The four-stage continuity workflow for novelists
Continuity errors are rarely caused by carelessness. They happen because human working memory cannot hold hundreds of chapters, timelines, and world rules simultaneously. This four-stage workflow protects your story canon from chapter one to chapter one hundred.
The step-by-step workflow
Establish the Canon Baseline
Record identity, core constraints and initial world rules before drafting.
A story bible is only useful if it starts before writing. Define your protagonist's initial condition, equipment, starting knowledge, and the hard rules of your world (physics, magic, society). In Kanonara, establishing these facts creates living entities rather than flat text notes.
Draft on Fixed Bunko Pages
Write on real paperback pages where scene length and pacing are visible.
Continuous scrolling word processors disguise scene bloat. By drafting on fixed A6 bunko book pages with locked typography, you observe exact scene boundaries and chapter lengths as you write. Page 42 in your editor is page 42 when published.
Inspect Newly Written Chapters
Run automated continuity checks against established story canon.
When you finish a chapter, Story Doctor inspects the text against your canon across 7 contradiction modes: character appearance and limits, timeline conflicts, item states, knowledge leaks, world rules, spatial travel and relationships. Every alert quotes passage evidence from earlier chapters.
Resolve Errors or Mark Intentional Twists
Decide what enters your canon: fix mistakes or preserve deliberate plot twists.
Not every contradiction is an error: unreliable narrators, magical disguises, and mystery clues often look like contradictions on the surface. In Kanonara, you choose the outcome: edit the passage, update the canon state, or mark the alert as intentional so it is never flagged again.
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Kanonara is designed around the principle that the author is the source of truth. AI never modifies your text or canon without explicit approval. All detected facts return as proposals you control.
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