Finding your way around

Writing

• Open a world, then Write, and start a manuscript. Add chapters, reorder them, copy them, join them, or cut one in two at the cursor.
• The editor saves as you type, and again before you leave. Earlier versions are kept under History in each chapter.
• Set a word target for a chapter or the whole book, and a daily goal, and watch your streak and calendar fill in.
• Use the toolbar for formatting and find and replace, the Σ button for reading ease and repeated words, and the ? button for every shortcut.
• Chapter notes stay beside the page and never appear in the book or an export.
• Import a draft from a text or Markdown file, and download the book as Word, EPUB, Markdown or text. “Read the whole book” opens a print-ready page.

Lore

• Every place, person, creature or idea can be an entry. Put entries inside each other to build a hierarchy.
• Write [[Entry name]] in a chapter or an entry to link to it. A name with no entry shows a “Create it” link in the editor.
• Give an entry a year and it joins the timeline. Connect entries with words like “ruler of” or “sibling of”.
• Search finds lore and chapter text together. “Surprise me” opens any entry, which is a good way to find what needs more work.

Privacy and sharing

• Manuscripts start private. Lore entries are for members unless you choose otherwise.
• A world can have a public wiki with its own timeline. Only entries you mark public are shown, to anyone.
• You can download a whole world as plain Markdown files in one ZIP at any time. Your writing is always yours.

Formatting, typed by hand