Stop contradicting your own canon.
LoreClerk keeps a record of your story, dated by chapter, and checks each new chapter against it. Every flag quotes the earlier line it conflicts with, so you can judge it at a glance.
Here's what a scan finds.
We imported the first 50 chapters of Ashfall Ascendant, the sample serial in the app, the way an author would: one EPUB file. This is part of the report that came back.
Continuity report
- Character
Kael died in chapter 12, but he speaks here.
Chapter 31 · The Ninth Floor · para 3Kael grinned. “Told you the boss had a second phase.”
Chapter 12 · The Black LedgerKael fell holding the stairwell so the others could reach the safe room.
Give the line to Mira, or make it clear this is a memory.
- Skill rule
Frostbind is cast twice in one fight. It has a 24-hour cooldown.
Chapter 44 · Two Wolves · para 2She cast Frostbind again, and the second wolf froze mid-leap.
Chapter 9 · FrostbindSystem notice: Frostbind learned. Cooldown: 24 hours.
Use a different skill for the second wolf, or let a day pass between the fights.
- Location
Ren is at the Spire gate, but he stayed in Highmarch.
Chapter 46 · At the Gate · para 1Ren was waiting at the Spire gate, still dusty from the road.
Chapter 45 · Ren in HighmarchRen would stay in Highmarch and sell the loot. Four days’ ride, there and back.
Add the ride back, or keep Ren in Highmarch for this chapter.
- Timeline
Three days pass here, but the reset was “tonight”.
Chapter 38 · Three Days Later · para 1Three days later, the gates of the Ashen Spire opened again.
Chapter 37 · Midnight ResetThe Spire resets at midnight tonight.
Say “That night” here, or move the reset in chapter 37.
- Name
“Tobbin” here, “Tobin” everywhere else.
Chapter 19 · The Forge · para 1Old Tobbin was already at the forge when they arrived.
Chapter 3 · Old TobinOld Tobin, the blacksmith who never closes.
Use “Tobin”, or add “Tobbin” to the story notes as a nickname.
The mistakes readers screenshot.
- Characters
- Dead ones talking, absent ones in the room, people in two places at once.
- Items
- The sword in the wrong hands, the core that was sold three arcs ago.
- Rules
- Skills used inside their cooldown, spells that ignore their own cost.
- States and levels
- A level that goes backwards, an injury that heals overnight.
- Time and place
- “Tonight” that turns into three days, a four-day ride done by lunch.
- Names
- “Tobbin” here, “Tobin” everywhere else.
It catches a lot and quotes its source. It does not catch everything, so treat it as a sharp second reader, not a guarantee. LitRPG stat blocks: partly. Levels going backwards and cooldowns, yes; full attribute maths, not yet.
Pick any chapter and see what was true then.
Characters, places, items, factions, rules and relationships. Each fact records the chapter it became true and the chapter it stopped.
- New facts wait for your OK
- Each chapter proposes updates. Deaths and items changing hands always wait for you.
- Co-authors propose, you confirm
- On a shared book, a co-author's new facts stay out of the checks until the owner accepts them.
- Characters who go quiet
- Dormant characters and subplots that have been silent too long get flagged.
Every setup gets a due date.
Give each setup the chapter it should pay off by. It turns red when it runs late, before readers start asking about it in the comments.
- On the page, or only in your notes?
- The setup tracker checks that each setup was actually written, and where it first appears.
- Reveals in other words
- When the payoff is worded differently from your note, a quick read of the likely paragraphs finds it by meaning, and says so. Wrong match? Tell it “not this one”.
What goes wrong over two hundred chapters.
Four tools for a book that is too long to reread. They run in the background and use no credits.
- Pacing
- One score per chapter for turns, conflict, new information and payoffs. Flat stretches are named. It does not judge the prose.
- Plan vs. page
- Which beats and must-happens from your brief made it onto the page. No quote, no “written”.
- Repeated phrases
- Phrases that keep coming back across the book. Names and words from your own plan do not count.
- Setup tracker
- Whether each setup was written, and whether it paid off on time.
Ch. 71–75: nothing pays off; little conflict.
Write in Google Docs. Check here.
Before you post, paste the chapter or drop the .docx. It is checked against everything before it, and the story notes picks up what changed.
How you keep track now, and what changes.
Plenty of authors run a 300-chapter serial on a spreadsheet and a good memory. That works until chapter 200. Here's where the time goes.
| In your head | A spreadsheet | A notes app | LoreClerk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeping it current | You remember, mostly. | You update it after every chapter. | You update it after every chapter. | It proposes updates from each chapter. You confirm. |
| What was true in chapter 40 | Reread chapter 40. | One row per character, overwritten. | Whatever the page says now. | Each fact is dated by chapter. Pick any chapter. |
| Catching a contradiction | A reader finds it in the comments. | Only if you think to look. | Only if you think to look. | Every chapter is checked, with the line it conflicts with. |
| Overdue setups | Hopefully. | A column you stop updating. | A checklist. | A due window per thread, red when late. |
| Starting with 80 chapters | Nothing to start. | Days of data entry. | Days of data entry. | Import the file. The first 50 chapters are scanned free. |
About the checks
Does checking use credits?
Checks against the story notes never do. Continuity scans are free for the first 50 chapters on your account; paid plans scan every chapter without using credits.
What if a flag is wrong?
Mark it intended and it stays quiet. Every flag shows its source, so a wrong one is quick to spot.
Does it read my whole book every time?
No. Each chapter is checked against the record and the summaries of earlier chapters, plus the lines it needs to quote.
What languages?
English first. Books can also be written in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese. The interface is in English and Chinese.
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