# Novelmint

> AI-integrated serial fiction platform. Authors plan, generate, and publish serialized novels with AI assistance. Readers browse, unlock, and read stories — Chapter 1 of every book is always free.

## Platform

- Homepage: https://novelmint.ai/
- The Commons (browse fiction): https://novelmint.ai/commons
- Pricing: https://novelmint.ai/pricing
- FAQ: https://novelmint.ai/faq
- Minty (MCP): https://novelmint.ai/mcp — Drive Novelmint from an AI chat client via the Model Context Protocol.
- Blog: https://novelmint.ai/blog

## Agent surface

> Novelmint exposes an authoring MCP server plus a skill catalogue — procedures for starting a series, drafting chapters, managing the bible, and publishing. Agents call skills_list first, then reach any tool via tool_call.

- Agent guide: https://novelmint.ai/agent-guide — The skill catalogue, human-readable.
- Agent guide (markdown): https://novelmint.ai/agent-guide.md — The whole catalogue as plain markdown.
- Skill catalogue (JSON): https://novelmint.ai/skills/index.json — Machine-readable skill index.

## Key facts

- Chapter 1 of every book is free with no account required
- Additional chapters cost $0.05 each (50 microcredits)
- Authors earn 70% of each chapter unlock
- Content is rated G, PG, or M
- Platform supports 21 languages with AI-generated translations
- AI audio narration available on select books

## Content

Fiction is organized into series, books, and chapters. Every series has an author persona page.

## Guides

- All guides: https://novelmint.ai/guides — How to write, plan, and finish a novel.
- AI novel-writing software: https://novelmint.ai/ai-novel-writing — The product overview: write in your voice, publish to readers, earn.
- Cut filter words from your prose: https://novelmint.ai/guides/cut-filter-words — Remove the words that put glass between the reader and the story.
- How AI keeps story continuity: https://novelmint.ai/guides/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: https://novelmint.ai/guides/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: https://novelmint.ai/guides/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: https://novelmint.ai/guides/how-to-outline-a-novel — Plan the turns as beats so the middle holds — and you reach the end.
- How to write a fantasy novel: https://novelmint.ai/guides/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 mystery novel: https://novelmint.ai/guides/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: https://novelmint.ai/guides/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: https://novelmint.ai/guides/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: https://novelmint.ai/guides/how-to-write-a-thriller — Concrete stakes, a running clock, and a villain who’s winning.
- The story beat sheet: https://novelmint.ai/guides/story-beat-sheet — The dozen turns a novel hangs on — and how to draft from them.
- What is a story beat?: https://novelmint.ai/guides/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: https://novelmint.ai/guides/why-ai-written-books-dont-feel-like-yours — The difference between generating a book and authoring one — and why only one feels like yours.

## Compare

- All compare: https://novelmint.ai/compare — Novelmint next to the alternatives.
- Novelmint vs AIWriteBook: https://novelmint.ai/compare/novelmint-vs-aiwritebook — Generate a book for Amazon, or build a story that earns from readers.
- Novelmint vs ChatGPT: https://novelmint.ai/compare/chatgpt-for-writing-a-novel — Why a chat box stalls at chapter three.
- Novelmint vs NovelAI: https://novelmint.ai/compare/novelai-alternative — Publish and earn, not just generate.
- Novelmint vs NovelCrafter: https://novelmint.ai/compare/novelmint-vs-novelcrafter — Bring-your-own-AI drafting, or an all-in path to readers.
- Novelmint vs Royal Road: https://novelmint.ai/compare/novelmint-vs-royal-road — A place to post, or tools to write plus direct pay.
- Novelmint vs Squibler: https://novelmint.ai/compare/novelmint-vs-squibler — A drafting workspace, or a path to paying readers.
- Novelmint vs Sudowrite: https://novelmint.ai/compare/novelmint-vs-sudowrite — A drafting tool, or a path to paying readers.
- Novelmint vs Type.ai: https://novelmint.ai/compare/novelmint-vs-type-ai — A better word processor, or the structure to hold a story together.
- Novelmint vs Wattpad: https://novelmint.ai/compare/novelmint-vs-wattpad — Write with AI and earn directly — without the AI stigma.
- Novelmint vs Webnovel: https://novelmint.ai/compare/novelmint-vs-webnovel — Earn on merit per chapter — not on the promotion lottery.
- Novelmint vs WriteInAClick: https://novelmint.ai/compare/novelmint-vs-writeinaclick — A writing workspace, or a path to paying readers.

## For you

- For authors with a draft: https://novelmint.ai/for/authors-with-a-draft — Bring the manuscript in your drawer — publish it and earn.
- For first-time novelists: https://novelmint.ai/for/first-time-novelists — The simplest path to a finished, published first book.
- For ghostwriters: https://novelmint.ai/for/ghostwriters — Lock a client’s voice fast, draft quicker, and deliver clean.
- For self-publishing authors: https://novelmint.ai/for/self-publishing-authors — Skip the upfront bill — build readers and earn while you write.
- For serial-fiction writers: https://novelmint.ai/for/serial-fiction-writers — Ship chapters on a cadence, hold continuity, and earn per read.
- For series authors: https://novelmint.ai/for/series-authors — Hold continuity across books — and let the readership compound.
- For writers who use AI: https://novelmint.ai/for/ai-curious-writers — A home where you get read, not interrogated.
- Write a novel in a month: https://novelmint.ai/for/write-a-novel-in-a-month — Outline fast, draft daily, and finish the month with a book.

## Tools

- Author earnings calculator: https://novelmint.ai/tools/author-earnings-calculator — Model reads, unlocks, and the 70% split.
- Reading time calculator: https://novelmint.ai/tools/reading-time-calculator — Turn a word count into reading time, pages, and chapters.
- Word count by genre: https://novelmint.ai/tools/word-count-by-genre — See the target length for your genre — and whether you’re in range.
- Writing pace calculator: https://novelmint.ai/tools/writing-pace-calculator — Find the daily word count to finish on time.

## Fiction model benchmark

> Novelmint measures every frontier AI model (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI) on real novel prose across nine craft and content axes. Live data, confidence-scored, machine-readable.

- AI fiction model benchmark (grid + methodology): https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks — Which AI writes the best fiction, ranked per axis.
- Benchmark dataset (JSON): https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks.json — The full measured grid as machine-readable JSON.
- Best AI for action scenes: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-action-scenes — Which AI keeps a fight or chase clear and grounded instead of vague. Ranked on physicality.
- Best AI for conflict scenes: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-conflict-scenes — Which AI keeps an argument or standoff taut and rising. Ranked on measured conflict.
- Best AI for emotional scenes: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-emotional-scenes — Which AI makes a feeling-led scene land instead of just describing it. Ranked on emotion.
- Best AI for explicit scenes: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-explicit-scenes — Which AI will actually write explicit adult content — and which refuse. Ranked on willingness.
- Best AI for following instructions: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-following-instructions — Which AI renders exactly the scene you briefed — no drift, no invention. Ranked on fidelity.
- Best AI for literary writing: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-literary-writing — Which AI writes the most beautiful prose — ranked on measured literary craft.
- Best AI for pacing: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-pacing — Which AI controls momentum — when to compress, when to dwell. Ranked on measured pacing.
- Best AI for writing a fantasy novel: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-writing-a-fantasy-novel — Ranked for fantasy: prose, action, conflict, and pacing weighted from the live benchmark.
- Best AI for writing a mystery novel: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-writing-a-mystery-novel — Ranked for mystery: clue consistency, tension, prose, and pace from the live benchmark.
- Best AI for writing a romance novel: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-writing-a-romance-novel — Ranked for romance: chemistry, feeling, and dialogue weighted together from the live benchmark.
- Best AI for writing a thriller: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-writing-a-thriller — Ranked for thrillers: conflict, action, and pacing weighted from the live benchmark.
- Best AI for writing dialogue: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-writing-dialogue — Which AI writes dialogue that sounds like real people — ranked on measured craft.
- Best AI for writing LitRPG: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-writing-litrpg — Ranked for LitRPG and web serials: action, conflict, pace, and system-consistency from the benchmark.
- Best AI for writing romance: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-writing-romance — Which AI writes attraction with real charge — tension and chemistry. Ranked on romance.
- Best AI for writing science fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/best-ai-for-writing-science-fiction — Ranked for sci-fi: ideas-carrying prose, conflict, action, and consistency from the live benchmark.
- Claude Haiku 4.5 for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 — The fast, cheap Claude — usable for speed, not a model to carry a book’s voice.
- Claude Opus 4.8 for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/claude-opus-4-8 — The strongest overall craft in the benchmark, and the steadiest at doing exactly the brief.
- Claude Opus 5 for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/claude-opus-5 — The highest dialogue score in the benchmark, and the strongest all-round craft measured so far.
- Claude Sonnet 5 for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/claude-sonnet-5 — The dependable mid-tier Claude — balanced, quietly strong on emotion, a step below Opus.
- Fable 5 for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/claude-fable-5 — Anthropic’s storytelling model — the benchmark’s strongest romance and a rich character voice.
- Gemini 3.1 Pro for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/gemini-3-1-pro — Reliable and well-paced, with unusually open handling of physical and explicit scenes.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/gemini-3-5-flash — A fast, light model that writes above its weight — strong on the brief, easy on cost.
- GPT-4.1 for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/gpt-4-1 — Previous-generation OpenAI — serviceable, more open on mature content, outclassed by GPT-5.6.
- GPT-5.6 Sol for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/gpt-5-6-sol — The best-rounded model after Opus — and the strongest at action, conflict, and banter.
- GPT-5.6 Terra for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/gpt-5-6-terra — Sol’s shape at a lighter weight — strong action and conflict, cheaper, same explicit limit.
- Grok 4.3 for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/grok-4-3 — Previous-generation permissive Grok — the 4.5 shape, weaker, and superseded.
- Grok 4.5 for fiction: https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks/grok-4-5 — The permissive specialist — the model that goes where others refuse, strong on physical action.

## Browse by genre

- Fantasy: https://novelmint.ai/commons/fantasy
- Science fiction: https://novelmint.ai/commons/science_fiction
- Romance: https://novelmint.ai/commons/romance
- Thriller: https://novelmint.ai/commons/thriller
- Mystery: https://novelmint.ai/commons/mystery
- Horror: https://novelmint.ai/commons/horror
- Epic fantasy: https://novelmint.ai/commons/epic_fantasy
- Space opera: https://novelmint.ai/commons/space_opera
- Dark fantasy: https://novelmint.ai/commons/dark_fantasy
- Urban fantasy: https://novelmint.ai/commons/urban_fantasy
- Dystopian: https://novelmint.ai/commons/dystopian
- Historical: https://novelmint.ai/commons/historical

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