Features
A manuscript desk, canon checks, two clocks for story time, optional world tools, and add-ins for Word and Google Docs. Everything runs on your own computer.
In short
Asten’s features are the desk (binder, comments, find, page view, track changes, snapshots), canon checks with stable codes, a cast of entities, two clocks for story time and reading order, optional world tools, method packs, compile and import for Markdown, Fountain, HTML, .docx, EPUB (compile only), and Final Draft, Word and Google Docs add-ins, and local-first storage.
The desk
A calm manuscript editor with a binder, comments, find, page view, and track changes.
The deskCanon checks
Settle a fact once. Asten marks any page that disagrees, and shows both sides.
Canon checksCast
Characters and other entities with aliases, notes, and the facts you’ve confirmed.
CastTwo clocks
Story time and reading order, kept separately, so flashbacks are a choice and not a mistake.
Two clocksWorld
An optional wall, atlas, and dossier. Spark, sketch, settle. Never a gate.
WorldThe compiler
Deterministic rules with stable codes, suppressions, snapshots, and an append-only history.
The compilerMethod packs
Optional sets of rules and hints. Turn on what helps; nothing becomes doctrine.
Method packsWord & Google Docs
Compile to Markdown, Fountain, HTML, .docx, EPUB, and Final Draft. Optional Word and Docs add-ins talk to your own machine.
Word & Google DocsLocal-first
One file on your computer. No account, no sync, no telemetry, no training.
Local-firstFeatures by kind of writer
Novelists
For long manuscripts where details drift between chapters.
Worldbuilders
For fantasy and science-fiction writers whose world is bigger than the book.
Screenwriters
For scripts with timelines, reveals, and a cast that has to stay straight.
Fan-fiction writers
For writers keeping their own version of an existing canon.
AI tinkerers
For people who use AI daily and want a writing tool that draws a clear line.
Try the pre-alpha
Open the workbench in your browser on a sample novel, or download release 0.0.1b for Windows or Linux.