Chapter 2 sample: The Sun Court sealed the northern gates before harvest.
First form appears as a two-word proper noun.
World terminology
Sample report: world terminology drift
A sample report showing how invented terms, ranks, and faction names can drift across a manuscript.
Scenario
What the sample checks
A fantasy manuscript uses three spellings for a political faction after several rounds of worldbuilding edits.
Detected issue
The same faction appears to be named Sun Court, Suncourt, and Court of Suns without a clear distinction.
Evidence
Passages a report would point back to
Good continuity findings need source evidence. These sample passages show the kind of contrast an author reviews.
Chapter 15 sample: Every Suncourt envoy wore the amber sash.
Second form may be a spelling drift or a related adjective.
Chapter 27 sample: The Court of Suns would never forgive the treaty.
Third form may create a new entity unless explained.
Report shape
How the author can act on it
The goal is a reviewable decision, not automatic rewriting.
01
Likely continuity risk
Invented terminology may need canonical spelling and meaning.
02
Author decision
The author can define separate meanings or standardize the faction name.
03
Downstream check
Add the final choice to a style sheet or series bible so future books stay consistent.
Review
Suggested author review
These are the practical follow-up moves the sample report points toward.
- Pick the canonical faction name.
- Define whether alternate forms are titles, adjectives, or errors.
- Update capitalization and pluralization consistently.
Related
Related pages
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