Shy Editor

Key features include the Story Engine for generating synopses and chapter outlines from a premise, a distraction-free editor with Tab-to-suggest next sentences, and a grammar checker that recognizes invented names. The revision tool provides full-book critiques with editorial letters, ranking issues by severity. Story-aware AI chat can answer questions about the manuscript, such as timeline checks. Additional features include version history, corkboard view, daily word goals, offline access, and 17 themes. It also supports academic writing and research with citation management and a PDF library.

ShyEditor is designed for novelists, but it also works for short fiction, academic writing, and research. Writers can plan a novel from premise to outline, draft with AI assistance, and revise with detailed feedback. The tool is useful for maintaining consistency across long manuscripts, tracking characters and plot points, and preparing manuscripts for submission with formatting presets. It also supports importing existing drafts and building a knowledge base automatically.

ShyEditor offers a free Basic plan with unlimited projects, 100 AI credits to start and 20 monthly, story engine, knowledge base, corkboard, grammar checking, writing goals, and export to TXT with 100 MB storage. The Pro plan costs $10 per month billed annually, adding 500 AI credits monthly, full-book feedback, export to DOCX/PDF/Markdown, AI writing styles, deep research, AI illustration generation, intelligent search, version snapshots, all themes, 5 GB storage, and priority support.