Writer Studio Documentation
Learn how to start a project, work with the manuscript and Book Wiki, and export the finished draft.
Workspace & Projects
- Interface Tour the Writer Studio workspace: the manuscript-centered editor, panels, tabs, splits, status bar, focus mode, and the command palette.
- Projects How Writer Studio projects work: a local folder you own, create, open, and recent projects, offline writing, and multiple books per project.
- Books Work with books in Writer Studio: keep one or many books in a project, set book identity and metadata, and prepare front and back matter for export.
- Settings Writer Studio settings: editor and Russian typography, AI provider setup, interface and theme, backups, and the keyboard shortcut reference.
Writing
- Manuscript structure Structure a book in Writer Studio: scenes as the only required unit, optional chapters and parts (or acts), reorder, navigate, and let structure emerge.
- Editor The Writer Studio scene editor: distraction-free writing, Markdown formatting, shortcuts, focus and typewriter modes, dark mode, and Russian typography.
- Item properties The Properties panel in Writer Studio: scene, chapter, and part details — title, synopsis, status, point of view, and tags — next to your writing.
- Proofreading Proofreading in Writer Studio: offline spelling, grammar, punctuation, and style checks with a personal dictionary; Russian is the quality bar.
- Writing Goals and Statistics Writing goals and statistics in Writer Studio: daily word goals, chapter targets, timed sprints, progress stats, and a cross-project streak.
Book Wiki
- Book Wiki The Book Wiki in Writer Studio: an author-owned, manual-first store of characters, locations, and plotlines connected to your manuscript.
- Characters and locations Characters and locations in Writer Studio: the shared card spine, roles and types, aliases, and scene appearances with "Appears in" navigation.
- Plotlines Plotlines in Writer Studio: track narrative threads as ordered lists of scenes, see how each thread moves, and jump between its scenes.
- Entry Types Entry Types in Writer Studio: define your own kinds of wiki card with custom fields, extend the Character and Location cards, hide and reorder fields.
- Notes Notes in Writer Studio: free-standing documents for research, ideas, and cut passages — with images, recoverable via Trash, kept out of the manuscript.
Navigation, Revision & Safety
- Search and Navigation Story-aware navigation and search in Writer Studio: quick jump, full-book search, character appearances, mentions, and project-wide tags.
- Revision and Issues Revision in Writer Studio: track issues, revision notes, and scene statuses connected to the manuscript — a writing aid, not a project manager.
- Safety and Recovery Data safety in Writer Studio: four non-overlapping mechanisms — autosave, Trash, Version History, and backups — so you never lose work.
- Media and Visual References Media in Writer Studio: attach a book cover, character and location images and reference boards, and note images — file-first, backed up, nothing cloud.
Export, Import & Sharing
- Export Export from Writer Studio: produce DOCX, EPUB, and FB2 (plus PDF and Markdown) with chapter order and book metadata — your manuscript, never locked in.
- Import Import into Writer Studio: turn an existing draft from text, Markdown, DOCX, or Scrivener into a structured book of chapters and scenes.
- Share a draft Share a draft with beta readers in Writer Studio through a single private, revocable link — readers see only what you explicitly share.