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Short articles, in the order most writers need them.

  1. Getting startedOpen Rescriptus, pick a starting point and write your first chapter. No account needed.
  2. Choosing where your writing livesThis browser, a folder on your computer, or GitHub: what each one is for, and how to move between them.
  3. Connecting GitHubSign in with GitHub, choose which repository holds your book, and disconnect when you are done.
  4. Statuses explainedMark any passage Raw, Draft, Cleaned or Published, and see how finished your book is at a glance.
  5. AlternatesKeep two or more versions of a passage and choose later, without losing the others.
  6. The story wikiA page for every character, place and idea, with your own categories and fields, one click from the chapter.
  7. NotesOutlines, research and ideas in folders, plus notes you leave to yourself inside a chapter.
  8. Saving, and what happens offlineThere is no save button. Here is what happens to your words, and what to do if your connection drops.
  9. When a file changes somewhere elseEdit on another device or in another editor. Rescriptus merges what it can and asks only when it must.
  10. History and restoringOn GitHub, every chapter, wiki page and note keeps its earlier versions. Read them, compare, restore.
  11. Importing your writingBring in Word, Markdown, text files or a zip, with a preview before anything is added.
  12. Exporting and downloading everythingA Word manuscript, an EPUB, Markdown or plain text from any book, and a zip of your whole project.
  13. Search, find and replace, and shortcutsCtrl+K to jump or search everything, find and replace in a chapter, and formatting keys.
  14. Privacy and your filesWhere your writing is, what we do handle, what is stored on your device, and how to remove it.