EthanYoQ/AI-Novel-Writer

What it solves

AI Novel Writer is a local-first desktop workbench designed for long-form novel writing. It solves the problem of maintaining consistency and organization across a large project by transforming the writing process into a traceable workflow: Premise $\rightarrow$ Characters $\rightarrow$ World-building $\rightarrow$ Chapter Blueprints $\rightarrow$ Drafts $\rightarrow$ Review $\rightarrow$ Revision $\rightarrow$ Final Version.

How it works

Instead of feeding an entire novel into a single chat history, the system organizes context around the current chapter's blueprint, relevant character data, world-building details, and historical summaries. It acts as an orchestration layer that manages project state and prompts, allowing users to connect their own local or cloud-based LLMs via OpenAI-compatible or Gemini native protocols.

Who it’s for

Authors and writers who want to use AI to assist in long-form storytelling while keeping their project data on their own computer and maintaining full control over the AI's output through a structured review and revision loop.

Highlights

• Structured Workflow: A comprehensive pipeline from initial premise to final polished chapters.
• Long-form Consistency: Inherits settings, characters, and established facts into subsequent chapters to prevent contradictions.
• ** uma Foreshadowing System**: A dedicated system to plan, track, and resolve narrative clues and suspense.
• Human-in-the-loop Review: AI-generated review reports can be edited or supplemented by the author before being used as input for revisions.
• Local-First Privacy: Project files and databases are stored locally, and users configure their own API keys and model endpoints.
• Batch Generation: Supports creating multiple chapters (1-10) in a sequence with failure handling.
• Knowledge Base: Supports importing reference texts with full-text search via SQLite FTS.