NAME¶
Manuskript - open-source tool for writers
SYNOPSIS¶
manuskript [filename.msk]
DESCRIPTION¶
Manuskript is an open source tool for writers. It provides a rich environment to
help writers create their first draft and then further refine and edit their
masterpiece.
Though many features are already working as expected, Manuskript
is still in development, and in need of extensive testing. If you consider
using it for serious work, do frequent backup!
FEATURES¶
- Writing modes
- Manukskript offers two writing modes: one “fiction” mode
with all the tools for fiction writers (summary, characters, plot,
world/context, etc.), and one “simple” mode, with only the
writing tab.
- Outliner
- You can organize your thoughts and snippets in a hierarchical manner.
Organize them as you wish, reorganize them on the go.
- Customizable distraction-free mode
- Get rid of all distraction while writing or lock yourself until
you’ve reached a certain goal.
- Novel assistant
- Use the snowflake method to grow your single genius idea in a coherent
whole, with complex characters, intricate plots and detailed
universe.
- Open and plain-text file format
- Depending on your configuration, everything is either stored zipped in one
single file or as several small text files in one folder (to allow
versioning and collaborative editing).
- Index Cards
- Use index cards to organise your thoughts: notes, scenes, chapters,
etc.
- Frequency Analyzer
- The frequency analyzer helps you find out what words or sentences your
using the most.
- Story line
- Get an overview of your work through different strands, of which texts are
nodes. As of now, only Plots are displayed, but in the near future you
might use it to track anything: characters, object, place, or any other
element of your work. As soon as you reference something in the notes /
references field, it will appear in the story line.
- Inline help
- You can activate help texts in the program's help menu.
