Open Loop
An open loop is a question, mystery, or unresolved thread that the book has set up but not yet paid off.
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Open Loops
Track open loops, questions, and unresolved threads across the manuscript. Know what you set up and what you still need to pay off. The system reminds you before a loop is forgotten.
Continuity
Facts are extracted from your chapters into structured records with fact types, entity labels, confidence percentages, and source passages. Proposed facts promote to canonical with one click. Conflicts become cards. Nothing is ever silently resolved.
Canon
Canon is the set of facts your book has established as true. Proposed facts become canonical when you approve them. Canonical facts are binding on future generation. Superseded facts are preserved for history.
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What Is Book Continuity?
Book continuity is the consistency of facts, events, character states, timelines, and promises across an entire manuscript. It is what makes a book feel like one coherent work instead of a collection of chapters.
How to Prevent Plot Contradictions
Plot contradictions happen when a later chapter conflicts with something an earlier chapter established. They erode reader trust. Here is how to catch them before publication, not after.
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