Writing
A manuscript is not one endless file. Norwid keeps the book as a tree of parts, chapters and scenes, and the editor shows exactly the scene you are working on, with its properties close at hand.
Six Empty Hours
The archive opened at nine, but Mira came early and stood at the door for a long time, listening to the tide turning over in the pipes beneath the street.
The shift log for the nineteenth of October was filled in the duty officer’s careful hand. Entries came every twenty minutes — until 17:40. The next one read 23:40, and between them there was nothing: no note of a fault, no signature, not even blank lines.
Six hours were simply missing, as if a page had been cut out and the edges joined so cleanly that no seam remained
What am I writing right now?
Labels show the honest state: “In prototype” works in the current Mac build, “Planned for v1” is part of the first release.
Parts, chapters and scenes
In prototypeStructure in the left navigator: add, split, merge, reorder, undo.
Markdown as a first-class format
In prototypeSemantic markup in the text, dimmed markup characters, reading and editing Markdown.
Editor appearance
In prototypeFont, size, spacing, line width, paper or sepia background — personal settings that never touch the book.
Typewriter and focus
In prototypeThe cursor line stays centred; everything except the current paragraph is dimmed.
Scene properties and goals
In prototypeStatus, POV, world time, location, word goal and summary in the inspector.
Search and commands
In prototype⌘K finds modes, commands, scenes, characters, book text and help articles.
Drag-and-drop structure
Planned for v1For now — menus and keyboard shortcuts.
Writing on iPad, capture on iPhone
Planned for v1The same book, with an interface suited to each device.
Characters, places, events and relationships — one model with the manuscript, not a separate database.