Sproule Lit · phyllux.com

Production system · Sproule Lit

Novelmate Studio

Local first manuscript pipeline. Premise becomes outline, outline becomes scenes, scenes become prose, prose becomes a keeper file you can stand behind. Always under human creative direction.

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Feature showcase

Forty six cards with the words on them

Priority lane: baked in titles for the capabilities that matter. Read the card. That is the feature. Atmosphere only art stays off this page.

Core promises

Feature card: Local First. Ollama on your machine. No cloud custody.
Local first
Feature card: Premise to Keeper. Outline. Write. Polish. Export.
Premise to keeper
Feature card: Human Direction. You lock the brief. You sign the keeper.
Human direction
Feature card: Low Drift. Story bible. Ledger. Continuity checks.
Low drift
Feature card: Three Surfaces. Studio. Classic. Atelier. Plus CLI.
Three surfaces
Feature card: Markdown First. Then EPUB and DOCX when ready.
Markdown first
Feature card: Honest Capacity. Queue based. Hardware bounded.
Honest capacity
Feature card: Optional PhiKey Vault. Encrypt exports when you need to.
Optional PhiKey vault
Feature card: Shipped Today. Local path. Web GUIs. CLI. Drift checks. Exports.
Shipped today
Feature card: Roadmap Labeled. Cloud. Stripe. Voice. Fine tuning. Coming later.
Roadmap labeled
Feature card: CLI Plus Web. One project database.
CLI plus web
Feature card: Voice and Cast Locks. Constraints that hold across chapters.
Voice and cast
Feature card: Retail Ready Exports. EPUB. DOCX. Markdown. KDP path.
Retail exports
Feature card: Sproule Lit Production. The house workshop behind the books.
Sproule Lit production
Feature card: Evidence Rail. Verify claims on phyllux.io research status.
Evidence rail
Feature card: Not a Factory. Human curation before any keeper ships.
Not a factory
Feature card: Install Local. Python. Ollama. Your machine.
Install local

Deeper capabilities

Feature card: HUMANIZING101. Natural prose rails on polish.
HUMANIZING101
Feature card: JSON Packs. Styles. Tropes. Craft knowledge. Loaded locally.
JSON packs
Feature card: Model Routing. Outline prose polish each get a model.
Model routing
Feature card: REST API. Plan write polish export by HTTP.
REST API
Feature card: Studio Check. Config packs Ollama health in one command.
Studio check
Feature card: Story Bible. Cast places tone held across chapters.
Story bible
Feature card: Entity Ledger. Names facts continuity tracked.
Entity ledger
Feature card: Batch and Chain. Queue long runs without babysitting every click.
Batch and chain
Feature card: Author Intent. Brief locks before the machine drafts.
Author intent
Feature card: Project Database. SQLite on disk. Projects chunks runs.
Project database

Pipeline steps

Feature card: 1 Premise. Lock intent before generation spreads.
Step 1 · Premise
Feature card: 2 Outline. Chapters and scene plans from the brief.
Step 2 · Outline
Feature card: 3 Write. Scene prose under voice constraints.
Step 3 · Write
Feature card: 4 Polish. Drift heat and humanizing passes.
Step 4 · Polish
Feature card: 5 Continuity. Bible ledger and drift probes.
Step 5 · Continuity
Feature card: 6 Export. Markdown first then retail formats.
Step 6 · Export

Square and story formats

Square feature card: Plan. Locked premise becomes chapter structure.
Square · Plan
Square feature card: Write. Prose with voice and cast constraints.
Square · Write
Square feature card: Polish. Continuity heat and humanizing passes.
Square · Polish
Square feature card: Export. Markdown first. EPUB and DOCX ready.
Square · Export
Square feature card: Accessibility Lean. Built for hard blank pages.
Square · Accessibility
Square feature card: Case Study. Karma Machine via llama3.1:8b.
Square · Case study
Square feature card: Packs. Local JSON craft libraries.
Square · Packs
Square feature card: Drift Guard. Catch continuity breaks early.
Square · Drift
Square feature card: Ollama. Generation stays on your hardware.
Square · Ollama
Story feature card: Novelmate Studio. Local first manuscript craft.
Story · Brand
Story feature card: No Cloud Custody. Your machine. Your words.
Story · No cloud
Story feature card: Continuity Craft. Story bible. Entity ledger. Drift probes.
Story · Continuity
Story feature card: Features First. Read the card. That is the capability.
Story · Features first

Honesty strip

Shipped, optional, and roadmap

This page labels claims the same way the product docs do. Engineering evidence for manuscript tooling lives on phyllux.io research status (row five). Product marketing also lives at novelmatestudio.com.

  • Shipped Local Ollama path, web GUIs, CLI, story bible, drift checks, MD / EPUB / DOCX export
  • Optional PhiKey export vault, pandoc PDF when installed
  • Roadmap Hosted cloud, live Stripe tiers, voice input, fine tuning

What it does

  • Plans chapter structure from a locked premise Shipped
  • Drafts prose with voice and cast constraints Shipped
  • Checks drift, heat, and continuity before export Shipped
  • Exports markdown first, then retail formats when signed off Shipped
  • Runs on your machine through Ollama. No cloud custody of the manuscript by default Shipped

What it is not

It is not an unsupervised book factory. David locks the brief, curates the draft, and signs the keeper. It does not guarantee bestsellers, replace editorial judgment, or ship covers as its core job. Sales pages stay about the story. Process detail lives here and on About.

Feature card: Not a Factory. Human curation before any keeper ships.

Local first

Your machine. Your words.

Generation defaults to Ollama on the author machine. The project database stays local. There is no telemetry and no training on your words by default. Work is queue based and bounded by hardware. Hours, not magic seconds.

  • Shipped Python app, FastAPI web surfaces, Typer CLI
  • Shipped Model routing per stage (outline, prose, polish)
  • Roadmap Hosted collaboration and cloud generation as a product
Feature card: Local First. Ollama on your machine. No cloud custody.

Pipeline

Premise to keeper file

One path. Six beats. Human locks at the hard gates.

  1. Feature card: 1 Premise

    1. Premise

    Lock intent, genre, and constraints before generation spreads.

  2. Feature card: 2 Outline

    2. Outline

    Chapter structure and scene plans from the locked brief.

  3. Feature card: 3 Write

    3. Write

    Scene prose with voice and cast held in place.

  4. Feature card: 4 Polish

    4. Polish

    Continuity, heat, and humanizing passes before sign off.

  5. Feature card: 5 Continuity

    5. Continuity

    Story bible, ledger, and drift checks across long projects.

  6. Feature card: 6 Export

    6. Export

    Markdown first. EPUB and DOCX when the keeper is ready. PDF when pandoc is present.

Surfaces

Three ways into the same book

Studio, Classic, and Atelier web GUIs share one project database with the CLI. New users usually start in Studio or Atelier. Operators who want scripts stay in the Typer CLI.

  • Shipped Web GUIs at localhost
  • Shipped CLI: plan, write, polish, export, packs, models
  • Shipped REST API for project and pipeline control
Feature card: Three Surfaces. Studio. Classic. Atelier. Plus CLI.

Continuity craft

Low drift on long books

A story bible, rolling summaries, an entity ledger, and drift checks hold cast, place, and tone across chapters. That is how Sproule Lit titles stay coherent while machine assistance drafts at speed.

  • Shipped Style bible and author intent
  • Shipped Entity ledger and drift probes
  • Shipped HUMANIZING101 polish rails on compatible prose
Feature card: Story Bible. Cast places tone held across chapters.

Optional export vault

PhiKey in Novelmate

An optional export encryption path borrows the PhiKey name for local vault style packaging. It is not an independent audited cryptosystem and it is not the full Phyllux Vault product. See research status for the honesty ceiling.

  • Optional Extra install for vault crypto helpers
  • Documented Living lane noted on phyllux.io PhiKey page
Feature card: Optional PhiKey Vault. Encrypt exports when you need to.

Who it is for

Authors who keep the pen

Built for people who find the blank page hard for any reason, including fatigue or cognitive load, and still want the final book to sound like them. Sproule Lit uses it as the house production system. Readers buy the story. This page explains the workshop.

About the house Contact
Feature card: Human Direction. You lock the brief. You sign the keeper.

Quick facts

Generation
Local first via Ollama
Default prose model
llama3.1:8b recommended balance
Exports
Markdown, EPUB, DOCX; PDF when pandoc is available
Case study
Karma Machine produced with Novelmate Studio (llama3.1:8b)
Marketing site
novelmatestudio.com
Evidence rail
phyllux.io research status