Write your novel
in the quiet hours.

I'm a beginning writer. I carried one big idea for several years, and not long ago I finally gathered my thoughts and started writing. Some days it went well, some days worse, and some days were honestly bad. So I went looking for a way to organize my process — to "structure creativity," if you can put it that way.

I tried AI tools. They're everywhere now, it's "trendy," and some things actually worked. I wrote the words myself, of course, but these tools helped me organize the process. Even that turned out not to be enough, so I kept searching.

I tried many tools from all kinds of makers, big and small. And I reached a conclusion: writers like me either have to juggle a pile of free or cheap tools that don't talk to each other, or pay for several expensive ones with richer features. That was the moment that frustrated me. Must you really pay, constantly, just to be a writer today?

I don't like this "tax on writing." So I decided I'd build an app for myself.

The second turning point came when I told friends about the app. They said it was a great idea and they'd find it useful too. So I thought: if the app is already built, why not give it to the whole world? That's why I share it for free.

Or rather, I shared it — right up until I realized I missed being able to work across several devices. And then I thought it would be useful to show someone what I write and hear their feedback, without sending out a separate file that could later fall into the wrong hands. Or even to write something together. That's how the need for a sync server appeared. And that's when I, unfortunately, realized I'd have to introduce a subscription.

But I don't want to contradict myself, so the original idea — to give the app to the world — stays unchanged. If you write on one device and never send anything to anyone through the app, the free version is for you, and there's no reason to pay a "tax on writing." The free plan already includes cloud sync. Paid plans will come later, when checkout is ready.

The app is still a work in progress and will keep improving. If you have ideas to make it better, or you need help, write to support@novelforge.cc.

When I started, I dreamed of having "everything" in one place — a page to write on, easy navigation through acts and chapters, separate cards for every location, object and character, and a timeline where you place each scene by hand so you never lose track of events. And that's only a small part of what I built, originally, for myself.

The mention of AI in an app puts many people off. I urge you to at least try it — not to outsource your work to it, but to use it as an assistant: ask questions, ask it to suggest ideas, get an honest opinion on what you've written. AI is a TOOL that can help improve your work, suggest something, or structure it — but not do it for you. A hammer can't build a house on its own; that takes a builder.

And something important: every AI feature in the app works with your real files. When you ask something in the chat or use a ready-made function, it isn't made up — it's an answer based on your actual creation.

The next important thing is privacy and intellectual property. Your creations are yours alone; I make no claim to them whatsoever. Even with a subscription, cloud backups stay encrypted at rest on our servers — and you can turn on end-to-end encryption with your own passphrase so even I cannot read your sync data. Unlike other apps and services, I don't even collect telemetry — I simply don't need it. I trust that if something's missing for you, you'll just tell me.

I designed the app's look for myself too. And in the future I want to open a free theme store, so everyone can express themselves even through the way the app looks.

Make art, not content.