Pocket Scriptorium
How it works

From an idea to your first chapter in a few minutes.

Here is every step a new reader takes, with the real screens of the app. Most people are done in about two minutes; you can also skip most of it.

  1. 1Sign up
  2. 2Choose
  3. 3Voice
  4. 4Premise
  5. 5Plan
  6. 6Write
  7. 7Wait
  8. 8Read
  9. 9More
  1. 01

    Get the app and sign up

    Continue with Google, or sign up with your email address and a password. Confirm your email, and your first 6 credits are in your account. That is enough for a short story.

    • No name needed, only an address
    • For readers 16 or older
    • Free credits once per person and phone
    The first screen of the app: continue with Google or sign up with an email address
  2. 02

    Choose the kind of story

    A finished story, an episodic series or a web novel that keeps going. Then the genre: mystery, fantasy, romance, horror, a western and more. Pick a subgenre, or leave it on Any and we pick the best one for your idea.

    • Up to three tropes, such as enemies to lovers or a locked room
    • Flash fiction to novella: you see the reading time
    Choosing the form, the genre and the subgenre
  3. 03

    Set how it should sound

    Cozy or dark, funny or literary, fast or slow: choose up to three tones and the content level. Under More choices you set the point of view, the tense and your main character.

    • All Ages, Teen or Mature
    • A hero, a morally grey lead, or a ruthless one
    Choosing tones and the content level
  4. 04

    Say what it is about

    Write your own idea in a sentence or two, or tap one of three premises written for your choices. Not quite right? Ask for three more, or add a suggestion to your own idea.

    • Your idea can be one line
    • Suggestions are free
    Three suggested premises and your own idea
  5. 05

    Refine the plan, or leave it

    You get a cast and a chapter plan. Rename people, change who they are, add or remove characters, lock the ones you like and get new ones for the rest. Or leave it all as it is.

    • The chapters follow your changes
    • Choose how the story ends
    The plan with characters and chapters
  6. 06

    See the cost, then write

    Before anything is spent you see the credits, your balance after it, and about how long the writing takes. Tap Write my story. If it cannot be finished, the credits go back.

    • No subscription
    • A failed story is always refunded
    The cost and the writing time before you start
  7. 07

    Chapter one comes first

    Chapter one is usually ready in a minute or two, and your phone tells you. The rest is written while you read, each chapter checked for mistakes and fixed before you see it.

    • You can close the app while it writes
    • Every chapter is checked before you see it
    The story page while chapter 2 of 4 is written
  8. 08

    Read it, or listen

    Read in Paper, Sepia or Night, in a font made for long reading. Or tap Listen: your phone reads the story aloud, the text follows the voice, and a sleep timer stops at the end of a chapter.

    • Works offline
    • Switch between reading and listening any time
    The reader in the middle of a chapter, with Listen from here
  9. 09

    Keep it going

    Write book two with the same people and the record of what happened. Export your story as EPUB, PDF or text. Or publish it to the library under your pen name for others to read.

    • Only you can continue your story
    • Your stories stay private until you publish them
    The story page with the next episode, the story bible, export and the publish switch

Ready for your first story?

6 free credits are enough for a short story.

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