The whole book —
from first idea to finished edition
Norwid is a professional workspace for authors of long books and series. Writing, story planning, editing and publishing are four modes of one book — without worrying about your text and without visual noise.
Six Empty Hours
The archive opened at nine, but Mira came early and stood at the door for a long time, listening to the tide turning over in the pipes beneath the street.
The shift log for the nineteenth of October was filled in the duty officer’s careful hand. Entries came every twenty minutes — until 17:40. The next one read 23:40, and between them there was nothing: no note of a fault, no signature, not even blank lines.
Six hours were simply missing, as if a page had been cut out and the edges joined so cleanly that no seam remained
Four modes of one book
Modes change your tools, not your data. A scene in the text, on a card and on the timeline is one object. Rename a chapter and it changes in the navigator, the table of contents and the preview.
Writing
⌘1What am I writing right now?
A long manuscript as a structure of parts, chapters and scenes — and a calm editor where only the text is in view.
Learn more →Planning
⌘2How is the story built?
Characters, places, events and relationships — one model with the manuscript, not a separate database.
Learn more →Editing
⌘3What needs work, and what changed?
Statuses, comments and a version history where you can compare and restore a scene or the whole book.
Learn more →Publishing
⌘4How will the book look?
Many editions from one manuscript: EPUB, print-ready PDF, DOCX and Markdown — with preview and a pre-release check.
Learn more →Story time and world time, kept apart
Flashbacks, parallel storylines and multiple POVs are visible at a glance. The timeline, relationship graph and appearance matrix are built from the manuscript itself, not from a spreadsheet on the side.
How planning works →No switching between apps
Today authors choose between depth and simplicity, and assemble a book across three or four apps. Norwid carries it all the way through.
- 01
Idea
Cards, characters, places and research right next to the text.
- 02
Manuscript
Parts, chapters and scenes. An editor where only the text is in view.
- 03
Revision
Statuses, comments, version history and restore.
- 04
Edition
EPUB, print-ready PDF, DOCX and Markdown from one manuscript.
A manuscript takes years. It has to be safe
Keeping your text safe, recovery and export come before any secondary feature. They are system requirements, not late additions.
Your book lives on your device
Core work happens locally and offline. A server is never the only way to get your book back.
Autosave and history
No need to save. Auto versions, named versions, compare and restore a scene or the whole book.
Backups
A full copy of the book in a folder you choose — including iCloud Drive or Dropbox.
Full export
Markdown, DOCX, EPUB and PDF. Your book is never locked in.
Norwid does not write for you. Generative AI is not part of the product's foundation or the book format.Why →
From the blog
All posts →Why another app for authors
Authors have to choose between depth and simplicity. We want to make that choice unnecessary.
November 6, 2026 · PrinciplesWhy reliability is a feature
Autosave, version history, backups and export aren't details — they're the foundation of trust in a tool.
Norwid is in development
A Mac prototype is working today. Sign up for early access — or see what's ready and what's next.