Question 1

What is Manuscript.no?

Accepted Answer

Manuscript.no is a writing platform for authors and publishing houses. Its AI analyzes the work — character logic, pacing, structure, style — but never generates prose. There is no autocomplete and no ghostwriting. Every word is written by a human.

Question 2

Does Manuscript.no autocomplete or write text for me?

Accepted Answer

No. Never. Not a sentence, not a paragraph, not a draft to react to. The Mirror, the Critic, and the Architect are read-only by design. The hard limit is drawn in code — there is no autocomplete API to opt into.

Question 3

Do you train on my manuscript?

Accepted Answer

No. Your manuscript is not fed to our models, anyone else's models, or anyone else's product. The text you write is read by you, the people you invite, and nothing else.

Question 4

What is the Mirror?

Accepted Answer

The Mirror is a read-only character reader. It extracts traits, contradictions, voice consistency, dialogue rhythm, and POV shifts from the prose you wrote, and surfaces annotations in the right margin. The Mirror flags. The author decides. The Mirror cannot type.

Question 5

What is the Critic?

Accepted Answer

The Critic is a pass/warn/fail diagnostic layer for plot holes, pacing drag, tone slips, and timeline contradictions. It returns inline flags with reasoning, never a rewrite. The Critic flags. The author decides.

Question 6

What is the Architect?

Accepted Answer

The Architect is a scene-card and plot-thread workspace inside the manuscript. Drag, reorder, color-code acts and threads — without leaving the editor. The Architect surfaces structure; it does not impose one.

Question 7

What does Manuscript.no give a publishing house?

Accepted Answer

An editorial floor. A single pipeline view across every manuscript in the house — title, author, editor, last touch, stage (Draft / In review / Copyedit / Proof / Released). House style guides applied per imprint. Editorial letters drafted with AI in the editor's voice. Multi-format export to PDF, EPUB, IDML, DOCX, MOBI, and XML.

Question 8

What can I export?

Accepted Answer

PDF, EPUB, DOCX, HTML, and Markdown — standard formats from minute one. Publishers also export IDML (for InDesign), MOBI, and XML. No lock-in, no premium-tier export wall, no escape fee.

Question 9

How is AI tagged inside the file?

Accepted Answer

Every annotation, suggestion, and comment carries the name of who wrote it — author, editor, or AI. Tagged at source. Visible in the file and in any export.

Question 10

What happens to my manuscript if I cancel?

Accepted Answer

You take everything with you, in standard formats. There is no escape fee, no proprietary export wall, no premium tier required to leave. We would rather earn the next month than imprison the last six.

Question 11

How does Manuscript.no compare to Scrivener?

Accepted Answer

Manuscript.no is web-based, autosaved every keystroke, and versioned forever. It adds the Mirror, the Critic, and the Architect — read-only analysis layers no traditional editor offers. It imports .docx and plain text and exports the same formats Scrivener does, plus EPUB and HTML.

Question 12

How does Manuscript.no compare to Sudowrite, NovelAI, or Jasper?

Accepted Answer

It is the opposite design choice. Sudowrite, NovelAI, and Jasper generate prose. Manuscript.no never generates, never suggests, and never autocompletes. It analyzes the prose you already wrote. Zero ghostwriting, zero IP contamination.

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