Write the book. Finish the book.
Stop scattering your novel across five apps. Plan it, draft it, keep your whole world straight, and see whether it's actually working — in one calm studio that runs on your machine and never asks you to log in to write.
One-time purchase · macOS & Windows · 3 devices · 14-day money-back
no subscription. ever.
The book is in your head. It's just scattered everywhere else.
The draft is in one doc. The outline's in another. Character notes live in a spreadsheet, the timeline's on sticky notes, and you have three tabs open trying to remember which cousin betrayed whom. The story isn't the hard part anymore — the juggling is.
The Author's Blueprint puts all of it in one place, with the structure built in — so the only thing left to do is the writing.
A page that gets out of your way
Open the app and write. Distraction-free mode hides everything but the words, while a quiet momentum panel tracks your streak and daily goal so you can feel the progress without breaking flow.
- ▹Clean, rich-text editor with a real focus mode
- ▹Live word count, daily goal, and writing streak
- ▹Find & replace, full-text search, command palette
- ▹Spell-check and undo/redo where you expect them
Outline on the shoulders of proven frameworks
Pick a framework or build your own. Rearrange scenes on a corkboard, link beats to chapters, and always know where you are in the story — and what comes next.
- ▹Seven story structures: Three-Act, Hero's Journey, Save the Cat, Story Circle & more
- ▹Drag-and-drop corkboard of scenes and chapters
- ▹Add custom beats; link beats to chapters
- ▹A 9-stage pipeline from Foundations to Marketing
Keep an entire world straight
Track every character, faction, and thread without leaving the app. See who appears where, how they feel about each other, and which subplots you've quietly dropped — before your readers do.
- ▹Characters with goal, wound, lie, and stakes
- ▹Factions, locations, and a living relationship map
- ▹Interactive character & faction maps you can arrange
- ▹Timeline view and subplot tracking with coverage
Know if it's actually working
The Book Report reads your manuscript the way a sharp editor would skim it — pacing, readability, where a character vanishes for 80 pages — using deterministic rules that run on your machine. Real signal, zero cloud.
- ▹A craft score with pacing and readability analysis
- ▹Character presence: appearances, POV, longest absence
- ▹Subplot coverage and dangling-thread detection
- ▹100% rule-based and local — no AI reading your book
Submission-ready, in one click
When the draft is done, get it out in the format you need — properly formatted, not a copy-paste mess. Whether you're querying agents or publishing yourself, you're ready.
- ▹Export to EPUB3, DOCX (Shunn manuscript format), Markdown, PDF
- ▹A submission tracker for agents and editors
- ▹Launch checklists for indie or traditional paths
- ▹Full project export — your work is never locked in
Software you own, work that stays yours
No subscription quietly draining your card, no manuscript sitting on someone else's cloud. You buy it once, it runs offline, and your book stays on your computer — encrypted if you want it to be.
- ▹Offline-first: no account needed to write
- ▹Encrypted local backups with an optional passphrase
- ▹One-time purchase, free updates, 3 devices
- ▹Your manuscript never touches our servers
Everything, for $47 once
No tiers, no add-ons, no monthly fee. The same app other tools charge you every month for — except you actually own this one.
Compare: Scrivener ~$60 · Atticus $147 · Plottr $99/yr
- ✓The complete app — every feature, no upsells
- ✓macOS & Windows, up to 3 devices
- ✓Free updates within your version
- ✓Offline-first; your work stays on your machine
- ✓14-day money-back guarantee
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