Scribeist V2 - Write without switching tools
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Scribeist has evolved from a blog and research tool into a complete writing platform. We've added two new workspaces: Novel (with character tracking, timelines, and world-building for writers) and General (distraction-free notes). The original Blog workspace now includes enhanced SEO tools and readability metrics. All three workspaces feature project-specific organizational tools, research tools and optional AI writing assistance that is made to understand your selected workspace.
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Not having a good experience so far, unfortunately. I clicked to start my free trial but I couldn't upload anything into import that was over 512 KB. I have one 80,000-word document in .txt format, and it's too large. I thought maybe it wasn't aware I should be on the free trial getting full access for 7 days, so I went ahead and hit upgrade, and it charged me $8, which would have been fine, but I still can't upload more than 512 KB. I'd like to explore the tool in full detail, but these glitches and limitations are already costing me, and I likely won't renew unless something changes.
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@aric_mitchell1 Hi Aric, i'm sorry about that, the 512KB limit was blocking exactly what Scribeist is built for.
I've just pushed a fix raising the limit to 5MB. Your 80K word document should upload fine now.
Really sorry you hit this right after upgrading. If you want, I'm happy to refund the $8 or extend your access - just let me know. But hopefully the fix gets you unblocked and you can actually evaluate the platform properly now. And thanks for the feedback! You caught this before it hit more users.
The "rebuilt from ground up" part resonates—I've seen too many products bolt features onto shaky foundations. The Novel workspace with visual canvases and timelines is exactly what I've been cobbling together with Miro + Notion + Scrivener. Here's my specific use case: when writing a multi-POV story, can the timeline show events from different character perspectives simultaneously, or does it force linear chronology? And does the world-building feature support hierarchical relationships (like "this city is in this kingdom is on this continent"), or is it just flat tags?
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@easytoolsdev Hello! Great question. Right now timelines are chronological based on document hierarchy - you'd need to click into each character to see their timeline. Currently timelines are auto-created based on mentions and are a bit lacklustre. We are working on making a global timeline and specific entity timeline feature that allows you to track the entire stories timeline or a specific Kingdoms fall or a characters arc and so on (this can be done with some time in the canvas feature, but its not as intuitive)
For world-building: yes, it supports hierarchical relationships. You can create a Kingdom location, connect it to City entities, then connect those cities to characters or organizations. It's a nested relationship system, so you can build out as deep as you need. You can assign "parents" (not familial) and "childs" so a Kingdom (parent) could have multiple cities (childs). Or an organization could have a boss (parent) and members (childs). The AI also pulls all this info in when helping you write.