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Chapter Option
We can create drafts of the main work, but there's no option to split a single, larger work into chapters (that we can then make drafts of) so that we can work and edit chapter-by-chapter.
Mickey105
Pages, page numbers, margins, and print preview
I would love to have the concept of pages in Ellipsus. When editing a big work, I want to refer to its page number—it makes it easier to find a passage and pick up where you left off. When exporting into PDF and printing my work, I want to adjust the margins and preview it before exporting—this saves me time and gives me control over the layout (we love aesthetics, right?).
John53
Offline support
✅ Support writing offline 🚧 Support offline navigation 🚧 Support offline merging 🚧 Support offline version history 🚧 Support offline doc / draft creation
Kate D28
Multiple Fonts / Font Styles Within A Document
In my writing, I use a lot of in-universe letters, historical documents, and a ton of other things. It helps my brain a lot to have them in a separate font than the character's thoughts, as well as a separate paragraph. However, I haven't been able to use more than one font in a document. Whenever I try to change just one paragraph, the whole thing changes. It would be great if, like changes in color or italics, font was based on the character and not the document.
Millie18
Story timeline builder
A timeline creation tool to help organize key plot events, worldbuilding, and planning.
Ninjakiwi30
Desktop / laptop app
I (and many writers I know) appreciate having a native PC app. For me, it allows me to work without having reliable internet and push/share changes once I am back online. It also is beneficial to have an app that lives in my toolbar that I can open that doesn't have the option for me to get sidetracked by search windows I'd forgotten about, impulsive whims, etc. It creates a more seamless work experience all around.
Finley21
Native mobile app
I primarily write in the Google Docs App on mobile/tablet, so that’s the kind of experience I’d be looking for in a substitute.I write almost every day and collaborate frequently with an editor and would really like to find an alternative to google.I was hoping this would be it, but without a robust mobile option, I just don’t know if this will be the best fit.
sharpbutsoft@gmail.com16
Custom dictionary
Allow writers to manage custom dictionaries to include / exclude specific words from spell check.
Kate D27
Plot board
An interactive board for story plotting. Writers could map out plot threads, characters, worldbuilding details etc. in a visual "whiteboard" tailored specifically for storytelling.
Ninjakiwi6
Set word count goals / show writing streaks
Okay, so I know this might sound a little silly, but with everyone jumping ship on the "official" NaNoWriMo people and the website potentially not long for this world, having some place to have some sort of goal setter (where it keeps track of word counts, tallies per day progress, etc etc) would be really amazing. I know it's not like a priority or anything, I just feel like it's something that really helps me stay motivated to continue writing at more regular rates as a visual person being able to see how much I've done. Edit : Mainly thought of this now as I basically stress test the nano system to see all the bugs in it that annoy me, please make sure that we can log negative numbers for days when we edit? Because as far as I can tell, Nano doesn't actually let you subtract from your total, only add.
M15
Share folders with collaborators/editors
What it says on the box, sharing the folder would be so useful rather then sending individual docos
nescathewolf@hotmail.com33
Import .docx files
I know there are probably some super annoying text styling and API issues, but a huge hurdle for transitioning existing projects (especially for those of us hoping to move all of our work out of AI farms) is manually migrating. The ability to at least import docs would be amazing.
XM M22
Footnotes & citations
Footnotes and/or endnotes are super useful, whether you're writing an academic paper or writing fiction with fantasy elements that need notating.
SC30
Add cover / thumbnail images to documents / folders
It would be fun to be able to add a cover or thumbnail to our documents as a way to quickly tell apart our projects on the dashboard at a glance, especially for some of us pantsers who wait about titling our works until we're almost finished.
Sara4
Export to .docx
We need to be able to download .doc or .docx fonts for business and transfer reasons. PDFs are not editable and as a general rich text does not hold formatting.
ellidyay@gmail.com19