The editor and notebook

The editor is where you write. Open it from the home page or from any exercise. Your work saves automatically as you type, and if a piece is already published, your edits stay private until you publish them. Nothing is lost if your browser closes. See Saving and recovering your work for the details.

For a tour of the toolbar, formatting and the ruler, find and replace, the More menu, the notebook panel, focus mode, the outline, and page breaks, see Finding your way around the editor.

The notebook

The notebook is your personal library of everything you have written in Inkbreaker: drafts, published pieces, and exercise submissions. Reach it from the main navigation.

Writing modes

The editor has writing modes. The default is general writing. Pro users can switch to specialized modes for screenwriting, poetry, long-form fiction, and worldbuilding. Each mode adjusts the editor's formatting options and slash command menu to fit the conventions of that writing type.

Formatting

The Format menu sets the piece's font, size, line and paragraph spacing, and page margins, and a ruler above the page lets you drag those margins and per-paragraph indents. Those choices belong to the piece, so they carry into the published view and into Word, PDF, and other exports. The same menu also has a personal reading font that changes only your own view while writing. The full walkthrough is in Finding your way around the editor.

Slash commands

Type / in the editor and a menu appears. The options are relevant to writing, not generic document tools. You will not see code blocks or spreadsheet options while you are writing fiction.

Drafts

Drafts are private until you publish them. You can keep a draft as long as you like, submit it as an exercise, or publish it to the community feed. Publishing does not submit it as an exercise. Those are separate actions.

Moving between pieces

You do not have to leave the editor to open another piece. Select Notebook in the toolbar for a panel that lets you jump between your work by favorite, recent, folder, world, or series, and star the pieces you return to most. Switching saves the piece you are leaving first, so nothing is lost. The full tour is in Finding your way around the editor.

Organizing your work

Free users can use tags to organize the notebook, and can star any piece as a favorite for quick access. Pro users can also create folders and series, and keep version history.