Scriptorium combines manuscript planning, writing and publishing in a single desktop application. Rather than treating a book as one large document, it lets the writer work with individual scenes while maintaining the structure that connects them.
Planning and writing feed into a publishing stage where the assembled manuscript can be previewed before output. The underlying project data uses ordinary text-based formats, which also supports its approach to tracking changes to scenes.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Create and maintain the list of scenes that form a manuscript.
- Write individual scenes using a text-focused editor.
- Organise scenes into chapters and rearrange the structure of a book.
- Maintain story elements for characters, places, props and other recurring material.
- Associate story elements with the scenes in which they are relevant.
- Use an overview to inspect and reorganise the structure of the manuscript.
- Preview the assembled book and adjust its appearance before publication.
- Publish completed manuscripts as EPUB files.
- Switch between light and dark interface modes.
- Track versions of scenes through a Git-backed history.
- Store project information using text-based YAML and HTML files rather than a proprietary binary document format.
Website: github.com/cgueret/Scriptorium
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Developer: Christophe Gueret
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Scriptorium is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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