/contact/): Write to the Author team or request a feature. Feature requests help us decide what to build next.
- [Request access](https://author.geenius-os.tech/request-access/): Author is invite-only in early access. Request access in the app, or join the waitlist here.
- [Find your setup](https://author.geenius-os.tech/find-your-setup/): Answer a few questions and see which Author features to use first, which docs to read and which plan fits. Runs in your browser; nothing is sent.
- [Search and ask](https://author.geenius-os.tech/search/): Search the Author docs, blog and FAQ, or ask a question and get an answer card with links.