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Organize chapters and scenes
This page is about the shape of your book: adding chapters and scenes, moving them around, groupi...
Go back to an earlier version
This page is about History: the earlier versions of each scene that Write keeps for you, how to l...
Keep notes beside your book
This page is about notes: the reminders you leave on a scene or chapter, and the longer documents...
Listen to your book read aloud
This page is about Listen, which reads your book aloud a sentence at a time while you follow alon...
Change how the editor looks
This page covers the ways you can make the editor comfortable to sit with for a long session: lig...
Find and replace
This page shows you how to find a word or phrase—in the scene you're in, the chapter, or the whol...
Add your pen name
Why this comes first The first thing Write asks for is the name you publish under. It might seem ...
Choose a scene-break ornament
What this is for Between two scenes in a chapter the book prints a scene break. Out of the box th...
Sections a series shares
Some pages are the same in every book of a series: your author bio, a note on the reading order, ...
Notes that become codex entries
Start small You don't need a codex to keep track of a book. The notes panel in the editor is a pe...
Import a manuscript
If you've already written some (or all) of a book somewhere else, you don't have to retype it or ...
Your own types and fields
The built-in types are a starting point Every universe begins with Characters, Places, Items, Fac...
What's true when and where
The problem a codex solves In book 1 the ship is called the Intrepid and Tanis is a lieutenant. B...
Make your first entries
Opening the codex From the Library, Manage → Codexes, then Open codex beside the universe. You'll...
Put your series in a universe
Why a book has to belong somewhere A codex lives in a universe, and a book reads the codex throug...
Back up your books
Your books are saved as you write, and Write keeps them safe on its side. A backup is something e...
Set up your chapter headers
What this is for The top of every chapter—how its number reads, what word goes before it, whether...
Find every mention in your books
What Mentions does Every entry page has a Mentions box. It searches your manuscripts for the entr...
Choose your fonts
Fonts give a book its voice before anyone reads a word. This page explains how Write thinks about...
Calendars and dates
Why the codex has calendars Some facts are only true for a while. A captain holds a rank until sh...