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The Shipyardwhere and why StoryHelm was built

The author writes the story. StoryHelm makes sure it holds together.

StoryHelm is an AI manuscript-intelligence platform for indie series authors. It reads and analyzes an entire series, catching continuity drift, tracking canon, and flagging contradictions before readers do, and it never writes a word of your prose. That is not a limitation. It is the point.

61 analysis passes7 analysis workflows0 words of your prose written

An account can start with 14 days free on the Series plan, no card. Studio is bought up front.

The Builder

Founder-led, built for series authors

StoryHelm is built by someone who treats a series like a long-term business: a continuity instrument that reads the way a developmental editor would, across every book, and leaves the writing entirely to the author.

Scott Ohlund

Founder

Scott Ohlund is the founder of StoryHelm. Questions go to [email protected], and he answers them himself.

It reads everything. It writes nothing.

[email protected][email protected]

Both addresses reach the founder directly.

The Rules of the Yard

Why storytellers trust StoryHelm

StoryHelm respects the narrative process. It reads, analyzes, and reports, so the book that ships is provably, entirely the author's.

Editorial standards, codified

Developmental-editor logic encoded into specialized analyses across 7 workflows, so every reading is grounded in the craft of storytelling.

Reads, never writes your prose

Continuity-aware analysis powered by Claude and grounded entirely in your own manuscript. StoryHelm surfaces patterns and contradictions; the prose stays yours. Two opt-in tools produce text that isn't your manuscript: Ship Dock's pitch drafts and Translation Studio's translated editions.

Your manuscript stays yours

Your pages are read to produce your findings and nothing else. StoryHelm never trains models on your writing and never sells it.

Command Your Series.

Every ship from this yard sails under the same flag.

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