AI does not write your book: a text it writes is neither yours nor necessarily protected. It helps around the writing: a frank first reader, a memory of the manuscript, research you can query, a patient proofreader. The voice and every sentence remain yours.
AI helps authors with tasks such as “Get reader feedback on a chapter,” “Keep the character bible and the timeline,” and “Query your research.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
Claude · Incognito chat
TodayFriends and family say “it’s good,” the publisher does not answer, and you no longer know whether the chapter holds up or you have simply gotten used to it.
With ClaudeA first reader’s feedback: what comes across, where attention drops, what is missing.
Claude · “Projects”
TodayBy chapter 14, a character’s eyes have changed color, and you no longer know whether the train scene happens before or after the funeral.
With ClaudeA table of the story’s characters, places, and timeline, with the contradictions to fix.
Gemini Notebook · One notebook per book, “Chat” panel
TodayTwo years of reading, interviews, and archives, and the quote you need is sitting in a PDF whose title you have forgotten.
With Gemini NotebookThe useful material from your research, sorted by theme, with the exact passage from each source.
Also
Sourced facts to write the scene without errors, and what is left to ask someone in the trade.
Wispr Flow · Hands-free mode, “Auto Cleanup” set to “Light”
A complete first draft of the scene, in your own words, to pick back up at the keyboard with a clear head.
Antidote · Corrector, then repetition filters
A text with no errors or typos, and a counted list of your writing tics, to fix or to own.
Claude · “Projects”
A one-page synopsis, the book in three sentences, and a cover letter to rewrite in your own words.
Gemini Notebook · One notebook for the contract, “Chat” panel
The contract explained point by point, backed by the clauses, and ten questions to ask before signing.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
A first text for each section of the application, to rewrite in your own voice, and the points a panel would find vague.
ChatGPT · Voice mode
A full rehearsal of the event, and a thirty-second presentation of the book, made from your own words.
All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.
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An unpublished manuscript is confidential: in incognito mode, the conversation is never used for training. It is one reader among others, with average tastes: it replaces neither an editor nor your readers.
Get reader feedback on a chapterClaude · Incognito chatThe prompt to copy
You are a demanding first reader, not a proofreader. Here is a chapter of [a novel, a narrative, an essay]: [paste the text]. What it has to accomplish: [what the reader should know or feel at the end]. Do not rewrite anything and do not suggest any sentence. Tell me: what you understood about the situation and each character, so I can see whether it is what I intended; where your attention dropped, quoting the passage; what is said twice; what is missing to understand; the dialogue that explains instead of moving things forward. End with the question you are asking yourself as you turn the page. No polite compliments.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobProofread the manuscript before sending
In your jobQuery your research
In your jobPrepare the synopsis and cover letter
In your jobGet reader feedback on a chapter
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
A first reader at any hour, and a memory of the manuscript: stored in a project, your chapters are used to keep the character bible and prepare the synopsis.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly), if you are working on a full manuscript.
All your research in one place: it answers from your sources only and shows the exact passage. Also useful for reading a contract clause by clause.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
A reference corrector for French, also available for English: agreement, typography, repetitions, with an explanation of each error.
Recommended planAntidote+ Personal, one language, $59.95 the first year, then $48 per year. 30-day free trial.
Check a detail about a period, a place, or a trade, with the link to the source of each piece of information.
Recommended planFree to start: basic searches are almost unlimited. Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
You tell a scene out loud and find it written and punctuated in your word processor: the first draft moves forward without you rereading yourself.
Recommended planFree, $0: 2,000 words per week on desktop. To dictate every day: Pro, $15 per user per month ($12 if billed yearly).
In voice mode, it plays the bookseller or the journalist and has you rehearse your book pitch out loud.
Recommended planFree to start, with a limit on voice. Plus, $20 per month.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Gemini Notebook, Antidote, Perplexity, Wispr Flow, and ChatGPT. 5 of them can be used for free to get started.
Yes. In voice mode, it plays the bookseller or the journalist and has you rehearse your book pitch out loud. The plan to choose: Free to start, with a limit on voice. Plus, $20 per month.
With “Get reader feedback on a chapter,” in Claude (Incognito chat). Allow 10 minutes the first time. A first reader’s feedback: what comes across, where attention drops, what is missing.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.