Your characters
text you back.
Open a chat with anyone in your novel. They answer in their own voice, built from what they actually say and do on the page. Ask what they're hiding. Ask what scares them. You'll discover things about your story you didn't know you wrote.
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A conversation with someone who lives in your book.
Pick a character
Tap "Text" on any character card in your notes. Everyone in your story bible is ready to talk.
Set the scene
Choose how far into the story they are, and who you are to them.
Start texting
Replies arrive like real texts, with typing dots and short bursts, in the character's own voice.
Bring it back to the book
Insert a line, save a new detail to your notes, or turn the whole conversation into a scene.
More than a chatbot. A cast that remembers.
Spoiler-safe timeline
Pick a chapter and the character only knows what happened up to that point. Ask about later events and they'll tell you they weren't there.
Choose who you are
Someone they trust, an old friend, a stranger, a journalist, a police officer, or another character from your book, with your real relationship.
Group chats
Bring up to four characters into one conversation. Choose who answers, or let someone jump in on their own.
A living character sheet
Each character's backstory, fears, secrets and way of speaking is drawn from your manuscript. Edit it, and your changes stick.
New details become canon
When a character reveals something new, save it to their notes in one click, and every future chat treats it as true.
Turn it into a scene
Love a conversation? Turn it into prose in your book's voice, preview it, and insert it right where your cursor is.
Questions that dig deep
One-tap prompts like "What are you hiding?" and "What would you do if...?" get past small talk fast.
Hear them out loud
Play any reply aloud, copy it, or drop a line of dialogue straight into your chapter.
Pick up where you left off
Every conversation is saved, so you can come back to a character tomorrow and carry on.
The best way to get unstuck.
Interviewing your characters is a classic novelist's technique. Now they can actually answer.
Find their voice
I don't talk like that.
Hear how a character really speaks before you write their next big scene, and catch dialogue that doesn't sound like them.
Discover backstory
My father never forgave me for the fire.
Ask about the past and let them surprise you. Keep what you love as canon, and skip the rest.
Test motivations
I'd never betray her. Not after the bridge.
Check whether a plot turn feels true to who they are, before you commit it to the page.
Beat the blank page
You want to know what happened that night? Sit down.
Stuck on a scene? Put two characters in a group chat, let them argue, and turn the result into a draft.
Good to know.
Which books does it work with?
Novels and other fiction. Character chat is built from the characters in your story bible and manuscript, so it isn't available for non-fiction books.
Which plans include it?
Character chat is part of the AI Editor, included with the Silver and Gold packages.
Will it change my book?
Never on its own. Replies stay in the chat until you choose to insert a line, save a new detail to your notes, or turn the conversation into a scene, and you preview every scene before it goes in.
Can a character spoil my plot?
Set how far into the story they are. A character set to Chapter 4 only knows what happened up to Chapter 4, and will tell you they weren't there for later events.
Does the character know it's an AI?
They stay in character. The conversation is fiction built from your manuscript, which is what makes it such a useful way to explore your story.
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