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Canon
Align to the fact ledger
Before a word is drafted, the chapter aligns to the canon — characters, items, timeline, open foreshadowing. Contradictions are blocked at the source, not found after.
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Wenmai's writing studio needs a large screen to configure your AI model keys and run multi-model collaborative writing. Mobile is fine for browsing features — open wenpath.com on a desktop browser to start writing.
Not another chat box — an AI editorial team
One model writes a great chapter.
A system finishes the book.
Bring 1 API key · finish a whole novel · no chapter cap
You've probably hit this with AI novel writing: the first chapters are great, then it falls apart — a character acts out of character, a planted clue is never paid off, the voice drifts. That's not a weak model. It's one AI doing both the writing and the editing. Wenmai splits the work: four AI roles each own one lane and cross-check. You bring your own key, the draft role is free and unlimited, and you can finish a whole book.
✓ Bring your own key — billed at provider price, never resold✓ Draft role free, unlimited chapters✓ Your key stays in your browser
Final deliverables · Ch. 042—045
Ready to publish
This batch has passed canon verification, a cold read of consecutive events, historical-error matching, and platform publish checks.
No intermediate drafts, no alternatives, no line-by-line edit suggestions. The author only copies the text and publishes.
Delivery receipt 4 chapters · 9 canon checks · 18 regressions
Canon always onNo candidate draftsYou steer, not editClean pass to publish
How it worksThe book doesn't collapse
The book doesn't collapse
because writing and checking are separate.
Swap any model or provider — this flow doesn't change. It's the reason a novel stays consistent past chapter forty, and past a few hundred chapters. You confirm the key nodes: outline, event package, character setup and the draft are all viewable, editable, or rejectable.
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Draft
One model writes the chapter
A single dedicated draft role writes the prose. That's its only job. No editing, no self-review — just the chapter, well written.
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Cross-review
Three roles check it
Continuity verifies facts. Character-voice guards each person's way of speaking. A different model does a cold final read. Writing and checking are separate lanes.
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Final audit
A clean pass to publish
What comes back is a finished chapter with a delivery receipt — not a pile of 'here are some suggestions.' Copy and publish.
Looking for a Novelcrafter alternative?
Most novel tools keep a world bible and still leave one model to both write and edit. Wenmai is BYOK and splits the work across four roles. Here's the honest difference.
| Single-model novel app | Wenmai | |
|---|---|---|
| World bible | Often yes | Yes — a canon ledger |
| Who writes | One model | One dedicated draft role |
| Who checks facts | You, by hand | A separate continuity role |
| Who guards voice | You, by hand | A separate character-voice role |
| Final read | You | A different model, cold |
| API key | Often the app's, billed by word | Yours (BYOK), at provider price |
| Free to finish a book | Depends | Yes — draft role, unlimited chapters |
The point isn't "more models." It's that a system organizes them. Without that system, four models is just four copy-paste tabs. Read the full comparison in our guide: Novelcrafter alternative: what to look for.
Bring your key, it's a full toolBring your key and write.
Bring your key and write.
It finishes a whole book.
Wenmai doesn't resell models or take a token margin — you use your own API key. The $6/mo plan supports the multi-model orchestration method's continued development; it unlocks the cross-review roles, not any token or quota.
Free — bring your key
Draft role freeunlimited chapters, no time limit
The draft role (DeepSeek by default) has no chapter cap — enough to finish a whole novel. Canon ledger, event-package design, and draft creation are all on.
Start writing free →- Canon ledger, event-package design, draft creation — all on
- Novel / short-drama / review / continue modes, unlimited
- No chapter cap; long-form memory and canon run as normal
- Bring your own API key, billed at your provider's price
Multi-model orchestration
$6 / monthunlocks the cross-review roles
On top of the draft role: continuity check, character-voice guard, cold final-audit role, and mistake regression — the full multi-model workflow.
Unlock all models — $6/mo →- Continuity: facts, numbers, items, foreshadowing cross-checked
- Character voice: dialogue and register guarded independently
- Final audit: a different model, cold read
- Mistake regression: past errors auto-matched and re-checked
- Ends when you cancel — no auto-renew traps, no stored card
Payments are handled by Creem (merchant of record). Wenmai is a complete writing tool on its own; the $6/mo plan supports the multi-model method's development and unlocks the cross-review roles.
Common questions
- Do I have to pay to finish a novel?
- No. The draft role is free and has no chapter cap — bring your own DeepSeek (or any) key and write from chapter one to the ending. Wenmai never resells tokens or marks up your usage; you pay your provider's price. The $6/mo plan unlocks the cross-review roles and mistake regression, which make a long book more consistent. They're optional, not a gate.
- What does BYOK mean, exactly?
- Bring Your Own Key. You create an API key at your provider (DeepSeek, Claude, OpenAI, Kimi, and others), paste it into Wenmai, and usage is billed at your provider's price. Wenmai holds the key in your browser and never resells access or adds a margin.
- Is this a Novelcrafter alternative?
- It covers the same job — keeping a long book consistent — but differently. Most tools keep a world bible and still leave one model to both write and edit. Wenmai splits writing from checking across four roles, and it's BYOK. If you already have a key and a book longer than thirty chapters, the consistency gain is the reason to switch. See the full comparison in our guide.
- Why not just use a stronger single model?
- A stronger model still has one context window and one set of eyes. By late chapters it can't hold the whole book, and it reads its own draft with the same bias that wrote it. The fix isn't a smarter model — it's separating writing from checking. That's what the four roles do.
- Will the writing sound like AI?
- It depends on how you use it. If you let one model dump the whole book, yes. Wenmai's design fights this: the canon pins character and foreshadowing, the event package gives each chapter a clear goal, and the character-voice role checks that people sound like themselves. A human pass at the end is still recommended — but the raw output is far closer than single-model straight-through.
- Can I bring my own Claude or OpenAI key?
- Yes. Any role can use any model you connect. The only guideline: the final-audit role should use a different model than the draft role, so the cold read is actually cold. You choose the providers and model IDs.