Novel planning and outlining software
Plan a novel from the first idea to the last scene. Outline every part, chapter and scene, rearrange them on a corkboard, and keep the story's timeline and maps beside the words.
AuthorOS Write
Manuscript Studio
Write your story, one scene at a time. Your manuscript is more than a long document. It’s chapters, scenes, decisions and details that need to stay connected as the story grows.
A writing space built around your story
Manuscript Studio gives you a dedicated place to write and organise your work. Draft scene by scene, keep your guide and research close, review earlier versions and prepare a PDF when you’re ready to share or print.
Move between your chapter structure, writing view and scene guide. Work on one scene at a time, with point of view and tense controls, formatting tools and word counts close to your draft.
Use Focus or Typewriter mode to settle into the page. Open Find to search your manuscript or replace text. Switch to Split View when you want two writing areas side by side.
Turn words on the page into story details
Select a word or phrase in your manuscript to open a contextual menu. Add it as a character, location, another story entry or a nickname. You can also send it to Research for later, research it now or leave yourself a note.
Capture useful details and questions as they emerge, then return to the scene without losing your place.
Keep the scene in view
Use the Scene Guide to record a scene’s point of view, location, goal, conflict, outcome, timing and notes. Set a session word goal, add quick notes and review continuity details such as point of view and timeline alignment.
Keep research and story references close
Open the Research panel to access entries created in Research Studio. Use the Codex to find a name or term in the current scene, browse the glossary or search across everything.
Return to an earlier version
Manuscript Studio records autosaved revisions. Review the version history and restore an earlier version when you need to return to a previous draft.
Bring in an existing manuscript
Import a Word document, plain-text file or Markdown file. AuthorOS can find chapters from document headings, or use the words on the page when headings aren’t available.
Prepare a draft to share
Export your manuscript as a PDF using a Standard Manuscript, Beta Reader PDF or Print Draft preset. Add an author name and choose whether to include the authorship fingerprint.
The authorship record shows how the manuscript’s words are attributed across writing, pasted text, imported files and text that could not be recorded. You can save or copy the statement alongside the fingerprint. It documents the manuscript’s recorded writing and import history. It is not independent proof of legal ownership.
Your manuscript, with its working context
Track words and writing activity, keep research and notes nearby, and return to your draft with the scene’s purpose in view.
Write the scene. Keep the story connected.
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