All Scriptor Features — Complete Writing Software in Detail

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Distraction-Free Editor

The heart of Scriptor is a writing surface engineered for deep focus. Full Markdown support with live preview means you can format without lifting your hands from the keyboard. Typewriter mode keeps your current line centred — perfect for long sessions. Custom typography lets you choose the exact font, size, spacing, and colour scheme that puts you in the zone. Focus mode dims everything except your current paragraph, and the full-screen option eliminates all chrome entirely. No popups, no notifications, no toolbar clutter. Just you and the page.

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Character Database

Build living, breathing character profiles that grow with your story. Each entry supports rich text, images, tags, and custom fields — track everything from physical appearance and backstory to speech patterns and psychological profiles. Link characters to chapters and scenes to see where they appear. Map relationships between characters visually. Track character arcs across multiple books. For epic fantasy or sprawling sagas, this replaces entire spreadsheets and wikis. The character database is fully searchable and integrates with every other part of Scriptor.

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Plot Tracking & Storyboarding

Outline your narrative with surgical precision. The chapter and scene manager gives you a bird's-eye view of your entire manuscript. Create and manage multiple plot threads — assign colours, track status, and see how they weave together. Drag-and-drop reordering makes restructuring a chapter as easy as moving a card. The visual timeline helps you spot pacing issues, dangling threads, and structural problems before they reach the page. Whether you're a meticulous outliner or a discovery writer who needs guardrails, the plot tracker adapts to your process.

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Writing Analytics

Knowledge is fuel. Scriptor tracks your writing habits with beautiful, non-intrusive analytics. Daily, weekly, and monthly word counts are displayed as clean charts that never interrupt your flow. Session timers help you build consistent habits. The streak counter celebrates consecutive writing days — your longest streak is prominently displayed as a badge of honour. Goal tracking breaks your manuscript into manageable milestones. You'll know your most productive time of day, your average session length, and exactly how many words you need to hit your deadline.

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Full-Text Search

Instant, powerful search across your entire project — manuscript, character profiles, research notes, and scene descriptions. Find every mention of a character, every reference to a location, every thematic thread across hundreds of pages. Filters let you narrow results by document type: manuscript only, notes, characters, or all. Regular expression support gives power users surgical precision. There's no indexing delay — results appear as you type. Your entire project is a single, seamless, searchable database.

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Export Any Format

Your words should never be locked in. Scriptor exports to DOCX, PDF, EPUB, Markdown, TXT, and HTML — all with formatting faithfully preserved. EPUB export is ready for distribution on any major platform. PDF export includes customisable page layouts, headers, and font embedding. DOCX export integrates seamlessly with editors, agents, and publishers who still work in Word. Markdown and HTML exports give full access to your raw content for web publishing or version control. Export individual chapters or the full manuscript. Scriptor uses open, standard formats. Always.

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100% Local & Private

This is not a feature — it's a principle. Scriptor runs entirely on your machine. No cloud sync, no data mining, no telemetry, no account registration. Your drafts belong to you, stored as ordinary files on your computer. No server ever sees a single word you write. Scriptor works fully offline — no internet connection required, ever. We don't collect usage statistics, we don't show ads, and we don't sell data because there is nothing to sell. Your creative work is your property, not a product.

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Goal Tracking & Deadlines

Set manuscript-level targets (e.g. "80,000 words by June 30th") and Scriptor calculates your required daily output. Set individual chapter goals, daily word count targets, and session minimums. The progress bar updates in real time. Miss a day? Scriptor recalculates without judgment. Hit a milestone? You get a quiet celebration screen and a streak extension. NaNoWriMo mode pre-configures the 50,000-word / 30-day goal and monitors your pace against the classic 1,667 words/day benchmark. Deadlines keep you honest; goals keep you moving.

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Dark & Light Themes

Your writing environment should match your mood and your workspace. Scriptor ships with carefully crafted dark and light themes, each available in warm and cool variants. The dark themes are easy on the eyes during late-night sessions. The light themes feel crisp and airy for daytime writing. Every theme is fully customisable — adjust background colour, text colour, accent colour, and syntax highlighting to your exact preference. Font customisation includes size, line height, letter spacing, and font family. Save multiple presets and switch with a single click.

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Research Organizer

Keep your research inside your project where it belongs. Store notes, web clippings, PDFs, images, and reference documents — all organised by project, topic, or chapter. The built-in tagging system lets you cross-reference material across multiple dimensions. Each research item can be linked to specific characters, chapters, or plot threads. The research panel slides in and out without leaving the editor. When you need to fact-check a detail, it's one click away. No more juggling browser tabs, folders, and external apps while you write.

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Chapter Management

Every chapter gets its own metadata. Add chapter notes (plot summaries, research links, to-do items), track point-of-view character, and monitor chapter status (draft, revised, final). The timeline view shows your chapter sequence with word counts, POV assignments, and date stamps. Reorder chapters with drag-and-drop and Scriptor updates all internal references automatically. Status labels help you track revision progress across a full manuscript. For beta reading, you can export individual chapters or collections — perfect for sending to critique partners.

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Automatic Backup

Never lose a word. Scriptor's automatic backup runs silently in the background, saving your work at configurable intervals — every 30 seconds by default. Time-machine backups keep version history: you can restore any previous version of a chapter or your entire manuscript. Export at intervals automatically generates PDF or DOCX copies to a location of your choice. Backups are local, private, and under your control. Combined with the local-only architecture, Scriptor is the safest place for your manuscript outside of a printed page.

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