Lore & Lilac — Blog https://loreandlilac.com/blog Notes on writing, revising and finishing novels from the Lore & Lilac studio. en Why we will never write your novel https://loreandlilac.com/blog/why-we-will-never-write-your-novel https://loreandlilac.com/blog/why-we-will-never-write-your-novel Lore & Lilac never writes, suggests or rewrites your prose. Here's what our AI does instead (find, cite, flag) and why voice, ownership and trust matter. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Our principles AI & privacy The continuity errors readers notice, and how to catch them https://loreandlilac.com/blog/continuity-errors-readers-notice https://loreandlilac.com/blog/continuity-errors-readers-notice Not all continuity slips are equal. Learn which errors break a reader's trust, why revision creates so many of them, and a focused way to catch them. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Continuity Revision Plotters, pantsers and the revision in between https://loreandlilac.com/blog/plotters-pantsers-and-the-revision-in-between https://loreandlilac.com/blog/plotters-pantsers-and-the-revision-in-between Plotters and discovery writers start in different places but meet in revision. How each can see the draft clearly and turn it into the book it should be. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Planning Drafting Revision What actually happens to your manuscript when you use AI https://loreandlilac.com/blog/what-happens-to-your-manuscript-with-ai https://loreandlilac.com/blog/what-happens-to-your-manuscript-with-ai A step-by-step walk through Lore & Lilac's AI features: per-book consent, estimates, excerpts only, verified quotes, receipts, and what we can't promise. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI & privacy Our principles A series bible that doesn't lie https://loreandlilac.com/blog/a-series-bible-that-does-not-lie https://loreandlilac.com/blog/a-series-bible-that-does-not-lie Keep a series bible you can trust across books: a source for every fact, truth scope for beliefs and rumors, dated facts, and retcons you rehearse first. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Series Continuity Writing goals without guilt https://loreandlilac.com/blog/writing-goals-without-guilt https://loreandlilac.com/blog/writing-goals-without-guilt How to set writing goals that bend with real life: plan from the whole book down, schedule rest days first, and re-plan a missed week instead of making it up. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Habits Drafting Running a beta read that actually helps https://loreandlilac.com/blog/running-a-beta-read-that-helps https://loreandlilac.com/blog/running-a-beta-read-that-helps Design a beta read that gives useful feedback: when to send, whom to ask, a sample brief and question set, and how to tell patterns from single opinions. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Feedback A field guide to revision passes https://loreandlilac.com/blog/a-field-guide-to-revision-passes https://loreandlilac.com/blog/a-field-guide-to-revision-passes A catalog of revision passes, from structure and scenes to continuity, dialogue, line edits, reading aloud, copyedit and proof: what each finds and when. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Revision