Bringing your work over

What you can upload

The wizard accepts most things a writer ends up with:

• Word documents (.docx)
• PDFs (text-based; scans flag for human review)
• Plain text and Markdown (.txt, .md)
• Rich text (.rtf)
• EPUB ebooks
• CSV files (great for character or place lists)
• Images (we save them and flag for transcription)

You can drop multiple files at once. A draft + a character sheet + a worldbuilding PDF in the same upload all get processed together and the wizard knows which is which.

What happens after you upload

The wizard runs through seven steps. You don’t have to watch each one; the progress bar tells you where it’s at.

1. Reading. Each file gets unpacked and the text extracted. The original file stays in storage forever as your audit trail.
2. Finding the structure. We split your text into paragraphs and headings and lists, then group them into meaningful chunks: a chapter here, a character sheet there, a magic-system page over there.
3. Sorting what’s what. Each chunk gets labeled. Manuscript prose? Character bio? Worldbuilding entry? An ambiguous chunk gets flagged for you to look at instead of guessed at.
4. Pulling out the pieces. Chapter titles, scene boundaries, character names and their aliases, world rules. We even guess the POV character of each scene by looking at who’s mentioned most in dialogue.
5. Putting it together. We assemble a draft project: chapters, scenes, characters, world entries, with everything cross-referenced.
6. Showing you.The review studio opens with everything we found. You approve what looks right, reject what doesn’t, and skip anything you’re not sure about.
7. Importing.Once you’re happy, click “Import approved into project.” A real project + chapters + scenes show up in your Bookshelf.

What if my upload is messy?

That’s the normal case. Most writers have a folder that contains a half-finished draft + outdated character sheets + a world bible from a previous tool + scribbled revision notes. The wizard handles this:

• Each chunk is rated for confidence. Things we’re sure about (a clearly-titled chapter, a labeled character sheet) come through with green confidence pills. Things we’re not (an ambiguous note that could be either a scene fragment or a worldbuilding entry) get amber or red pills and stay as “pending” until you decide.
• Series-level material gets flagged separately from single-book material. If you upload a series bible, we won’t jam it into book one — you can promote it to the series scope.
• Stray notes, TODOs, and revision comments end up in a Notes bucket so they don’t pollute your manuscript tree. You can promote them or skip them.

Privacy

Your uploaded files are stored privately and tied to your account. We never train AI on them. We never share them with anyone. The original files stay forever as the audit trail so you can always trace a chapter back to where it came from.