Write the manuscript
Chapters live beside the rest of the story, in the order you will export them. Open any chapter to keep writing, then print the manuscript without assembling files from somewhere else.
The page, the world, and a script format in one place.
Grove is a writing space for long stories. Draft chapters, keep the bible beside them, and open a Script page when the work needs to look like a screenplay.
Write in script format
Grove includes a dedicated script format for when a scene needs to look like a screenplay. Script pages have their own list, use screenplay layout while you write, and print in that form. They sit with your chapters and world pages, not in a separate program.
Connect every name
A name on the page can become its own living entry. Click through to the character or place, then return to the sentence you were finishing. Also known as names can be found the same way.
See the timeline
The Timeline is a board you scroll through in time. Drop chapters and events onto colored lanes, create a new event where it belongs, and open any card to write the page behind it.
Understand relationships
Name how pages relate—lives in, knows, owns—and see them on a pan-able web. Character pages can also form a typed family tree with parents, partners, and the people who descend from them.
Organize your world
Give a page a type such as Character, Location, or Event. Nest notes under notes, color your tags, and keep Also known as names so the story bible stays searchable while you draft.
Research beside the story
Open Research from the page you are writing. Search, save a source with its link, and come back to it without leaving Grove. Research stays attached to that page.
Share with a reviewer
Send a private invite. Reviewers can read, copy, comment, and suggest wording. Editors can also write. Grove keeps one editing session at a time so two people cannot overwrite the same draft.
Dictate and look up words
Dictate stays with you through ordinary pauses. Right-click any word for spelling fixes, synonyms, and related words, then keep moving.