Research
Notes and references, kept exactly where you need them.
Links, facts, images and passages saved inside the project they belong to and attached to the Codex entry or scene they support. Add a note on why something mattered when you save it, because the reason is the part that fades first.
Everything in one project
Your manuscript, your world, and your research open together.
Research sits in the same project as the book it belongs to and syncs with it, so opening the manuscript on your iPad opens the reading behind it as well. Nothing has to be found again, and nothing has to be kept in step by hand.
How it's organized
Filed by what it supports, not just when you found it.
Clip what you find
Save a link, a fact, an image, or a passage the moment you find it, with a note about why it mattered, so the reason is still there when you come back to it.
Linked to what it's for
File a note against the thing it supports: a location, a period detail, a character’s background, a piece of terminology. When you reach the scene that needs it, the research is already attached to it.
One project, one home
The manuscript, the world, and the research behind both.
The manuscript, the Codex, and the research behind both belong to one project and travel together. Nothing is left behind when you move between your Mac, your iPad, and the browser, and coming back to a book after months away means opening one thing, not four.
- Notes, links, images, and clippings, all in the project
- Attach a note to a Codex entry so it surfaces with that character or place
- Search across your research without leaving the manuscript
- Open it in a side panel and keep writing with the reference in view
- Syncs with the book, so it is on every device you write on
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