Explore your story before deciding its structure.
Not every idea arrives knowing which chapter it belongs to. Make room for possibilities, connect related thoughts, and bring developed ideas into your book.
Begin with a question
Create an independent board. Use text, images, shapes, and arrows to explore your story before creating a book.
Organize without committing
Bring possibilities together, group references, and keep alternatives in view. Arranging the board does not change chapter order.
Keep going as you write
Open Ideas beside the manuscript to consult your board and capture a new thought without interrupting your writing.
Bring developed ideas into your book
Associate a board with a book and use an idea as a chapter, scene, entity, or note. Chapters and scenes receive the planning note; the manuscript stays ready for you to write.
A thought in the middle of writing
Watch a new note being captured beside the manuscript.
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From a note to a plan
See an idea become a chapter planning note. The manuscript text remains unchanged.
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Search notes in list view, collect elements in your reusable library, and export an image of a board. Your ideas remain independent of the book’s text.
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