An author thinking through a story in conversation and writing at a desk in a 1920s British study

For writing novels,
NovelShaft.

Keep conversations with AI, manuscripts, and reference material connected as one work. NovelShaft supports the author’s decisions from the first idea through drafting and long-form revision. Create a work, then begin with a scene, a character, a fragment spoken or typed, or a manuscript already in progress.

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Jul 14, 2026 Service news NovelShaft is moving forward again After taking time to reconsider the product, we are resuming work as NovelShaft.
Aug 14, 2026 New feature The public site and Web app are now available in English The English public site and Web app are now available, with consistent language selection across signed-out and signed-in screens, account emails, and settings. Author blocking has ended, while reporting remains available.
Aug 13, 2026 Improvement Improved vertical writing and on-screen guidance We corrected Japanese vertical-writing order and refined cookie settings, search examples, project screens, and the public product tour.

Think, preserve, write.
Inside the same work.

What you discover in a conversation does not have to disappear into chat history. Keep characters and worlds in reference material, shape the story in the manuscript outline, and place the words meant for readers in the manuscript itself.

A novel draft under revision, character notes, a map, timeline cards, and research spread across one desk — Ideas, settings, structure, and prose may look separate, but they all help one work grow.

These images show the current Web app in English. The work, manuscript, reference material, and conversations are fictional, and each image is cropped to the feature being explained. Layout may vary with screen size and product updates.

The English writing workspace with AI consultation, the manuscript outline, and prose editor visible together — Think about the work in conversation, navigate its structure, and continue writing without separating those tasks into unrelated tools.

From a single scene
to revising a full novel.

A work has moments when an indistinct idea needs room to develop and moments when tens of thousands of words need careful review. NovelShaft supports both as part of the same author’s continuing work.

Think through scenes and characters with AI. Keep settled facts apart from the manuscript. Reorder chapters and scenes, compare prose with reference material, and inspect where the work has drifted from your intent. After a break, return to the context preserved with that work and continue from there.

The English new-work flow with readiness, today’s goal, and a fictional starting idea — **Begin with what you already have** Bring a character, scene, line, mood, or existing draft into the first conversation.

An author reviewing a thick, annotated manuscript beside notebooks and index cards — As a work grows, returning to the decisions and setting behind the prose matters as much as returning to the prose itself.

An English creative-assist prompt and response choices beside the fictional manuscript outline — **Think while looking at the work** Discuss structure, character, and expression while keeping the current chapter and scene in view.

The English reference tree and fictional notes shown in the writing workspace — **Preserve the work’s memory** Organize people, worlds, timelines, research, and imported files as reference material for the same work.

The English manuscript hierarchy and prose editor for the fictional work The Starbound Library — **See and revise a long manuscript** Navigate chapters and scenes, rearrange their order, and return directly to the prose you want to rewrite.

The English project list showing the fictional work The Starbound Library and its writing actions — **Return after a break** Choose a recently updated work and continue from the manuscript, reference material, and conversations already kept with it.

The author decides
what the work becomes.

AI can ask questions, organize material, suggest possibilities, and draft alternatives. It does not have to fill every open question with one answer.

You decide what to keep, discard, and rewrite. Review content before it becomes part of the manuscript or reference material. Your decisions remain with the work so that the next session can continue from them.

An author comparing several passages and marking decisions on a manuscript with a coral fountain pen — AI provides material. The author chooses, revises, and makes it part of the work.

Plans

Plans differ not only in AI credits, but also in the AI models you can choose, the reference and conversation context AI can use, and long-response limits.

Free

$0/30 days

200 regular AI credits / 30 days

Available AI Lightweight

Try NovelShaft’s core writing experience with your own work, basic conversations, and a small reference collection.

Light

$15/month

3,000 AI credits / month

Available AI Lightweight · Standard

The smallest paid plan with Standard AI and broader reference, conversation, and response limits than Free.

Recommended

Standard

$30/month

7,500 AI credits / month

Available AI Lightweight · Standard

The baseline plan for long-form work, with substantially larger reference, search, context, and output limits.

Pro

$90/month

24,000 AI credits / month

Available AI Lightweight · Standard · Advanced

The only plan with Advanced AI and the largest current limits for reference material, search, conversation context, and long output.

Create a free account

Prices are in USD. Free includes 200 regular credits per 30 days. New accounts receive 1,300 additional welcome credits, for 1,500 credits usable during the first 30 days. Tax, billing period, plan-change timing, and cancellation terms are shown before purchase. See the Terms of Service and commercial transaction disclosure.

Questions

Does the AI write the whole novel for me?

No. AI asks, organizes, suggests, and drafts alternatives. The author decides what to keep, how to revise it, and what becomes part of the work.

How is this different from a general AI chat?

Your manuscript, outline, and reference material live in the same project as the conversation, so decisions can remain with the work and support later writing.

At what stage can I start?

Start with one scene or character, or bring in a long draft already under way. The same environment supports beginning, organizing, revising, and returning after a break.

Can I take my work elsewhere?

Yes. You can export manuscripts in formats including Markdown and plain text. NovelShaft is not intended to lock your work inside the service.

Can I try it before paying?

Yes. Free requires no payment details and lets you create a work and experience writing with AI.

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The author decideswhat the work becomes.