Are snapshots automatic?

No. You create them. Autosave keeps the live chapter; snapshots are named freeze-frames.

Updated Aug 30, 2026

Snapshots

Named restore points for a chapter. You take them — they aren’t a full time machine.

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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.

Somewhere down the line a horn sounded — long, then gone. She kept the letter in her coat and did not look at the clock again.

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Snapshots are named chapter restore points you create from the desk. They are the recovery path if you want a known-good version of a chapter. They are not automatic full-book time travel. If a chapter shows 0 words and no snapshots exist, there may be nothing to restore from history — keep writing and take a Snapshot after important sessions.

1
Freeze
Snapshot control on the desk. Name it (Before rewrite).
2
Restore
Open Snapshots for that chapter and restore a point. Word counts should be > 0 on useful snaps.

Questions

Are snapshots automatic?: No. You create them. Autosave keeps the live chapter; snapshots are named freeze-frames.

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