Lore & LilacReveals lens
Who knows what — and when the reader finds out
Mysteries, romances and long series run on knowledge: what each character knows, and what the reader has been told. The reveals lens lays it out, scene by scene, from the records you keep.
Works without AI The lens is built from the secrets and reveal points you record in your story bible. Anything AI-assisted follows the book's permission and shows an estimate first.
What you get
Reveals lens, in detail
- Secrets and clues as story-bible entries, each with the passage where it's planted
- For each secret: who knows it, from which scene, and where the reader learns it
- A grid of secrets across chapters, so the reveal order is visible at a glance
How it works
In practice
Record the secret
Add it to the bible and cite where it's first hinted.
Mark who learns it
Choose the scene where each character finds out, and where the reader does.
Read the grid
See the reveal order at a glance, and check any scene where knowledge seems to arrive early.
Where we draw the line
What it never does
- Decide what your reader should know
- Treat dramatic irony as a mistake
- Show a knowledge claim without its passage
These follow from our commitments. The studio never writes, suggests or rewrites your prose, anywhere.
Before you start
Questions writers ask
Is it only for mysteries?
No. Romance (who knows about the engagement), fantasy (the prophecy) and family sagas (the will) all run on reveals.
Try reveals lens on your own draft
Import your draft from Word, Scrivener, RTF, EPUB or Markdown, or start on a blank page. The 14-day trial needs no card, and your book is exportable from the first word.