What It Does
The Character Consistency Checker uses AI to track your characters' traits, behaviors, speech patterns, and development throughout your story, identifying any inconsistencies that could break reader immersion.
It monitors personality traits, physical descriptions, knowledge and skills, relationships, behavioral patterns, and dialogue voice. Perfect for long manuscripts, series, or stories with large casts where tracking every character detail becomes challenging.
How to Use It
Select Your Project
Choose the manuscript you want to analyze for character consistency from your project library.
Choose Character(s)
Select which character(s) to analyze. You can check multiple characters at once or focus on main characters individually.
Select AI Model
Pick an AI model tier based on depth of analysis needed.
- • Tier 1: Good for basic trait and description tracking
- • Tier 2: Better at personality nuances and behavior patterns
- • Tier 3: Advanced psychological consistency and subtle characterization
Run the Check
Click "Check Consistency" and let the AI analyze character portrayals across your manuscript. Typical analysis: 60-150 seconds.
Review Character Report
Examine the comprehensive character analysis:
- Physical Description Tracking: Eye color, height, scars, appearance consistency
- Personality Traits: Core characteristics and behavioral patterns
- Speech Patterns: Dialogue voice, vocabulary, verbal tics
- Knowledge & Skills: What character knows/can do and when they learned it
- Relationship Dynamics: How character interacts with others consistently
- Flagged Inconsistencies: Specific examples where character portrayal conflicts
Estimated Credit Usage
Credit usage per character analyzed (multiply by number of characters checked):
Short Story
~5,000 words
Novella
~20,000 words
Novel
~80,000 words
Pro Tip
Check your main POV characters first with Tier 2 or 3 for best results. Use Tier 1 for secondary characters to save credits.
Best Practices
Establish Baselines Early
Run consistency checks after your first draft to establish character baselines, then check again after major revisions.
Focus on Arc vs. Inconsistency
Character growth is intentional change; inconsistency is accidental. The AI helps distinguish between the two.
Maintain a Character Sheet
Use AI findings to build or update character reference sheets with key traits, quirks, and physical details.
Series Writers: Check Between Books
If writing a series, run consistency checks between books to ensure characters remain true across installments.