Your story,
now a graphic novel.

If it's under copyright and not your own, yes — you need to be the author or have written permission from the rightsholder; we don't verify this for you. If it's your own book already published with a publisher, check your contract — many retain your right to create adaptations like this, but not all do, so confirm if it's ambiguous. Public domain works (older classics) are free to adapt without permission.

Consider fictionalizing it. Visually depicting a real, named person, brand, or trademarked place can raise legal issues that a passing text mention may not. We'll remind you at manuscript upload — when in doubt, fictionalize the name.

Roughly 150 words becomes one graphic novel page — a 20,000-word novel adapts to around 134 pages. Prose that takes a paragraph often needs a full page of panels, which is why adaptations usually run longer than the word count suggests.

Payments are generally non-refundable once we've started — the work begins immediately. If your graphic novel doesn't meet the agreed spec after you've used your regenerations, write to support@novvel.co and we'll review — we may offer further revisions, a credit, or a partial refund.

No. Character consistency is the baseline, not the achievement — any adaptation worth paying for should get that right by default. The real work is editorial: how a scene is paced across panels, which moments earn a full page versus a single beat, how your prose becomes dialogue that reads naturally, where a chapter break actually falls. That's what separates an adaptation with real craft behind it from a raw AI output. If a specific panel still comes out wrong — e.g. your character looks completely different or the image became photorealistic suddenly — flag it, and we'll credit that regeneration back to your allowance.

Yes — that's what the free tier is for. Upload your story and see your cover, characters, and opening pages before you pay anything at all.

Panel One was a graphic novel writing contest for students aged 13 and above, run in partnership with Bookosmia — Top 50 entrants got access to the Novvel platform to build their own graphic novel, and the Top 5 were published on Amazon with their name on the cover. The contest isn't currently open — it's returning next year.

You'll sign in with Google to get started — that's the only step. No payment, no long signup form, no commitment. We use it to email you the moment your free preview (cover, characters, and first pages) is ready, since generation takes a little time. You only create a full paid account when you're ready to move past the preview.

Drop a .txt, .md, or .pdf — or paste text directly. There's no minimum length; for full novels, we recommend uploading chapter by chapter for more control over each section's adaptation.