Braid

Outline with 14 story structures — Three-Act, the 15-Beat Sheet, Hero’s Journey, Kishōtenketsu, genre shapes like Mystery and Romance, and more — or start from scratch. Switch structures without losing work, then Build Chapters turns your blocks into the manuscript.

A subway map of your book: one line per character running down the scenes, showing where each one is the POV, on stage or only mentioned — and where someone has dropped off the page.

Each chapter opens as one writing page with every scene in order. Reorder scenes, spot each scene’s point of view by its color, and keep your Story Bible of characters, places and plot threads close by.

A full-screen page on warm paper with typewriter scrolling. Every paragraph but the one you’re on is dimmed, the word count hides, and the controls fade while you type.

Catch ideas typed, spoken or handwritten, transcribed on-device, and turn any of them into a scene. Record voice notes on your Apple Watch Pro and they land in Brainstorming too.

Keep web pages, videos, articles, books, PDFs, images, podcasts and quotes. Paste a link and Braid fills in the details. Cite in MLA, APA or Chicago, and link sources to the scenes that use them.

Export as PDF or Word in Standard Manuscript Format — the layout agents and publishers expect, with a title page, page headers and double spacing — or as a book-style reading copy. Markdown export is always free.

Send chapters to readers. They review for free in Braid on iPhone, iPad or Mac, or in a Word copy, and their comments and suggested edits land on the right scenes.

Your books sync through your own private iCloud across iPhone, iPad and Mac, including voice notes and your daily word counts. There’s no account to create.