Short story
$9.99
Enough for ~40,000 word analysis.
A short story, a novella or a few chapters to check.
For shorter novels or to get started.
PROOFREADING
Proofreading that asks before it changes.
Vellam reads a chapter and marks typos, missing commas, wrong quotation marks, dashes and dialogue punctuation in your text. For each correction you see what it was and what it will be, and you decide with a single key. Nothing goes into the text without your consent.
Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing, 1606 WHAT IT CORRECTS
Everything a proofreader usually catches.
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Spelling and typos
Typos, capitalisation, doubled words and confused forms. Names from your story bible are left alone.
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Punctuation
Missing and stray commas, parenthetical phrases closed on both sides, spaces before punctuation marks. Mark by mark, never rearranging your sentences.
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Typography and dialogue
Curly quotes, em dashes, the ellipsis as one character, dialogue punctuation. If your book consistently follows its own house style, Vellam respects it.
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You always decide
Confident corrections are underlined in gold, doubtful ones are labelled "To check". Click in the text, see "Before" and "After", accept or reject.
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Your style stays yours
Proofreading does not change words, word order or the rhythm of your sentences. Deliberate repetition, dialect and intentional rule-breaking in dialogue stay as you wrote them.
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One chapter or the whole book
In the editor you check the open chapter. In editorial mode proofreading goes through the whole book as a separate round, which you review like a proofreader’s work.
Vittore Carpaccio, The Vision of Saint Augustine, 1502 The lighthouse keeper came home latter, when the fog already lay over the whole harbour. He said "don’t wait" and closed the door , before she could ask... The soup on the table had gone gone cold long ago.
- Before
- latter
- After
- later
Decided 2 of 7
To check CHOOSING THE TOOL
A spellchecker is not enough. A proofreader takes weeks.
| Criterion | Vellam | Proofreader | Word processor spellcheck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Minutes per chapter | From several days to several weeks | As you type |
| Scope | Spelling, punctuation, typography, dialogue formatting | Full proofread, also after typesetting | Mostly typos |
| Author control | Every correction to accept or reject, with a before and after preview | Tracked changes in a file | A hint next to a word |
| Dialogue and typography | Yes, respecting the book’s consistent house style | Yes | Rarely |
COMMON QUESTIONS
Plain answers without promises beyond the manuscript.
001 How does proofreading in Vellam work?
Every spot goes through several independent checks: typography and punctuation rules, a language dictionary and several separate readings of the sentence. A correction reaches you as confident only when two independent reviews confirm it. When they disagree, you get it labelled "To check".
002 Will it change my text without asking?
No. Corrections are only underlined. You accept or reject each one: in the panel, in the bubble above the text or with the A and R keys. "Apply all" covers confident corrections only.
003 Which languages does it support?
English, Polish, German and Spanish. You choose the language when you add the book.
004 How much does it cost?
Proofreading is paid with credits, like other analyses in Vellam. You see the price of a chapter before you start, and credits are taken only after the check is finished.
005 Does Vellam replace a proofreader?
Proofreading in Vellam does not replace a proofreader at the typesetting stage and does not rewrite your style. It handles spelling, punctuation and typography, and the author still approves every change.
KEEP READING
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Pricing
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Enough for ~100,000 word analysis.
A whole novel up to about 100k words, with room for revisions.
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Series
$99.99
Enough for ~400,000 word analysis.
Several novels or a whole series, with room for new drafts.
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What credits pay for
One credit balance works across almost the whole app. You never buy analysis and chat separately: every feature takes what it uses from the same balance.
- Chapter and full-book analysis
- Consistency analysis
- Craft analysis
- Reader reaction
- Chat with a character
- Chat with the assistant
- Fact check
- Translations
A full analysis uses the most, about 2.5 credits per word. A chat with the assistant or a fact check usually costs a few hundred credits. Writing, the Story Bible and export are always free.
In every pack
- Know what is off in your plot, characters and locations
- An analysis that knows your world and your rules
- Upload a finished .docx, .txt or .pdf
- Every chapter read in the context of the whole book
- Your text never trains any models
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