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Writefully So

Your First Project

Once you’ve installed Writefully So and completed the workspace setup, you’re ready to start writing.

Creating a Project

Section titled “Creating a Project”

The main dashboard showing all your projects

  1. Open Writefully So
  2. Click New Project on the dashboard
  3. Give your project a name (e.g., “My Novel”)

The create project modal

  1. Your project is created and you’ll land on the Overview dashboard

The Interface

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The Writefully So interface showing the sidebar and editor

Writefully So is organized around a sidebar on the left and your content area on the right.

Section titled “Sidebar Sections”
  • Chapters — Your manuscript’s chapters. Click one to open it in the editor.
  • Characters — Character profiles for your cast.
  • Codex — World-building entries (locations, lore, items, magic).
  • Maps — Visual maps of your world.
  • Timelines — Event timelines for your story.

Working Area

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The right side shows whatever you’ve selected — a chapter in the editor, a character profile, a map, etc. You can open a split pane to view two items side by side.

Split-pane view with two items side by side

Writing Your First Chapter

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  1. In the sidebar, click + New Chapter (or the add button in the Chapters section)
  2. Give it a title
  3. Start writing in the editor

The editor supports rich text formatting through the toolbar or keyboard shortcuts:

  • Bold: Cmd/Ctrl + B
  • Italic: Cmd/Ctrl + I
  • Heading: Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + 1/2/3

What’s Next?

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