For writers who have become too familiar with the finished draft
See the manuscript again.
R/W brings fresh attention back to the page, attaches every finding to its evidence, and learns when a repetition, rough edge, or voice choice belongs.
01 · The writer's pain
The manuscript has become too familiar to see clearly.
You know every turn too well to feel the pacing, repetition, rhythm, voice, continuity, and intent the way a fresh reader would.
R/W returns that attention to the page, keeps every finding attached to the passage that earned it, and remembers when you say an apparent problem belongs.
The story is present. Now the work needs a reader who can hold a pattern across chapters, explain the evidence, and remember when the writer says an apparent problem is intentional.
Working specimen · local preview
A reading that can be taught.
First pass · 3 marks
Contents
The Basement Door
- 01 The borrowed room 2 marks
- 02 Four lights 1 mark
- 03 The far bank Not read
02 · The editorial movement
Notice. Teach. Continue.
R/W reads a chapter before it speaks, then places marks on patterns, pressure points, and passages worth your attention.
Respond to a mark, explain the intention, or save the pattern to the dictionary. The next reading carries what you taught it.
The reading desk
Your files, your place, your next choice.
Import, read, ask, revise, teach, and export without losing the passage or the reasoning that brought you there.
Your files
Begin and end in ordinary formats.
Import TXT, Markdown, or DOCX. Export a revised DOCX with native Word comments, then bring an editor's replies back beside your marks for the next pass.
Chapter Read
Let the chapter speak first.
A chapter reading notices pacing, repetition, rhythm, voice, continuity, interiority, and pressure points before placing findings on the passages that earned them.
Passage Read
Ask closely without leaving your place.
Open a finding in context, ask for the reasoning, or examine a selected span. The reading position remains stable while evidence and choices appear beside the prose.
Write
Invite one bounded revision.
A quick fix streams into an editable proposal next to the original span. Keep it, alter it, or close it; three-deep undo keeps recent choices recoverable.
Second pass
Let handled patterns go quiet.
Dictionary decisions carry across chapters and later readings. Known motifs stop returning as new problems, leaving unresolved findings more visible.
Contents
Confirm the manuscript before the read.
Review chapter order, titles, and readiness at the contents desk, then choose where the reading starts rather than dropping into an unexamined import.
Beyond one mark
Runs, lenses, audit, and story-level evidence.
Close reading and manuscript-wide perspective share one evidence trail, so a broad claim can always lead back to the prose.
Reading lenses
Change the question, not the manuscript.
Focus a run on a chosen concern while retaining the shared evidence and dictionary. A lens narrows attention without pretending the rest of the book disappeared.
Audit mode
Track decisions across the pass.
See which marks were settled, taught, protected, deferred, or revised. Evidence remains attached to the source passage and can be revisited.
Story level
Step back after the close read.
Pro adds scene cards, a tension arc, POV-drift evidence, and an editorial letter linked back to the manuscript rather than delivered as unsupported summary.
Runs
Separate one reading purpose from another.
Keep a pacing run, voice run, or final audit legible as its own pass while the same manuscript and dictionary remain underneath.
Who R/W is for
For a story finished enough to be read closely.
Novelists
For chapter-aware reading across a full book, with local patterns and story-level consequences held in the same view.
Short-story writers
For a concentrated reading where every repeated image, pressure change, and sentence turn can matter.
Independent authors
For the serious pass before copyediting, beta readers, or publication, and for bringing human comments back into the same decision history.
Finished-draft writers
For the moment when the question is no longer what happens, but what the prose is doing and which changes are worth making.
Access and recovery
The door tells you what happened.
Signup, purchase, and return states remain legible even when the next step is simply waiting for an email or asking for a fresh link.
Returning writer
A closed door names the reason.
Invalid, pending, revoked, expired, network, and retry states each receive calm, specific recovery guidance. The page points to a fresh signup or contact path without pretending access was created.
After checkout
Each purchase path explains what happens next.
Suite Pro, an existing R/W link, and email-delivered R/W Pro access keep distinct confirmation language. The writer knows whether to open the app, check the inbox, or return with the link already held.
Signup status
Silence is never the status.
Signup always names the next step: enter an address, sending, try again, slow down, come back in a moment, welcome, resend, or check your inbox. The form sends the activation request and keeps the next action visible on the page.
Trust · Privacy and data path
There is no hidden manuscript vault.
Draft, marks, dictionary, and revision history live in your browser. Only text and context needed for the action you request cross the Kaizen proxy and selected model provider; the response returns to your page without the proxy keeping either side.
Writer-owned Google Drive backup and restore are free. Pro adds automatic sync. Hosted paid APIs use their no-training defaults, while BYOK lets you choose and pay a supported provider directly.
Product questions
What kind of reader is this?
What is R/W?
A close reading desk for fiction drafts. It reads for pacing, repetition, rhythm, voice, continuity, interiority, and intent, then leaves teachable marks beside the evidence.
Is this a grammar checker or a writing AI?
Neither. The author writes the prose. R/W is a reader with memory: it notices, explains, offers a bounded revision when invited, and learns from the choices you make.
When should I use it?
During serious revision after the story is on the page. R/W is most useful when the draft is complete enough for patterns and chapter relationships to be meaningful.
How does the learning work?
When you explain that a pattern is intentional, R/W saves a scoped dictionary decision locally. Later chapters and later passes can use that memory, making subsequent readings quieter.
What does kaizen mean here?
Continuous improvement through small, inspectable decisions. The suite supports the next useful pass rather than promising one irreversible transformation.
Can it handle a multi-chapter novel?
Yes. It keeps chapter context, cross-chapter dictionary teaching, reading history, and story-level tools for longer work.
Which file types can I use?
TXT, Markdown, and DOCX can be imported. Revised work can return as Word-compatible DOCX, including native comments for a human-editor round trip.
Plans, data, and billing
The practical questions, answered plainly.
What changes between Free, Pro, and BYOK?
Free and Pro use hosted models with named monthly allowances; Pro adds the premium model, larger limits, Full Reads, and automatic sync. BYOK uses a provider key you own and does not consume Kaizen-hosted caps.
What happens when a monthly limit is reached?
Only the named capped action pauses until the next calendar-month reset. Local work remains available and BYOK can continue immediately.
Can I switch between hosted use and my own key?
Yes. Add or remove a supported provider key at any time. BYOK traffic is billed by your provider and stays separate from hosted usage.
What happens if I cancel Pro?
Paid access continues through the current billing period. Your browser-local manuscripts, marks, dictionary, and history remain yours.
What exactly are the R/W limits?
Free includes 10 Chapter Reads, 40 Passage Reads, and 20 Writes monthly. Pro includes 200 Chapter Reads, 10 Full Reads, and a shared pool of 500 Passage Reads or Writes monthly.
Where does manuscript text go?
Only text and context needed for the requested action pass through the Kaizen proxy and selected provider. The proxy returns the result without keeping the manuscript or response.
Is unpublished work absolutely secure?
No web service should promise absolute security. R/W reduces exposure through browser-local storage, paid hosted APIs with no-training defaults, explicit request scope, writer-owned Drive backup, and BYOK choice.
Plans
Start with one reading.
Free is a working plan. Pro adds novel-length allowances, premium reasoning, story-level work, and automatic sync.
R/W Free
$0
A real reading month on the fast hosted model, with local work and Drive backup.
- 10 Chapter Reads each month
- 40 Passage Reads each month
- 20 Writes each month
- Bring your own key
R/W Pro
$20 / month
Room for a novel-length close reading with premium reasoning.
- 200 Chapter Reads each month
- 10 Full Reads each month
- 500 Passage Reads or Writes
- Automatic Drive sync
Suite Pro
$30 / month
The full Pro allowance in R/W, Weaver, and Rewriter.
- Every app keeps its own allowance
- One subscription across the suite
- Automatic Drive sync
- BYOK remains available
Start with the draft you have
Give the manuscript fresh attention.
Start free with a finished draft and meet every finding on the passage that earned it.
Start free
Start an R/W room.
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