How to use the desk

Where things live. How to do the job. Pictures are the live desk — they stay current when the product moves.

21 how-tos · live desk pictures · CoAuthor reads the same pages

Chapter 12

The Harbor

Mira stood under the platform light. The train was late again. She almost texted Jonah — then put the phone away.

The platform smelled like wet iron. She counted the tiles between her boots and the yellow line — something to do with her hands that wasn’t the phone.

She left without looking back.

She almost turned. Rain hit the tracks. She walked.

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ToolWrite · Press · Cover · Audio BinderChapters and scenes PageThe manuscript CoAuthorAsk · Accept · Reject

ToolWrite · Press · Cover · Audio
BinderChapters and scenes
PageThe manuscript
CoAuthorAsk · Accept · Reject

Start

Where everything livesOne layout. Binder on the left. The page in the middle. CoAuthor on the right when you want it. Tool in the header — not a parade of rooms.
Start a bookBlank page or import. Free desk never needs a card. CoAuthor is optional.
Import a draftDOCX, PDF, EPUB, or TXT becomes a binder you can live in — not a paste into chat.

Write

The binder is the bookChapters and scenes in one tree. Not a folder of files. Jump, rename, nest, reorder.
The pageA real manuscript, not a chat log. Autosave as you type. Focus when you want silence.
Write in your languageBook language for CoAuthor. Live IME for typing Roman → native on Pro.

Story

Story bibleCast, places, items, notes — beside the chapter, not in a side doc.
Map the castWho’s tied to whom — a graph, not a spreadsheet.
Research beside the pageSearch the web, pin clips, weave facts — fiction stays invented unless you ask.

CoAuthor

CoAuthorA writing partner in the dock. It reads the open chapter, bible, and outline — then knocks.
You keep the penCoAuthor knocks. Accept puts words on the page. Reject throws them out.
Credits, not turnsA dollar wallet. Writing stays free when the wallet is empty.

Finish

Leave with your filesDOCX, EPUB, PDF. Simple export on free. Advanced on paid craft.
PressFinish room: style, preview, generate. Not a second app.
SnapshotsNamed restore points for a chapter. You take them — they aren’t a full time machine.

Account

MacLocal-first when it ships: books on the machine. Cloud and CoAuthor optional.
AutosaveWe save as you type. Leaving the site does not delete drafts.
Trash and restoreSoft-delete leaves the shelf. Restore within about 30 days.
Your book is yoursWe don’t sell your draft as a content product.
PhoneSame library. Sheets, not a squeezed three-column desk.
What’s newWe only bump a number when you can feel it at the desk.

Longer stories

Job guides if you want the full pitch. Help pages stay short.

Ask on the desk

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