Marlowe: Your fiction analysis tool

Authors A.I.’s Marlowe Pro analyzes the manuscript of your novel to provide expert-level developmental feedback. It does not generate or rewrite text. Instead, it provides a comprehensive critique of your draft’s key components: plot, characters, pacing, story beats, narrative drive, theme, and much more.

What it is

Marlowe is a proprietary analytical AI, built specifically for long-form fiction analysis. Developed by bestselling authors and data scientists — including Dr. Matthew Jockers, PhD, co-author of The Bestseller Code — it launched in 2020, more than two years before ChatGPT.

As your AI-powered editorial partner, Marlowe analyzes your manuscript like a seasoned developmental editor who’s an expert in your genre.

What makes it different

Analytical, not generative – Marlowe reads and provides feedback; it doesn’t write.

Ethically trained – Marlowe is trained on a rights-cleared corpus of legally obtained novels and does not train on your manuscripts. We’ve adhered to this ethical approach from day one.

Fiction-specific – Marlowe understands story structure, character arcs, pacing, dialogue, and genre conventions. It compares your manuscript to successful books in your specific genre — whether you write romance, thrillers, fantasy, literary fiction, or any other genre.

Comparative analysis – Marlowe benchmarks your work against bestsellers in your genre to identify what’s working and what needs attention.

Fast results – Marlowe can read your book and deliver and in-depth analysis within 15 minutes right to your personalized Author Dashboard.

Secure and private – Your manuscript is encrypted and cannot be reverse-engineered from Marlowe’s analysis. You can delete your data anytime.

It’s as simple as 1-2-3

1. Upload your manuscript

Submit your work in MS Word (.docx) or ePub format. Marlowe analyzes any fiction genre — from romance to sci-fi to literary fiction. Minimum length: 20,000 words.

2. Marlowe analyzes your story

Marlowe uses analytical AI (not generative) to compare your manuscript against a corpus of thousands of published novels. It evaluates:

• Plot structure and narrative arcs
• Character development and consistency
• Pacing throughout your story
• Dialogue balance and effectiveness
• Theme and emotional resonance
• Genre conventions and how your work compares to bestsellers
• Readability, clichés, repetitive phrases, and technical elements

Your manuscript is never used to train the AI or generate content.

3. Get your report in minutes

Marlowe delivers a comprehensive analysis via your interactive Author Dashboard — in minutes. Review the insights, then use its feedback to guide your revisions.

The Marlowe story

We’re authors ourselves. We built Marlowe with the help of leading data scientists because we know what goes into a good story. We also know what it’s like to wonder if your manuscript is ready — without spending thousands of dollars or weeks of waiting.

Authors A.I. was founded by bestselling authors, not by techies who don’t know fiction. Every decision prioritizes your success, IP protection, and creative control.

Examples: Marlowe evaluates five bestsellers

Here’s Marlowe’s analysis of the following bestsellers.

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* Why Marlowe?
Marlowe is named for both Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan tragedian who inspired Shakespeare, and Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler’s hardboiled private eye who plays chess and reads poetry. We like to think our AI has Philip Marlowe’s intellect and investigative skills and Christopher Marlowe’s pioneering spirit and love for the written word.