Fictionary
AI-powered structural editing that measures your novel scene by scene.
About
Fictionary is story-editing software for fiction writers who have a finished draft and need a developmental edit without paying thousands. You import your manuscript and it breaks it into chapters and scenes, identifying characters, points of view and story elements, then scores the draft against story structure with graphs and reports. It walks you through revision with 38 key story elements and 15 story insights covering plot, character arcs, pacing and setting.
The approach is diagnostic rather than generative: it shows you where the story sags instead of rewriting it for you, which is why writing coaches often pair it with a human editor rather than treating it as a replacement. A separate StoryCoach tier serves professional editors managing up to 20 clients.
StoryTeller costs $19 per month or $14 per month billed annually ($168/year); Premium is $39/$29 per month for track changes, comments and 10 manuscripts; StoryCoach is $49/$33. Every plan includes a free trial and no credit card is required up front.
What it can do
- Scene-by-scene story structure analysis
- Character, POV and story-element tracking
- Plot, pacing and arc graphs and reports
- 38 story elements and 15 revision insights
- Genre-specific novel templates
- StoryCoach tier for professional editors
Setup
- Start the free trial at fictionary.co.
- Import your manuscript as .docx with chapters marked.
- Run the story analysis and review scene-by-scene insights.
- Work through the guided revision pass and export.
Prerequisites
A finished draft in .docx; a Fictionary subscription after the trial.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: official pricing page (StoryTeller $19/mo, $168/yr; Premium $348/yr) fetched 2026-10-16; method corroborated by kindlepreneur.com and chapter.pub reviews. Strengths: unique structural-editing niche, transparent pricing, trial with no card. Docked for: (1) subscription only makes sense for one revision pass; (2) guides rather than fixes, so value depends on writer effort. License: proprietary SaaS.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 6.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 7.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · Official pricing page fetched 2026-10-16: StoryTeller $19/mo ($168/yr), Premium $348/yr, StoryCoach $396/yr; 7-day trial, no card required
- · Scene-by-scene structural analysis method corroborated by kindlepreneur.com and chapter.pub reviews
- · 38 story elements / 15 insights per vendor and reviewer sources
Sources
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