Rule of Words
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Plans and prices
From Rule of Words's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Author | $15 a month | Unlimited projects, chapters & scenes · No AI · $15 /month |
| Author +AI | $20 a month | Unlimited projects, characters, scenes, and storage · AI assistant and tools · $20 /month |
The facts
Each one read from Rule of Words's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account signup
- The maker says no credit card is required to create an account and users choose a plan when ready.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AI assistant
- The optional Author +AI plan includes context-aware AI chat, six inline editing tools, a blurb and synopsis generator, voice matching, and series-aware context.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AI conversation limit
- The help page says AI conversations are limited to 20 messages and are cleared when the user closes the scene or navigates to another scene.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AI provider
- The maker says the AI assistant is powered by Anthropic's Claude.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes the product as built for novelists, and its homepage says it is trusted by novelists, screenwriters, and playwrights.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Continuity
- The continuity report flags issues such as missing character assignments, POV gaps, stale plot threads, and progression gaps without using AI.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editor
- Its rich text editor offers novel-style formatting, autosave, keyboard shortcuts, and a distraction-free focus mode.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- basicchecked 24 Sep 2026
- Import and export
- Users can import .docx manuscripts with chapter and scene break detection and export manuscripts as .docx with novel formatting.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Publishing tools
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Rule of Words is a structured writing workspace for long-form fiction, organized around chapters, scenes, characters, arcs, and plot threads.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The About page provides [email protected] for questions.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing
- The maker says payments are handled securely through Stripe and subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Nochecked 24 Sep 2026
- Story planning
- The workspace includes character profiles with 20+ fields, character progressions, relationships, hierarchical locations, story arcs, plot threads, and a timeline.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Cheshire, UKchecked 19 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform
- Rule of Words is a web-based novel-writing application that users access in a browser without installing software.checked 12 Oct 2026
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