Feature
A continuity tracker for authors who refuse to slip
The dagger a character loses in chapter four should not reappear in chapter nine. Clifford is a continuity tracker for authors that keeps character state as real data, then checks your manuscript for the contradictions that a re-read pass usually misses.
How the continuity checker works
Track state, not notes
Inventory, stats, and skills attach to the chapter where they change. Clifford always knows what a character has at any point in the book.
Run a continuity check
Sweep a chapter or a whole book. Clifford compares what the prose says against the tracked state and flags where they disagree.
Fix before anyone notices
Each flag points to the chapter and the detail in question, so you can resolve a contradiction in minutes instead of on a reader review.
Character consistency, chapter by chapter
A character consistency tracker is only as good as the data behind it. Because Clifford records every item, stat, and skill against the chapter it changes, it can answer questions a plain document cannot: did this character still have the ring in chapter twelve, what level was the skill last time it appeared, which day of the journey did this scene fall on.
Ask Clifford directly, or let the book continuity checker do the sweep. Either way the answer comes from the state you have been building as you write, not from your memory of a draft you finished months ago.
Works with your story bible
Continuity checking is one half of a complete story bible. Track the cast and world there; catch the contradictions here. For series writers, both carry forward automatically when you start the next book.
Continuity tracking FAQ
- What is a book continuity checker?
- It is a tool that compares what your manuscript says about characters, items, and events against a tracked source of truth, then flags contradictions like an item that reappears after it was lost or a stat that jumps without explanation.
- Does it work across a whole series?
- Yes. Character state and history carry forward into each new book, so a continuity check in book three can catch a detail that first appeared in book one.
- Do I have to enter everything by hand?
- No. Import a finished manuscript and Clifford builds the tracked state for you, then you run continuity checks against it. See pricing for the free plan and Pro.
Catch continuity gaps before your readers do
Start free. Track character state as you write, then sweep the whole book for contradictions.