Plot with confidence Novel editing software
02 — Write without distraction

A distraction-free writing app built for novelists.

Writing Desk gets out of the way so you can get down to writing. Everything you need within reach, nothing you don't. Simply open it and write.

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Focus Mode distraction-free writing view in Writing Desk
The Pad

Your chapter notes, always there.

Every chapter has a Pad. Capture ideas mid-session, work through a problem, track where the scene is going. So your plan and your prose stay connected.

  • Per-chapter scratchpad, always visible beside your manuscript
  • Pulls scene notes from the Plotter automatically
  • Jot ideas without breaking the session
The Pad, a per-chapter scratchpad beside the manuscript
Tabs

Everything open. Nothing lost.

Open character sheets, research documents, and reference files alongside your manuscript and switch between them with a click.

  • Open any reference doc in a tab beside your manuscript
  • Link entire folders from disk and browse without leaving the app
  • Switch between tabs without losing your place in the manuscript
Multiple reference tabs open beside the manuscript
Focus Mode

Just you and the page.

Remove distratctions with a single keystroke for more productive writing sessions.

  • Full-screen focus mode, one click to enter and exit
  • Clean editor background, easy on the eyes
Focus Mode distraction-free writing view
Research Assistant

Answers without the rabbit hole.

A floating panel inside the editor for questions that would otherwise cost you an hour of research. Ask and get back to the sentence you were writing.

  • Ask questions without leaving the editor
  • Fast, concise answers designed
  • Go deeper in one click
Research Assistant panel inside the Writing Desk editor
Resource Hub

Your story world, always at hand.

A reference library for everything your story contains. Characters, locations, lore, factions, relationships, timeline, glossary, world notes.

  • Eight resource types built specifically for fiction writers
  • Open any resource sheet in a tab beside your manuscript
  • Add images and attachments to resource sheets
  • World consistency checked against your Resource Hub in the AI Editor
Character sheet from the Resource Hub in Writing Desk