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Write, keep track & plan

  • Editor & recovery
  • Import & switching
  • Story bible
  • Continuity checks
  • Plotlines & pacing
  • Corkboard & notes
  • Saved views
  • World-building
  • Stats, goals & focus
  • Cited questions
  • Copyedit style sheet

Revise, share & go anywhere

  • Book design
  • Written by a human
  • Beta readers
  • Co-authoring
  • Revision desk
  • Retcon rehearsal
  • Reveals lens
  • Series workspaces
  • Desktop & mobile
  • Open with no connection
All features
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Learn

  • Academy
  • Glossary
  • Blog
  • How it works

Guides

  • Choosing novel-writing software
  • Choosing world-building software
  • Software for your first book
  • Looking beyond Scrivener
  • Moving from Scrivener
  • Moving from another writing app

More

  • For editors
  • Theme previewer
  • The Lilac Garden
  • Changelog
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  • Scrivener
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  • Microsoft Word
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  • Novelium
  • Atticus and Vellum
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  • Plottr
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Story structure & plot

Beat sheet

In one sentence

A list of a story's key moments or beats in order, used as a lightweight plan for structure and pacing.

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Where it fits in the writing journey

Stage 2ShapePlan as much as helps, and no more

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