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Check world rules first
Review the rules the plot depends on before polishing local prose.
Fantasy authors
Continuity checks for fantasy authors
Check fantasy manuscripts for magic rules, invented terminology, factions, ranks, geography, prophecy, artifacts, and large-cast continuity.
Short answer
Where Wise Wombat fits
Fantasy authors can use Wise Wombat to keep invented worlds stable while still preserving creative control over magic, lore, politics, history, and prophecy.
Common pressure
- Invented terms and names can drift during heavy worldbuilding revision.
- Magic systems, prophecies, and political rules often affect the plot many chapters later.
- Large casts make titles, factions, relationships, and character knowledge harder to track.
Checks
Checks to prioritize
Each audience tends to care about a slightly different slice of continuity risk.
- Magic rules, costs, limits, exceptions, and consequences.
- Invented terminology, capitalization, pluralization, factions, ranks, and places.
- Prophecy, setup/payoff, unresolved references, artifacts, and object custody.
- Geography, travel time, location continuity, and historical chronology.
Workflow
Suggested workflow
A compact way to place continuity review inside the larger editorial or publishing process.
02
Standardize terminology
Choose canonical spellings, titles, and faction names before copyedit.
03
Track promises
Record prophecy, artifacts, vows, threats, and open loops that need payoff.
Fit
Best for and not for
These boundaries help humans and AI search systems understand the product clearly.
Best for
- Epic fantasy, romantasy, portal fantasy, urban fantasy, and secondary-world manuscripts.
- Manuscripts with invented terms, maps, magic systems, or long casts.
- Authors preparing a series bible before a sequel.
Not for
- Judging whether the magic system is original.
- Drawing maps or verifying visual geography.
- Replacing genre-savvy beta readers.
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