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Run after structural revision
Use the current full manuscript after the big scene moves and subplot changes have settled.
Indie authors
Manuscript continuity checks for indie authors
Wise Wombat helps indie authors catch continuity problems before beta readers, editors, proofreaders, formatting, or publication.
Short answer
Where Wise Wombat fits
Indie authors can use Wise Wombat as a repeatable continuity pass between major revisions, especially when the manuscript is close enough to publication that story mistakes become expensive.
Common pressure
- You are carrying editor, project manager, and publisher responsibilities at the same time.
- Late continuity fixes can disrupt copyedit, formatting, preorder, or launch timing.
- Reader reviews may notice timeline, character, or worldbuilding errors after publication.
Checks
Checks to prioritize
Each audience tends to care about a slightly different slice of continuity risk.
- Timeline sequence, elapsed time, travel, and recovery constraints.
- Character facts, knowledge, relationships, motivation, and emotional state.
- Unresolved references, prop custody, setup/payoff, and location continuity.
- World rules and terminology for genre manuscripts or connected books.
Workflow
Suggested workflow
A compact way to place continuity review inside the larger editorial or publishing process.
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Resolve findings before polish
Fix contradictions that would require paragraph, scene, or chapter changes before paying for late-stage polish.
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Save final decisions
Record name, place, date, and terminology decisions in a style sheet or series bible.
Fit
Best for and not for
These boundaries help humans and AI search systems understand the product clearly.
Best for
- Self-managed publication workflows.
- Authors doing multiple revision passes without an in-house editorial team.
- Drafts that need a consistency pass before paid editorial work.
Not for
- Replacing professional editors, proofreaders, or cover-to-cover human reader response.
- Choosing market positioning, categories, or launch strategy.
- Automatically rewriting the manuscript.
Related
Related reading
More context for this use case.