Every word is yours.

Not AI. A desk for the novel: chapters, a timeline, a map, and the people in it.

What is on the desk

Timeline
Eras, arcs, and events, in order.
Story elements
People, places, items, and lore, linked from the prose.
Editor
Chapters and scenes, with the world beside the page.
Scribe
Grammar and a dictionary beside the page. On your device, no cloud, no AI.
Outline
Scenes and beats for the chapter you are drafting.
Mind map
Plot threads on a canvas.
World map
Continents, terrain, and locations from the story.
Sparks
A place to catch a note before it is a scene.

Timeline

Every epic story has a complex history. Our timeline tool lets you visualize eras, overlap story arcs, and pinpoint events down to the minute.

  • Nested Eras & Arcs

    Define the "Third Age of Sun Elves" and track multiple conflict arcs within it.

  • Event Cards

    Rich details for every event, including participants, location, and key item acquisition.

  • Custom Dating Systems

    Use standard dates or invent your own fantasy calendar (e.g., Year 245, Bloomtide 12).

The Emergence of Magic
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The Shattering of the Sky
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A sudden, cataclysmic tear in the high ...

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The Siege of Mooncrest
calendar_today 3 OF JULY, 1425

The Shadow-Orc legions launch a surp...

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Coronation of the Boy King
calendar_today 11 OF OCTOBER, 1426

Following the mysterious poisoning of...

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The Great Convergence
calendar_today 1 OF SEPTEMBER, 1428

The three moons align perfectly for th...

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The Awakening of Ignis
calendar_today 24 OF JANUARY, 1431

The dormant volcano at the center of t...

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Elias Thorne

Character
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Sunken Citadel

Location
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Amulet of Kael

Item
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War of Ash

Lore
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Fall of the Citadel

Event

Story elements

Character sheets, locations, items, events, and lore — all built in the Forge, all wired into what you write.

Custom Attributes

Build your story elements the way you want — add any label and value, on any element, with no fixed schema to fight against.

Auto-Detected As You Write

Type a character or place name into your prose and Quill Forge finds it automatically — underlined in that element's color and linked straight back to its sheet. No manual tagging.

Appearances, Tracked for You

Every element keeps a running list of every chapter and scene it shows up in — built automatically from what you write, not something you maintain by hand. Tap any appearance to jump straight there.

Editor

Every character, place, item, and event you've built lights up the moment you write it — click through and the full sheet opens right beside your prose.

Elements underlined as you write

Characters, locations, items, lore, and events each get their own underline color the instant you type their name.

Detail panel beside the page

Click any underlined mention and its sheet opens beside the manuscript, editable where you are writing.

One sidebar, seven views

Event, Spark, Outline, Plot, Elements, Comments, and Scribe, without closing the manuscript.

Scribe beside the page

Grammar and a dictionary in the chapter sidebar, on your device.

Outline

Scenes and beats stay tied to the chapter you're drafting — plan the shape, check beats off, and keep writing without losing the thread.

Scenes and nested beats

Scene cards with expandable beat trees and checkboxes, visible while you draft.

Tied to the manuscript

Outline scenes map to real chapter scenes. The one you plan is the one you write.

Plan without leaving the story

Add scenes and beats as ideas land. Collapse what you are not working on.

Mind map

Plots rarely arrive in order. Drop every thread onto an infinite canvas, draw the connections as you find them, and watch your story's architecture reveal itself.

account_tree The Broken Crown Map
The Architect of Yesterday

Infinite canvas

Zoom out for the shape of the story, or into one card to untangle a knot.

Color-coded layers

Separate plot threads, character arcs, and worldbuilding, then toggle each layer.

Linked to the story

Connect a node to a character, location, item, or piece of lore, then open its sheet.

World map

Continents, regions, routes, and linked locations on one fantasy atlas — handcrafted terrain, not AI filling in the blanks.

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The Architect of Yesterday

Layered atlas

Continents, regions, routes, and topography as layers you can toggle.

Stamped terrain

Mountains, forests, and lakes placed by hand, so the map reads as an atlas.

Linked locations

A settlement on the map opens the same sheet as the one in the story.

Sparks

Sparks is where every stray idea, task, and note lands first — a single capture point that quietly organizes itself as you link it to the characters, chapters, and scenes it belongs to.

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Elias's hidden scar

Character
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Fix pacing in Ch. 12

2/4 subtasks
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Rain motif idea

Inspiration
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"The crown remembers."

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Voice memos

Record a note and drop the transcription into the spark.

Share into a spark

Send a link or a passage from another app on your phone into a new spark.

Unsorted, then placed

Link a spark to a project, book, chapter, or scene and it is marked utilized.

Notes and tasks

Checklists, priority, and a due date live on the same spark as the idea.

Find it again

Filter by status or type, and search the title and the note together.

Install

Quill Forge runs in your browser and can be added to your home screen like an app — no Play Store or App Store download.

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Android (Chrome)

  1. Open app.quillforge.com in Chrome.
  2. Sign in and finish the welcome tour, then create your first chapter.
  3. Tap Install when prompted, or use Chrome's menu → Install app / Add to Home screen.
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iPhone / iPad (Safari)

  1. Open app.quillforge.com in Safari.
  2. Tap the Share button (square with arrow).
  3. Choose Add to Home Screen, then tap Add.

iOS does not support one-tap install buttons — the Share menu is required.

Notes from us

Quill Forge is made to be the ultimate toolkit for authors. A workspace that helps you organize your thoughts, create character sheets, outline your stories, chart maps, and so much more. It does not write. The words stay yours.

Grammar and dictionary run on the device. There is no AI in the app.

Editorial Assistance without Generation - is a foundation to our Ethos. It's a promise to you and to ourselves that we never sell, trade or generate your data. When you are holding your novel in your hands you can be proud that the achievement is truly yours. Get your hands dirty, hone your craft.

Wordsmith is free and enough for one project. Worldbuilder is the paid plan: more projects, attachments, voice notes, tools to draw maps and much more. Thank you to anyone who chooses to pay. That keeps the forge burning.

Pricing

Wordsmith is the full writing workspace. Worldbuilder is for writers who keep more than one project, pin reference to the page, and draw the map the story lives on.

Wordsmith

Free

The writer's desk. Finish a novel without paying for the room to write it.

  • One project — unlimited chapters, outlines, and story elements
  • Chapter editor, timeline, mind map, and sparks
  • Scribe — on-device grammar check and dictionary
  • Cover images for projects, books, and elements
  • View and edit world maps that already exist
What changes between Wordsmith and Worldbuilder
Where they differ Wordsmith Worldbuilder
Projects 1 Unlimited
Writing workspaceEditor, Scribe, outline, timeline, sparks, mind map, story bible Included Included
Cover images Included Included
Images & voice notes Not included Sparks, elements, mind-map nodes
World maps View & edit existing Create new maps and grow the atlas

Billing is on the web. Cancel anytime — you keep what you wrote, including extra projects from a paid period.

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