AuthorScrolls is a manuscript diagnostic for authors — fiction, nonfiction, and everything in between.
Upload your draft. See exactly where it breaks — and why.
This is not a spell-checker.
It’s not a grammar tool.
It’s not a line editor.
The DNF engine scores your manuscript on hook strength, forward motion, clarity, and pacing — and tells you which section loses readers first.
Plot arc, pacing heatmap, tension curve, dialogue function, POV consistency. The things a developmental editor charges $2,000–5,000 to tell you.
Not “too many adverbs.” Specific: “‘said softly’ → try ‘murmured’.” Every issue has a concrete suggestion, not a rule.
The core engine runs locally — instant results, nothing sent anywhere. Your manuscript stays on your machine until you choose otherwise.
Plot arc, pacing, clarity, dialogue, style, grammar, show-vs-tell, line editing, sentence variety, reader perspective, and more. Each scored honestly from zero.
19 genres across fiction and nonfiction, detected automatically. A thriller hook is judged like a thriller. A self-help introduction is judged like a self-help introduction. Context changes what matters.
AuthorScrolls won’t rewrite your sentences or replace your editor.
A copy editor, line editor, and proofreader are still part of getting published.
We’re the step before that — so when you do hire one, you’re not paying them to find the obvious problems.
Narrative analysis, comparable titles, query letter draft, beta reader simulation, market readiness, chapter breakdown. For when you’re close to querying.
Five blurb variations built from your actual story beats. Query letter scaffolding. Not a template — drawn from what’s in your manuscript.
Your first pages scored on six dimensions agents care about. Weak hooks identified with specific reasons, not just a score.
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