I'm a solo developer. NovelDesk started as a Mac app for writing novels; this month I rebuilt it for the browser, so it works on any computer and on a phone, and you can start typing without making an account. What's on the desk: Chapters in a sidebar. A new chapter opens with the last lines of the one before it, faint above the heading. Type @ to bring in a character or a place. Click the name later and its note opens beside the page, with the chapters it shows up in. Line focus (the lines around the one you're writing go soft), a 25/5 timer, and a daily goal in words or characters. Import .docx, .txt or .md. It splits chapters at the headings, and the file is read in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. Version history for each chapter, backup files, a few paper themes. What it doesn't do: nothing in it writes, rewrites or corrects your text. No ads, and visits are counted without cookies. The limit I'd rather say up front: on the free desk your writing lives only in your browser. Safari clears a site's data after 7 days without a visit, so the site only promises 7 days and keeps pointing you to backup files (free, and they open on any computer). Price: writing is free, for two manuscripts of up to 30 chapters each. Plus is $8/month or $60/year: saved to the cloud across devices, no limits, every version kept, Word/EPUB/PDF export, publishing chapters as reading pages, and 20 drawing credits a month for optional pictures of your chapters, characters and places. Those pictures are the only AI in it: you ask for one, and your words stay as they are. Launch offer for this sub: comment "quiet desk" below and I'll DM you a code for 20% off the first year of the yearly plan ($48 instead of $60, then $60/year). For the first 100 people, until November 14. If you write long fiction: what would it take for you to trust a browser tab with a manuscript? https://noveldesk.app   submitted by   /u/robostoa [link]   [comments]