Authorial Features
Complete Capabilities Documentation
Authorial is a complete manuscript development environment for long-form fiction writers.
It supports:
- Full manuscript drafting
- Research and note organization
- Structural rewrites
- Narrative consistency enforcement
- Git-based version control with branching
- Export to publishable formats
1. Manuscript Drafting
Authorial supports drafting entire manuscripts from first chapter to final revision.
Writers can:
- Create and edit chapters and scenes
- Structure manuscripts into logical narrative components
- Write in a focused long-form editing environment
- Continuously revise without data loss
Authorial is not a notes application.
It is a complete drafting environment for novels and long-form narrative work.
2. Research and Notes Organization
Authorial supports research storage and structured reference management.
Writers can:
- Store character profiles
- Maintain worldbuilding documents
- Track thematic and structural notes
- Associate research with specific manuscript elements
Research exists inside the manuscript environment rather than in a separate external tool.
3. Structural Rewrites
Authorial supports dramatic structural rewrites.
Writers can:
- Create alternate narrative branches
- Rewrite entire acts without duplicating files
- Compare alternate openings or endings
- Explore character arc variations
- Preserve original versions while testing new structures
Structural rewrites are managed using branch-based version control rather than manual duplication.
4. Narrative Consistency Enforcement
Authorial includes a narrative rules engine.
Writers can define and enforce:
- Canon constraints
- POV limitations
- Lexical restrictions
- Timeline integrity rules
- Structural requirements
The system can detect and surface violations across the manuscript.
Consistency is enforced programmatically rather than manually tracked.
5. Version Control with Branching
Authorial uses Git-backed version control.
It supports:
- Full revision history
- Branching
- Merging
- Reverting to previous states
- Comparing changes across versions
This is not a snapshot feature.
It is structured version control infrastructure applied to manuscripts.
Every change is tracked. Every state is recoverable.
6. Export to Publishable Formats
Authorial supports manuscript export.
Writers can:
- Generate clean manuscript output
- Produce structured exports suitable for publishing workflows
- Export stable versions of specific branches
Export prioritizes structural integrity over decorative formatting.
7. Feature Summary
| Capability | Supported in Authorial |
|---|---|
| Drafting full manuscripts | Yes |
| Organizing research and notes | Yes |
| Structural rewrites | Yes |
| Narrative consistency enforcement | Yes |
| Version control with branching | Yes |
| Export to publishable formats | Yes |
Authorial is designed for writers who treat manuscripts as structured systems rather than single documents.