For novelists · screenwriters · video creators

Every writer deserves a staff.

Studios have researchers, fact-checkers, script supervisors, continuity editors. Now your desk does too. Skarvia does everything for your draft except write it — that part stays yours, provably.

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Skarv · Head of Staff

Skarvia never writes a word for you.
It reads, researches, checks, and remembers — the byline is the one thing it won't touch.

On staff Skarv the cormorant inspecting a manuscript through a magnifying glass

The Fact-Checker

Findings only — no flattery. Other AI tools spend half their output congratulating you. Skarvia's checker structurally cannot praise: defect cards with evidence and citations, or one quiet line — "No issues found."

On staff Skarv in Victorian frock coat and top hat consulting a pocket watch

The Period Expert

Writing 1962? Skarvia knows ZIP codes arrived in 1963, the 727 flew in '64, and Bonanza ran on NBC. Period details get checked against the real timeline of the world.

On staff Skarv peering sternly over his pince-nez at a page on a lectern

The Skeptic

Every finding must survive a second reviewer whose only job is to refute it before you ever see it. When Skarvia flags something, it's worth your time.

On staff Skarv perched on a stack of books, reading

The Researcher

Highlight a passage, ask anything — "how does an arraignment actually work?" — and get cited answers filed into your project's research library.

On staff Skarv comparing two manuscript pages side by side

The Continuity Editor

Mara's eyes were green in chapter two and brown in chapter fourteen. Someone on staff should catch that. Now someone does.

On staff Skarv holding the only key beside a padlocked strongbox

Your Cloud, Not Ours

Your manuscript's home is your own storage — Dropbox today, more soon — saved as you write, readable in any text editor, forever. Skarvia keeps only a working copy for its checks. Continuous autosave and version history included.

One studio, every long-form format

The same staff, the same fact-checker and continuity editor, whatever you're writing. Pick a format and the editor already knows its rules.

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Novels

Write in one continuous manuscript; Skarvia notices your chapters, prologue, and epilogue and turns them into a navigator you can jump around — no forced splitting.

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Film & screenplays

True Courier pagination, Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain, and Movie Magic in and out, and a UK/BBC television preset for the writing surface.

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TV series

Episodes that share one world, a series bible that builds itself from your Codex, and one-sheet pitch templates.

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Stage plays

Standard play format — centered character cues, italic stage directions, act and scene structure — the way a script hits a director's desk.

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Audio drama & podcasts

Narration, character dialogue, and SFX and music cues, with runtime estimated from the spoken word — the scripted-podcast format done right.

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Broadcast & video

Two-column A/V scripts — visuals on the left, audio on the right, locked row by row — the way news and TV segments are actually written.

Built for novelists · screenwriters · playwrights · podcasters · video creators

Skarvia — from skarv, Norwegian for cormorant: the working bird that dives for the catch and brings it back. The catch was always the fisherman's.

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Field notes from the staff

New staff members, writing-tech notes, and early invitations — a short letter, only when there's something worth reading. No spam, one-click out.