Love writing. Literally.

A quiet page, with room for two

Just you, your words and a lovely serif. Editors remember where you left off, and split view puts two chapters side by side.

Your whole book, in order

Sections, chapters and moments on a timeline. Drag them until the story sits right. Finished chapters turn green.

Watch the words add up

Daily goals or 50,000 words in November. Literally works out your pace, keeps your streak, and forgives the odd day off.

Go anywhere with Super Search

Press Ctrl+K and type 3:2 or final:north to open a chapter by number or name. Every command lives there too, from Settings and the Progress Dashboard to adding a moment to the chapter you're in.

Pay once. Write on every computer you own.

No subscription. One licence covers macOS, Windows and Linux, so you can write at your desk and carry on from the laptop.

• ✓Every Literally 1.x update included
• ✓One licence for all your computers: macOS, Windows and Linux
• ✓Try everything free for 30 writing days. Only days your words change count.

Made in Scotland, by a novelist who wanted it.

The hard part of writing a book isn't the software, and it never was. It's turning up, every day, for months. I know that, and I knew it when I started this. But I built Literally to make that habit a little easier for myself. It seems to be working, and I'm hoping it can help you too.

PenWise Software is a small independent company, and I'm the whole of it. Every word in these screenshots comes from my own works in progress. Oh, and there's no AI ghost-writer hiding in the menus. These words are mine, and your words are yours.