Features for drafting, planning, revision, and publishing

Novellier is a local-first novel-writing application that combines manuscript drafting, story planning, worldbuilding, visual mapping, analytics, export tools, and optional AI features in one project workspace.

Featured tools

Scriptorium Multi-Novel Projects

Scriptorium Multi-Novel Projects

Keep a series or shared universe in one writing workspace instead of scattering notes and books across files.

Vineyard Infinite Canvas

Vineyard Infinite Canvas

See character networks, plot links, and world structure spatially instead of only in lists.

Vault History

Recover earlier project states without manually duplicating files.

Tapestry Writing Analytics

Find weak pacing, uneven character presence, and readability problems faster during revision.

MuseWeaver Brainstorming Assistant

Get specific next-direction ideas when you are stuck in a scene.

Inkwell AI Chat

Ask project-specific questions and get answers grounded in your manuscript and references.

Spindle Story Timeline

Generate a story timeline faster than building one by hand.

Formatting Studio Export

Formatting Studio Export

Turn a draft into publication-ready output without leaving the writing app.

What makes Novellier different

Novellier brings multi-novel project structure, story bible tools with editor-linked reference highlighting, and Vineyard visual mapping into the same writing workspace, so drafting and planning can move together instead of living in separate tools.

It also supports revision and publishing with Tapestry analytics, built-in formatting and export, local vault snapshots, optional Google Drive sync, and optional AI tools for brainstorming, analysis, and project-aware questions.

More tools in the app

Manuscript Editor & Chapter Organizer

Rich-text manuscript editor for novels with chapter, act, and scene organization in one project.

Write and reorganize long-form fiction without breaking your manuscript into separate files.

Story Bible & Reference Manager

A built-in story bible for characters, locations, concepts, events, scrapbooks, papers, and languages.

Keep story facts and worldbuilding tied to the manuscript so you can check them while writing.

Inkwell Character Analysis

Evidence-based character analysis that extracts passages, adds analytics and relationship context, and returns revision feedback.

See how a character actually reads across the manuscript, with evidence from chapters.

Scrivener & Document Import

Import Scrivener projects and common document formats into .nvl writing projects.

Move existing work into Novellier without rebuilding project structure by hand.

Offline Dictation

Desktop dictation powered by a local Whisper model with pause-based transcription into the manuscript.

Draft by voice without sending audio to an online service.

Language Builder

A language-building workspace for fictional vocabularies, translations, and naming systems.

Keep invented language words and naming systems inside the same project as the story.

Google Drive Cloud Sync

A Google Drive integration workflow for connecting an account, opening cloud projects, and syncing project data across devices.

Access the same writing project on more than one device without manually moving files.