Everything you need to write
Powerful features designed by an author, for authors. Focus on your story while Norns handles the rest.
Writing Experience
A clean, focused writing environment that gets out of your way.
Markdown Editor
Write in a clean, distraction-free markdown editor with live preview and syntax highlighting.
Version History
Every save is versioned. Travel back in time to any previous version of your segments.
Auto-Save
Never lose your work. Content is automatically saved as you write.
Clean markdown editing with live preview
Every save is versioned - travel back in time to any revision
Book Organization
Structure your manuscript exactly how you think about it.
Book Structure
Organize manuscripts into series, books, chapters, and scenes. Handle front and back matter.
Series Management
Group books into series with shared settings and cross-book consistency.
Book Bible
Build your world with characters, locations, lore, and plot notes all in one place. If you enable AI, managing this becomes automatic
Segment Navigation
Jump between segments, reorder chapters, and manage your manuscript structure.
Organize with front matter, chapters, and back matter
Build your world in the Book Bible
Ghost Writer AI
AI that respects your voice. Summon assistance when you need it, write in peace when you don't.
Ghost Writer AI
AI assistance that stays invisible until summoned. Your writing, your control.
AI-Assisted Editing
Get suggestions, fix pacing issues, brainstorm plot solutions, or complete segments.
Style Rules
Define custom style rules. The Ghost Writer enforces them if you have it write for you.
Writing Habit Detection
AI identifies patterns in your writing and helps you improve your craft.
Summon the Ghost when you need assistance
AI detects writing patterns and habits
Why "Ghost Writer"? In publishing, a ghost writer helps an author bring their vision to life while staying invisible. That's exactly what our AI does. It's your assistant, your brainstorming partner, your editor on demand. But the story is always yours.
Automatic Storyform
Dramatica-style story structure without the tedium. AI builds and maintains your storyform as you write, so it's ready when you need a final review.
Auto-Populated Storyform
AI analyzes your manuscript and builds your Dramatica storyform automatically. No more tedious manual entry.
Narrative Checkpoints
Your storyform is maintained and updated at key checkpoints as your story evolves.
Structural Consistency
Track your throughlines, character arcs, and thematic elements across the entire manuscript.
Ready for Review
A maintained storyform means your final review can evaluate structural integrity, not just prose.
AI builds your storyform through natural conversation
What's a storyform? Based on Dramatica theory, a storyform captures the deep structure of your narrative: throughlines, character functions, thematic elements, and plot progressions. Normally this requires hours of manual analysis. With an AI subscription, Norns builds it for you and keeps it updated at every checkpoint, so your story's structure is always documented and ready for evaluation.
The Final Review
Three perspectives on your manuscript, inspired by the Norse fates who weave destiny. Request as many reviews as you need before publication.
Urd - The Past
Reviews what has been written. Consistency checks, continuity errors, and factual alignment within your world.
Verdandi - The Present
Analyzes the current state of your prose. Pacing, style, readability, and structural evaluation.
Skuld - The Future
Evaluates where your story is going. Unresolved threads, thematic payoff, and reader satisfaction.
Transparent pricing for each reviewer
Why three reviewers? A single perspective misses things. Urd looks backward at what you've established. Verdandi examines the craft of your current prose. Skuld looks forward to how it all pays off. Together, they catch what a single pass would miss. And because your storyform is maintained automatically, they can evaluate your structural choices too.
Agentic Auto-Formatting
You wrote the book. Let AI handle the formatting nightmare. Agents validate, fix, and prepare your manuscript for every major publishing platform.
Agentic Formatting
AI agents handle the tedious formatting work. Focus on writing, not wrestling with export settings.
Publisher Compliance
Automatic validation against KDP, IngramSpark, and BookVault requirements before you export.
Iterative Fixes
When issues are found, agents fix them automatically. No more manual formatting corrections.
Print-Ready Output
Get professionally formatted EPUB and PDF files ready for upload. Zero formatting headaches.
How it works: When you're ready to export, AI agents analyze your manuscript against your target publisher's requirements. They identify issues (missing front matter, formatting inconsistencies, metadata gaps) and fix them automatically. You review the changes, approve, and export. No more rejected uploads or manual formatting marathons.
Publishing & Export
Take your manuscript from draft to published with professional export tools.
EPUB Export
Export publication-ready EPUB files with proper formatting and metadata.
PDF Export
Generate print-ready PDFs with professional typesetting and layout.
Publisher Presets
One-click formatting for KDP, IngramSpark, BookVault, and more.
Collaboration
Share books with editors or beta readers with granular access control.
AI Transparency
Prove your authorship with cryptographic attestation. Know exactly what's human-written.
AI Attestation
Generate certificates documenting exactly how much AI was used in your manuscript.
Manuscript Hash
Cryptographic verification ensures your attestation matches your manuscript.
Per-Segment Tracking
See AI usage breakdown by segment for complete transparency.
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