NovelAI

NovelAI is the creative writer's AI — built from the ground up for narrative fiction, character-driven storytelling, and collaborative roleplay with fewer guardrails than mainstream AI assistants.

## Story Writing and Collaboration

NovelAI's text generation is tuned for fiction: it understands narrative structure, maintains character voice, and generates prose that reads like literature rather than AI output. The model continues your story, matching your style and maintaining context across long writing sessions.

Unlike ChatGPT, NovelAI accepts creative fiction prompts involving mature themes in literature: violence, conflict, morally complex characters, and dark narrative elements. It's designed for serious fiction writers, not just casual chat.

## Memory, Author's Note, and Lorebook

NovelAI's context management tools give writers fine control over what the AI "remembers":

- **Memory**: a persistent section at the top of context — the AI always reads this first. Use it to define the story's setting, tone, and key facts. - **Author's Note**: injected near the end of context — the AI reads it just before generating, making it ideal for style instructions ("write in the style of Raymond Carver", "this scene should feel dreamlike"). - **Lorebook**: a knowledge base of named characters, locations, organizations, and items. When you mention a character by name, their Lorebook entry is injected into context automatically — maintaining consistency across long stories.

## AI Image Generation

NovelAI includes anime-style image generation tuned for character illustration: create character portraits, scene illustrations, and item art. The image model is fine-tuned on anime and illustrated fiction styles, producing results distinct from photorealistic Stable Diffusion outputs.

## Multiple Models

NovelAI offers different text model options: - **Erato** (default): the newest and most capable model, based on Llama 3 - **Kayra**: previous flagship, strong creative writing performance - **Clio**: faster, efficient option for lighter use

## Privacy and Data

NovelAI stores stories server-side but offers end-to-end encryption for private stories. They do not use user content for model training.

## Pricing

NovelAI runs on a subscription model. Tablet: $10/month (unlimited text, limited image generations). Scroll: $15/month (more images). Opus: $25/month (full image access, priority generation). No free tier — 14-day trial available.