How BinderCraft works
Two tools for novelists who use Scrivener. Convert turns any manuscript into a structured Scrivener project with an AI story bible. Sync merges an edited DOCX, EPUB, or TXT file back into your existing .scriv project without losing your metadata.
Convert — $9.99 per manuscript
Upload your manuscript
Drag and drop an EPUB, DOCX, or TXT file. BinderCraft detects chapters, titles, and structure automatically — no manual splitting or formatting needed. Files up to 10 MB are supported.
AI analyzes your story
Our AI reads every chapter and builds a comprehensive story bible — character profiles, beat structure, synopses with craft notes, relationship arcs, and worldbuilding documentation.
Download your .scriv
Pay $9.99 and download a ready-to-open Scrivener 3 project. Chapters are organized in a three-act binder structure with the full story bible in Research folders.
What's in your story bible
Our AI reads your entire manuscript and produces a comprehensive story bible that would take weeks to write by hand.
Chapter synopses
Each chapter gets a detailed synopsis with craft notes — pacing observations, tension tracking, and narrative technique commentary that helps you see your story through an editor's lens.
Character profiles
Deep profiles for 12+ characters including psychological wounds, desire vs. need, character arc trajectory, distinctive voice patterns, and relationships to other characters.
Beat sheet
A 15-point beat structure maps your story's architecture — inciting incident, midpoint shift, dark night of the soul, climax — with the specific scenes where each beat lands.
Relationship arcs
Tracks how key relationships evolve across the story — turning points, power dynamics, emotional beats, and unresolved tensions that carry through to the end.
Conflict matrix
Maps internal and external conflicts for major characters, tracking how conflicts intersect, escalate, and resolve across the narrative.
Worldbuilding and systems
Documents magic systems, technology, political structures, cultural norms, and physical settings — everything that makes your world consistent and immersive.
Themes and motifs
Identifies recurring themes, symbolic motifs, and literary patterns woven through your narrative, with cross-references to the chapters and characters where they appear.
What you get
A Scrivener 3 project file (.scriv) organized and ready to open.
Manuscript binder
- Chapters organized in three-act structure
- Full manuscript text preserved exactly
- Chapter titles and numbering detected
- Synopsis metadata on each chapter document
Research folders
- Character profiles with psychology and arcs
- 15-point beat sheet with scene references
- Relationship arcs and conflict matrix
- Worldbuilding, magic systems, and themes
Scrivener Sync
Get your edited manuscript back into Scrivener
Exported to Word for your editor, or made changes to your EPUB or TXT file? Sync merges the edited text back into your .scriv project while preserving all your synopses, labels, status markers, and compile settings.
Upload both files
Upload your edited manuscript (DOCX, EPUB, or TXT) alongside your zipped .scriv project. We accept the project exactly as Scrivener exports it.
Chapters are matched
BinderCraft matches chapters between the edited manuscript and your existing project by title and content, then updates the text in-place.
Download updated .scriv
Your updated Scrivener project is ready to download — same Binder structure, same metadata, with the edited text merged in.
Basic Sync
$4.99
Best for copy edits and proofreading
- Updates text in existing chapters
- All synopses, labels, and status preserved
- Compile settings and custom metadata untouched
- ~30 seconds
Full Sync
$14.99
Best after developmental or structural edits
- Everything in Basic Sync
- New chapters added to binder
- Story bible regenerated from edited text
- Synopses updated to match changes
- ~7 minutes
What Sync preserves
Everything you built in your Scrivener project stays intact. Only the chapter text is updated.
Metadata kept
- Synopsis on every index card
- Labels and status markers
- Document notes in the Inspector
- Keywords and custom metadata fields
Project structure kept
- Binder hierarchy and folder organization
- Compile settings and format presets
- Research folder contents
- Front matter and back matter
Ready to try it?
No subscriptions, no account needed. Pay once per manuscript.