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The studio writers
come back to.

A long-form editor with project structure, full-book memory, and an AI coach that has actually read your manuscript. Built for the writers who plan to finish.

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Prologue × Ch. VII ×
B I S H1 H2 1,247 words

She had counted them twice. Both times the answer was the same — and both times she kept counting, because the alternative was to sit down.

The boats had not come back. They had not come back yesterday, either. Mr. Halberg had said the boats not coming back was a thing that happened, and a thing you stopped thinking about.

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Of every hundred manuscripts started this year, ninety-seven will be abandoned by April. Slima exists to be the studio that helps the other three finish.

— Writing Habits Survey, 2025
Three pillars

What makes long-form writing finishable.

Most apps give you a text box. Slima gives you a project, a streak, and a coach who has actually read your book.

i.

Build the habit

Daily word goals, streak tracking, writing-time logs. So the few hundred words you write today have a reason to come back tomorrow.

ii.

An editor for long-form

Markdown, project tree, automatic version snapshots, offline-ready. No decoration — only the things a writer needs.

iii.

A coach who's read your book

The AI coach has read your characters, your foreshadowing, your pacing. Ask it anything and it answers from inside your manuscript — not from generic writing advice.

01 · Inside the studio

Your manuscript, on a page
that knows what to do.

A serif editor for the words, a project tree for the files, an AI coach for the questions — same place, every device.

Files Structured project tree
← • The Lighthouse Keepers
📁 Manuscript
📄 Prologue820
📄 VII. A Lamp That Will Not Go Out1,247
📄 VIII.412
📁 Reference
📁 Exercises
+ Add Content
AI Coach A reader who knows your book
← • The Lighthouse Keepers Ch. VII
AI Writing Coach
SLIMA ONLINE
Eleanor's voice in this chapter is more cautious than chapter III. Was that intentional?
— knows chapters 1–7
Character
Pacing
Continuity
Theme
02 · Full-book memory

Slima sees and understands your whole book.

When you ask the coach a question about chapter seven, it has actually read chapters one through six.

Standard AI editors

Read only what's on screen.

  • Prologue
  • I. Salt & Iron
  • II. The Captain's List
  • III–VI. (4 chapters)
  • VII. A Lamp That Will Not Go Out
  • VIII. (drafted)
"Try varying your sentence length here."
— Generic advice that ignores the seven chapters of cadence you've already established.
Slima Coach

Reads the whole manuscript.

  • Prologue
  • I. Salt & Iron
  • II. The Captain's List
  • III–VI. (4 chapters)
  • VII. A Lamp That Will Not Go Out
  • VIII. (drafted)
"Eleanor's cadence in chapters I–III runs in long, salt-water sentences. Here she's clipped — fitting, given the boats, but consider one long breath in paragraph two to anchor her voice."
03 · The AI coach in action

The first writing assistant
that has actually read your book.

Ask about pacing. Ask about a character you wrote in chapter three. Ask if the ending lands. The coach answers from inside the work.

Y
You · Drafting Ch. VII
Is Eleanor's voice consistent here? She felt sharper in chapter three.
Slima Coach · Reading 7 chapters · 12,565 words
She is sharper in III, yes — but that scene took place after the storm, when she was angry. In VII she's afraid. The voice you've written is consistent with a frightened Eleanor: shorter sentences, more hedging, fewer first-person verbs. If you want her sharpness back, the catalyst probably isn't dialogue — it's the moment she decides the boats aren't coming back.
Y
You
Where would that decision land best, structurally?
Slima Coach · Suggesting in chapter VII
Two-thirds in. Right after she counts them the second time. Right now your paragraph break does the work; let her say it instead.
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04 · The habit system

Habits are how long-form actually finishes.

The habit system stays free, with or without the AI coach. A few hundred words a day, every day, finishes more books than weekend marathons.

1
step

Set a daily goal

From 200 to 2,000 words — pick the size of commitment you can actually keep. Slima remembers the number you chose.

2
step

Build a streak

Every day you hit your goal, the streak ticks up. The progress bar makes it hard to break.

3
step

See your growth

Chapters finished, words accumulated, days active — proof that you're moving, in numbers.

05 · Everything else

The studio that lets you get work done.

Quiet by default. Every tool here shows up when you need it and disappears when you don't.

Outline view

One screen, every chapter and section, drag to reorder. The manuscript follows.

Snapshots

Every save is restorable. Browse versions like chapters in a history.

Footnotes & citations

Academic-grade. Numbered, linked, and exported in any common style.

The reference desk, at your right hand.

Research, character bibles, world rules — open while you write, never in another tab.

Typewriter focus

The active line is locked to the screen center. Everything around it dims.

Find across project

Search every chapter, note, and reference. Replace once, propagated everywhere.

Reader mode

See the manuscript the way readers will. Justified, paginated, page numbers and all.

Export anywhere — keep nothing hostage.

Submit anywhere, in any format. Your manuscript is yours; we just give it a good home.

PDF · EPUB · Word · Markdown · Final Draft · Fountain

Share with your editor

Read-only links with optional comments. Pull notes back into your draft with one click.

★★★★★
My writing used to be scattered across different files — character notes, outlines, first drafts, scene breakdowns. Finding any single reference was torture. With Slima, everything finally clicked into place.
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06 · The plans

The editor stays free. Try the AI coach before you decide.

Writing shouldn't have a paywall. Editor, files, and habit system are free forever; pricing only kicks in when you use the coach.

Free forever

Everything you need to start writing long-form

  • Full long-form editor
  • Structured project tree
  • Habit system
  • Cloud sync + offline writing
  • Automatic version snapshots
  • Multi-format export (PDF / DOCX / EPUB...)
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  • AI coach that has read your book
  • Full-book context engine
  • Beta Reader simulation
  • Weekly AI conversation credits
  • Multiple coach modes
  • Text selection quick actions
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07 · Common questions

The "but what about…" list.

If your question isn't here, write to us. A human reads every message.

Will Slima train its AI on my book?
No. Your drafts are encrypted, never used for training, and never shown to anyone else. Each AI request reads your work, answers, and forgets — your manuscript stays in your account, full stop.
Can I use Slima offline?
You can keep writing if your connection drops — Slima continues to save locally and syncs when you're back online. AI features need the network, but the editor doesn't.
What's the longest manuscript Slima can handle?
The editor itself has no limit. Coach context tops out at 100,000 words per request — long enough for the entire book in most cases. Past that, you can scope the coach to specific chapters.
How is this different from Scrivener or Google Docs?
Scrivener is great at structure but doesn't have a coach who has read the whole book. Google Docs is great at collaboration but treats every doc the same. Slima brings the structure, the typography, and the in-context AI together — for the long-form writer specifically.
Can I import a manuscript I've already started?
Yes. Drop in a Word, Markdown, or plain-text file and Slima will detect chapter breaks, build the project tree, and pick up wherever you left off.
Is there a free tier?
Yes. Editor, files, and habit system are free forever. The first time you open the coach you get a 7-day trial, then choose whether to subscribe.

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get finished.

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