Starting a book

Name it, choose where it goes, and start writing.

File → New Project… asks for the book’s name and where its folder goes. Septangular makes the folder with everything a book needs: a first chapter with an empty first scene, an empty Story Bible and Notes, and four ways to build it (a submission manuscript, a reading copy with drafts, an ebook and a paperback).

Your name and contact details come from the book you had open, so you type them once. The new book opens on its Title Page, so you can check them, and then it’s time to write.

A folder you can see

A book is an ordinary folder: a book.xml file describing its shape, a manuscript folder of scenes as plain text, and folders for the Story Bible and notes. Back it up, sync it, or open its files in any editor; Septangular sees the changes the next time it opens the book.