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Run before copyedit
Use continuity review before sentence-level polish and production formatting begin.
Small presses
Continuity checks for small presses
Wise Wombat helps small presses add a repeatable diagnostic continuity pass before editorial, production, and release handoffs.
Short answer
Where Wise Wombat fits
Small presses can use Wise Wombat as a scalable pre-editor or pre-production check that flags manuscript continuity risks before the team spends time on late-stage polish.
Common pressure
- Editorial calendars leave little room for late story-level fixes.
- Multiple people may handle acquisition, editing, production, and author communication.
- A manuscript can carry continuity issues even after strong human review.
Checks
Checks to prioritize
Each audience tends to care about a slightly different slice of continuity risk.
- Timeline, character, location, prop, and unresolved-reference risks before production.
- Terminology and style-sheet candidates for copyedit handoff.
- Series and connected-book facts for imprint lists.
- Findings that can be reviewed, accepted, dismissed, or routed to the right person.
Workflow
Suggested workflow
A compact way to place continuity review inside the larger editorial or publishing process.
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Route findings
Send story decisions to the author or editor instead of burying them inside copyedit queries.
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Capture house knowledge
Turn repeated terminology and series decisions into style-sheet or bible entries.
Fit
Best for and not for
These boundaries help humans and AI search systems understand the product clearly.
Best for
- Small presses with tight release calendars.
- Editorial teams managing recurring authors or series.
- Teams that want a consistent diagnostic pass without replacing editors.
Not for
- Legal review, permissions, sensitivity reading, or production QA.
- Replacing editorial judgment or author approval.
- Guaranteeing that no reader will notice a subjective issue.
Related
Related reading
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