Guides and resources for writing and publishing a novel

AI novel-writing software

The product overview: write in your voice, publish to readers, earn.

Cut filter words from your prose

Remove the words that put glass between the reader and the story.

How AI keeps story continuity

Change an early chapter and watch the whole story catch up — an interactive look at arc memory.

How the fiction benchmark works

The methodology behind Novelmint’s measured AI fiction benchmark — judges, axes, and the confidence shrink.

How to get your story out of ChatGPT

Months of brainstorming leaves your canon scattered across chats. Here is how to move your characters, world and arcs into something that actually holds them.

How to outline a novel

Plan the turns as beats so the middle holds — and you reach the end.

How to write a dystopian novel

A regime nobody would tolerate is a cartoon. Compliance is the horror.

How to write a fantasy novel

Build just enough world, a magic system that holds, and a book that gets read.

How to write a horror novel

Dread is built, not sprung. Normality first, then the slow reveal.

How to write a mystery novel

Plot from the solution, play fair, and bury the clues in plain sight.

How to write a romance novel

Plot the relationship, not just the scenes — and deliver the ending readers came for.

How to write a science fiction novel

Follow one “what if” honestly — and keep a human story at the center.

How to write a thriller

Concrete stakes, a running clock, and a villain who’s winning.

How to write a young adult novel

Defined by the protagonist's position, not by how tame the content is.

How to write an adventure novel

The map does the outlining. A destination worth reaching, a route that argues back.

How to write dark fantasy

Cruelty has to cost the story something, or it reads as decoration.

How to write epic fantasy

Many viewpoints, one convergence. Continuity is the real difficulty.

How to write historical fiction

Specifics buy trust. The period's limits are the plot.

How to write literary fiction

Small external events, precise internal ones. Voice carries the book.

How to write paranormal fiction

Ambiguity is the asset. Every explanation spends some of it.

How to write space opera

Distance is the plot device. Somebody has to pay for the fleet.

How to write urban fantasy

The seam is the story: who knows, and what happens when they slip.

The story beat sheet

The dozen turns a novel hangs on — and how to draft from them.

What is a story beat?

The plain-English answer — and why thinking in beats makes a book hold together.

Why AI-written books don't feel like yours

The difference between generating a book and authoring one — and why only one feels like yours.

Plan a book with Minty

Talk the story through and watch it become chapters and scenes on your Timeline.

Chapter builds

Turn a chapter’s beats into prose, written from your plan, your bible, and your voice.

Revise and polish

Fix the one scene that missed without rebuilding the chapter around it.

Import a manuscript

Bring in a book you already wrote. Your words stay; the structure is worked out from them.

World building

Describe a character, a place, or a rule, and it becomes an entry every chapter is written from.

Brainstorm

Throw ideas around with an editor who knows your book, with nothing in it changing.

Developmental review

An editor’s read of your structure: pacing, threads, and arcs, with the scenes cited.

Continuity check

Find the contradictions in your book, each one pinned to the scenes that disagree.

Series arc

Plan across books: what is set up in one and paid off in another.

Character roleplay

Talk to one of your own characters to test their voice before you write their scenes.

Book covers

Work out a cover concept from your story, generate it, and set it once you approve.

Character portraits

Give a character a face that stays the same from one picture to the next.

Publish to readers

List your book in the Commons, release it chapter by chapter, and keep 70% of what readers pay.

What your readers get

The reader’s side of publishing here: a free first chapter, 21 languages, audio, and character pages.

Reading on Novelmint

What it costs, what is free, and what you can do besides read.

First chapter free

Chapter one of every book, in full, with no account.

Unlocking chapters

Five cents a chapter, no subscription needed, and some books free in full.

Find your next book

Tell it what you like in seven questions, then sort the shelves by how well each book fits.

Read in your language

Any chapter, in any of 21 languages. Translate one once and it is free for everyone after.

Audio narration

Listen to a chapter, with the text highlighted as it is read.

Reading lists

Make lists of books and authors. Other readers favorite them and hear when you add to them.

Library and following

Keep your place in every book, and hear when the next chapter lands.

Meet the characters

Every published character has a page of their own, and adult readers can talk to them.

Ratings and notes to the author

Rate a chapter on five things. Anything you write goes to the author, and only to them.

Reader tiers

Bookworm to Sage: what the five reader badges mean and how one is earned.

Content ratings

All Ages, Teen, Mature: how chapters are rated, gated by age, and reported.

AI-assisted fiction, explained

What "AI-assisted" means here: who decides the story, what the AI does, and what it does not.

Novelmint vs AIWriteBook

Generate a book for Amazon, or build a story that earns from readers.

Novelmint vs ChatGPT

Why a chat box stalls at chapter three.

Novelmint vs NovelAI

Publish and earn, not just generate.

Novelmint vs NovelCrafter

Bring-your-own-AI drafting, or an all-in path to readers.

Novelmint vs Royal Road

A place to post, or tools to write plus direct pay.

Novelmint vs Squibler

A drafting workspace, or a path to paying readers.

Novelmint vs Sudowrite

A drafting tool, or a path to paying readers.

Novelmint vs Type.ai

A better word processor, or the structure to hold a story together.

Novelmint vs Wattpad

Write with AI and earn directly — without the AI stigma.

Novelmint vs Webnovel

Earn on merit per chapter — not on the promotion lottery.

Novelmint vs WriteInAClick

A writing workspace, or a path to paying readers.

For authors with a draft

Bring the manuscript in your drawer — publish it and earn.

For first-time novelists

The simplest path to a finished, published first book.

For ghostwriters

Lock a client’s voice fast, draft quicker, and deliver clean.

For published authors

Bring the backlog you already published - non-exclusive, free to import.

For self-publishing authors

Skip the upfront bill — build readers and earn while you write.

For serial-fiction writers

Ship chapters on a cadence, hold continuity, and earn per read.

For series authors

Hold continuity across books — and let the readership compound.

For writers who use AI

A home where you get read, not interrogated.

Write a novel in a month

Outline fast, draft daily, and finish the month with a book.

Author earnings calculator

Model what a book costs to publish, what it earns, and when it breaks even.

Reading time calculator

Turn a word count into reading time, pages, and chapters.

Word count by genre

See the target length for your genre — and whether you’re in range.

Writing pace calculator

Find the daily word count to finish on time.

Earn as a book scout

Bring writers to Novelmint and earn a share of what they earn. Build a reader reputation as you go.

Get discovered as a new author

Where a new book gets seen: new releases, reader lists, the favorites board, and Selects.