Lore & LilacEditor & recovery
A manuscript page that keeps up with you — and keeps everything
Chapters and scenes, a quiet page, and the small tools novelists reach for all day. Underneath, a save system that tells you exactly where your words are.
No AI involved Writing, saving and version history never use AI and never send your text to an AI provider.
What you get
Editor & recovery, in detail
- Chapters and scenes you can rename, reorder, split and archive
- Type @ to link a character, place or object to its story-bible entry
- Comments in the margin, for notes to yourself or replies to readers
- Read aloud with your device's voices, and dictation where your browser supports it
- Smart quotes, and find & replace in the scene
- Replace across the book with a preview: every match listed in context, untick any you want to keep, and a snapshot is saved first
- Dictionary: select one word and choose Define for definitions and similar words. Show-only, and you can switch it off
- Keyboard shortcuts for everything, listed in one sheet — press ? or Ctrl+/
- Split a scene at the cursor, or turn a selection into its own scene
- Focus mode, three themes (Paper & Plum, Sage Desk, Night Ink) and adjustable type
- Version history with word-level compare; restoring never deletes the version you have now
- Import from Word, RTF, EPUB, Markdown, plain text or a zipped Scrivener project, with a report shown before anything is created
How it works
In practice
Write on the page
Each scene is its own document inside a chapter. Headings, emphasis, quotes and scene breaks are there; the formatting stays out of your way.
Saved twice, said plainly
Your words land in a copy on this device instantly, then in the cloud moments later. The status line says which: saved on this device, saved to cloud, offline, or needs attention.
Recover instead of panic
If a browser tab crashes, you're asked to compare and restore the device copy. If two devices edited the same scene, both versions wait for you: keep mine, use the other, or keep both.
Go back in time
Open any earlier version, see the changes word by word and restore it as a new version. The present is never overwritten.
Where we draw the line
What it never does
- Write, suggest, autocomplete or rewrite a sentence
- Replace a word you didn't tick, or without a snapshot to go back to
- Silently overwrite one device's work with another's
- Delete a version when you restore an older one
- Put your manuscript text in emails or server logs
These follow from our commitments. The studio never writes, suggests or rewrites your prose, anywhere.
Before you start
Questions writers ask
What happens if my connection drops while I'm writing?
Keep writing. Every keystroke is already in the device copy, and the status line says you're offline. When the connection returns, the studio syncs and confirms the time it reached the cloud. You can even start the studio with no connection, for books you've opened on that device — see working offline.
Does dictation send my voice anywhere?
Dictation uses the speech recognition built into your browser. Depending on the browser, that may be processed by the browser maker's own service. It never goes through our AI provider, and nothing is recorded by us. In the desktop app, browser dictation may not be available; the studio points you to your system's own dictation instead (Win+H on Windows, or the Dictation shortcut on a Mac).
How does replacing across the whole book work?
Search the book, type the replacement and choose Show matches. Every match is listed with its chapter, scene and surrounding words; untick the ones to leave alone. When you replace, a snapshot of the book is saved first and each changed scene gets a new version in its history, so any of it can be undone.
What does the dictionary send, and where?
Only the single word you selected, from our server to a public dictionary service (the Free Dictionary API, or Wiktionary directly when it's unavailable). Nothing else from your book and nothing about your account goes with it. It shows definitions and similar words; it never changes your text. Turn it off in the editor's view options.
Can I paste from Word or Google Docs?
Yes — headings, italics and bold come across. For a whole book, import the file instead: you'll see the chapters, scenes and a fidelity report before anything is created.
How many versions are kept?
Recent versions are all kept; older ones are thinned gradually. Versions you've snapshotted or that a story-bible citation points to are never thinned.
Try editor & recovery on your own draft
Import your draft from Word, Scrivener, RTF, EPUB or Markdown, or start on a blank page. The 14-day trial needs no card, and your book is exportable from the first word.
You · note
Too early for him to smile? Check against ch. 12.
Reader · “June”
I gasped out loud here.