For self-publishing authors
AI tools for the writing part of self-publishing
FictionAI helps you plan and draft the manuscript: a story bible, a chapter outline and a writing workspace. Export the result and take it to your formatting and publishing tools.
3 books free, no credit card. AI use is billed by OpenRouter to your own account.
What you get
Planning in one step
A genre and a short pitch become a premise, title, world, cast and chapter outline you can edit or regenerate.
A writing workspace
Write chapters with AI, continue from the cursor, rewrite a passage, revise, and edit by hand. Autosave, and drafts typed offline sync later.
Editorial feedback
Editorial review and final review read the whole book and suggest revisions.
Plain pricing
Free for a small number of books, or $9.99/month for Pro. AI use is billed by OpenRouter to your own account, and FictionAI shows the cost of each generation.
Your choice of model
Pick Fast, Balanced or Best, or choose any model OpenRouter lists (Claude, GPT, Gemini and others) per task in Settings.
Series
On Pro, plan several books with a shared world and cast.
Where the manuscript goes next
FictionAI exports DOCX, PDF, Markdown, plain text and HTML. It does not publish or upload anything; each platform has its own upload and formatting rules.
| Platform | What you bring from FictionAI |
|---|---|
| Amazon KDP | A DOCX manuscript (KDP accepts DOCX uploads) |
| Draft2Digital | A DOCX manuscript, or an ebook file made in a formatting tool |
| IngramSpark | Print and ebook files made in a formatting tool from your DOCX |
| Atticus or Vellum | The DOCX, whose headings and page breaks these tools import |
Check each platform's current file requirements before uploading.
Draft your next book
Build a story bible from a two-sentence pitch and write the first chapter today.