Sudowrite
Sudowrite is an AI writing partner built for fiction writers and novelists. It aims to make writing more collaborative, less solitary, and more enjoyable by helping users brainstorm, draft, revise, develop stories, and overcome writer's block.
At a Glance
- Novelists and fiction authors
- Screenwriters and entertainment professionals
- Indie and self-published authors
- Students and hobbyist writers
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Sudowrite
AI Writing Tool for Novelists
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Latest News
Sudowrite added Claude Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 3.7 Flash and 3.8 Flash, GLM 5.3, Qwen 3.8 Max, and Grok 4.7.
Character Portraits launched in Story Bible, with generated or uploaded character reference images and selectable styles.
Sudowrite added Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna.
Sudowrite announced faster Chat, fewer Chat errors, Rewrite on the in-house Ballad model, and clean document printing.
Products & Services
The core subscription-based AI writing application for fiction, covering ideation, outlining, drafting, editing, and long-form project organization.
Sudowrite's in-house AI model built specifically for fiction writing.
Sudowrite's in-house fiction model, used for capabilities including Rewrite.
A guided long-form workflow for moving from idea and outline through chapters, with continuity across characters, worlds, and series.
Market Position
Sudowrite positions itself as a fiction-first AI writing partner rather than a general business or academic writing assistant. Its differentiation is a purpose-built long-form workflow (Story Bible), in-house fiction models such as Muse and Ballad, prose-specific tools such as Describe and Rewrite, continuity features, and a large plugin ecosystem. Competitors and alternatives identified in market comparisons include Novelcrafter, NovelAI, AutoCrit, Novlr, Dabble, Plottr, DreamGen, and general-purpose ChatGPT and Claude.
Leadership
Founders
Amit Gupta
Entrepreneur, designer, and science-fiction writer; founder of Photojojo, which he sold in 2014. He later wrote science fiction and met James Yu through a science-fiction writing group. He is identified as Sudowrite's co-founder and CEO.
James Yu
Writer and technology entrepreneur; founder of Parse, which was later acquired by Facebook. He met Amit Gupta through a science-fiction writing group and co-created Sudowrite's early GPT-3-based product.
Executive Team
Amit Gupta
Co-founder and CEO
Entrepreneur, designer, former Photojojo founder, and science-fiction writer.
James Yu
Co-founder
Writer and former founder of Parse, later acquired by Facebook.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
After selling Photojojo, recovering from leukemia, and becoming a science-fiction writer, Amit Gupta encountered the loneliness and writer's block of writing. Gupta and fellow writer and former Parse founder James Yu built an AI creative partner so writers could bounce ideas off it, stay in flow, and automate rote work such as treatments and revisions. They initially built on GPT-3, found paying customers, and raised capital to hire a small team.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription SaaS: users pay monthly or annually for a credit allowance and access to AI writing, editing, planning, model, and feedback features. A free trial is offered without a credit card.
Pricing Tiers
225,000 credits per month; intended for people writing for fun or school.
1,000,000 credits per month; intended for longer works such as novels or screenplays; includes developmental edits, line edits, and beta reads.
2,000,000 credits per month; intended for authors publishing multiple times per year; unused credits roll over for 12 months.
Target Markets
- Novelists and fiction authors
- Screenwriters and entertainment professionals
- Indie and self-published authors
- Students and hobbyist writers
- Romance, fantasy, science-fiction, mystery, thriller, horror, and fan-fiction writers
- Creators of roleplaying games, newsletters, parables, and meditations
- Drafting novels and short fiction
- Screenwriting and converting novels into screenplay treatments
- Overcoming writer's block and generating ideas
- Brainstorming plots, characters, settings, and titles
- Rewriting, expanding, and polishing prose
- Developmental editing, line editing, and beta-style feedback
- Hugh Howey, bestselling author of Silo
- Bernie Su, three-time Emmy-winning screenwriter
- Mark Frauenfelder, journalist and author
- Chris Anderson, New York Times bestselling author