Plan

See the whole book at once, and how far you have come.

Plan the book

Cards show each chapter with its synopsis, point of view, words and how finished it is; Outline shows the same as a table. Drag to reorder, group chapters into parts, give each a word target, and open a chapter into its scenes. Filter by point of view, tag or status. Read more

The plan of a book as cards: each chapter with its synopsis, point of view, word count and a bar of how finished it is.

The plot grid, and point of view balance

Chapters down the side, your plotlines across the top, and a short note in each cell on what happens in that thread. Swap the plotlines for point of view or tags. Points of view shows each one’s share of the book’s words, so a lopsided book stands out. Read more

The plot grid: chapters down the side, three plotlines across the top, and a short note in each cell.

Setups and payoffs

Mark the words that plant something, a promise or a clue, and the passage that pays it off, even chapters apart. The book’s page lists the setups still open, and the Ready check reminds you before you publish. Exports never show the marks. Read more

Goals, streaks and progress

Give a book a word goal and a deadline, and its page shows the words a day you need. Your progress counts the words you write each day across all your books, with a daily goal and a streak if you want them, or Hide streaks if you would rather not see one. Read more

A book's page: its words against an 80,000-word goal with a progress bar, and a bar showing how many words are Raw, Draft, Cleaned and Published.

Templates and series

Keep the shape of a book or a chapter without its words, its headings, scenes, goal and front matter, and start the next one from it. Books of a series sit together in the library in order, and the print interior says “Book 2 of …”. Templates · Series

Also: tags on chapters; story order for flashbacks (see World); a release schedule for a web serial (see Publish).

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