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Medical Fact Checker: Write the wound, lose the worry.
A soldier who marches the morning after a bullet wound, or a Civil War surgeon who reaches for antibiotics, can pull a nurse or a history lover right out of your book. That worry can follow you through every injury scene. With Medical Fact Checker beside you, you can write the fight, the fever, and the long road back with a steadier mind.
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Keep readers in the scene, and keep every revision decision in your hands.
Your manuscript stays private. Author Media never stores or views it, and the AI companies do not train on it.
One sentence can undo a hard-won scene.
Pennsylvania, 1863: “The surgeon gave Private Hale a dose of antibiotics, and by morning he was marching with his company, the bullet wound in his thigh all but forgotten.” Two details would stop a reader who knows medicine or the period. Antibiotics were decades away, and a wound that serious would keep a soldier down for weeks, if he survived the infection.
Write the hard scenes without flinching.
A medical slip in a tense scene can feel like a trapdoor under the whole book. Here is what gets lighter.
Your tense scenes stop making you wince
You can write the fight, the fall, and the fever with your whole mind on the story. The worry about who might notice stops riding along.
A hard recovery becomes your best tension
A hero who heals slowly is a hero in trouble, and trouble keeps readers turning pages. You get to use the long road back instead of rushing past it.
Your magic and your old remedies stay yours
Healing spells, invented biology, and the strange cures of another century can sit proudly in your story. You choose each one on purpose, and you decide when a reader needs a line of context.
From patrons who use it
Comments from Novel Marketing patrons on AuthorMedia.social, October 2025.
“It’ll give you slack for being a fantasy novel, understand any healing magic you have, and still get after you for inaccuracies in how fast your characters would fall unconscious”
“I’ve used the medical fact checker several times already”
The moments it matters most
Pick the moment that sounds like yours, and bring a little calm to it.
The night you finish a battle, fight, or rescue
You just wrote the hardest scene in the book. Look at the wounds and the aftermath while the scene is fresh, before later chapters depend on how fast your hero recovered.
Before a nurse or medic reads your draft
Nurses, medics, and doctors notice. Fix the slips you can handle yourself, so their attention goes to your story.
The week before you query, submit, or publish
Give your sample chapters and key scenes a medical look while changes are still easy, and send them out with one less worry. No review can predict how an agent, editor, or reader will respond.
Bring the chapters with the medical scenes.
You bring
Upload your manuscript, or just the chapters with injuries, illness, or treatment, and tell it when and where your story takes place. For fantasy or science fiction, describe your world and its rough level of technology, such as “Fantasy world, roughly 1400s.”
Your manuscript stays private. Author Media never stores or views it, and the AI companies do not train on it.
You get
A report that points to the passages worth a second look, each with a reason and a fix to consider, and you can ask follow-up questions in the chat afterward.
The review draws on the AI’s medical and historical knowledge. It does not search the web or cite sources, and it can miss a problem or question a correct detail. It reads a shorter selection more closely than a whole novel. It is for fiction, and it is a writing tool, not medical advice.
Before you start
What is Medical Fact Checker?
Medical Fact Checker is for fiction authors who want the injuries, illnesses, and treatments in their stories to ring true, so you can write them with confidence. It is a writing tool, not medical advice.
Will it work for fantasy and science fiction?
Yes, and your imagination stays safe. Your healing magic and invented biology are yours to keep, so a healing spell may work faster than modern medicine.
What if a character believes something medically wrong?
That can be good characterization, and you stay in charge of it. A frightened bystander or a period character can believe a myth, and you decide whether it belongs in your story.
Does it replace my research or a medical reader?
No, and it is not meant to. You keep the final call on every detail. It does not search the web or cite sources, so confirm anything consequential with reliable sources or a reader who works in medicine.
Will it check weapons, history, or real places?
You get to keep your attention on the medicine here. When a scene leans on weapons or military life, period details beyond medicine, or a real place, you can turn to Military Fact Checker, Historical Fact Checker, or Local Fact Checker.
Can I upload a whole novel?
Yes, though you will get the closest review from the chapters with injuries, illness, or treatment. If your story moves between eras or worlds, check each part separately with its own time and place.
Does it check grammar, pacing, or plot?
No, which keeps your attention on the medicine. It focuses on medical and first aid accuracy. For story and structure, try Not a Developmental Editor. For spelling and grammar, try Not a Copy Editor.
Can I use it for nonfiction?
If you write health or medical nonfiction, you deserve more than an AI pass. Medical Fact Checker is built for novels and short stories. A nonfiction book needs review by a qualified professional and its publisher’s fact-checking.
Is this medical advice?
No. It is a writing tool that helps fiction authors keep their stories believable. Never use it for real-world medical decisions.
Is my manuscript private?
Yes. Author Media does not store, track, or view anything you post to this tool. The tools reach each AI through its business API with privacy set to the maximum, so the AI companies do not train on your words.
How much does it cost?
Medical Fact Checker is included with any Novel Marketing Patreon membership of $10 per month or more. That membership also unlocks more than 80 other author tools in the Patron Toolbox. AI tool use draws from your membership’s credit balance, and the amount used varies with the request.
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