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Writing. Plotting. World‑building. Formatting. Publish‑ready export. In one place.

Authors pair Scrivener with Vellum, and often Plottr: $459.98 between them, and the formatting only on a Mac. Deckle brings the writing, the plotting board and the formatting into one app, on every platform, for $197 once.

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A chapter open in Deckle, with the Binder on the left and the Inspector on the right

The same chapter as a Kindle will set it, with a drop cap

01 Write

Keep the whole book in view while you write it.

Every chapter and scene sits in the Binder, ready to drag into a new order.

Split editor. Write Chapter 14 with Chapter 3 open beside it, in up to four panes.
Continuous View. Read a part, or the whole draft, as one unbroken scroll.
Focus mode. Clear the screen down to the page, with typewriter scrolling.
Coming from Scrivener? Your project imports in one step, research and notes included.

Two chapters open side by side in the split editor — Two chapters, side by side.

A whole part read end to end in Continuous View — The whole part as one scroll.

Focus mode with every panel hidden — Nothing but the page.

02 Plot

The plotting board authors pay $150 for. Built in.

Plotlines as rows, chapters as columns, every scene a card you can drag. The board lives in the same file as your manuscript, so there is nothing to export and nothing to keep in sync.

Story order. Drag a scene to another plotline, or another chapter. The book follows.

Two views, one set of events. To scale by when they happen, or in the order the book tells them. Flashbacks show up where they belong in both.

An event on the Timeline showing its chapter, and Isla Voss aged 27 and Edrin Voss aged 59 on that day — **Who's there, and how old.** Every event lists the characters in it, with their age on that exact day.

Real dates or your own

March 1871, Day 40 or Year 3. Name your eras and shade them in.

Filter by anyone

Light up one character's thread through the book, or one plotline on its own.

Linked to your chapters

Events are tied to the scenes they happen in, and update when you rename them.

Take it with you

Export the board as an image or a PDF, or the whole plot as a Word outline.

03 Story bible

Grey eyes or green? Hover her name.

Every character, place and thing in your Codex is recognised in your prose, by name and by nickname. Hover a name and the entry is there, without leaving the page.

Every mention, chapter by chapter. See exactly where a character turns up, and where they go quiet.
The cast of every chapter. The Inspector lists who is in the scene you are writing.
Type @ to tag. Link a character to a scene, or create one, without stopping.
Templates, or your own fields. Characters, places, items and lore, each with the sections you want.
A story bible to hand over. Export one entry or the whole Codex as a PDF or Word file.

Hover a name in the manuscript, and there she is.

A Codex entry listing every chapter the character is named in, with counts — Every chapter she appears in, and how often.

A character entry in the Codex with a portrait, role, summary and appearance fields — A full entry: portrait, role, appearance, arc.

04 Format

Write a manuscript. Read a book.

The page beside your draft is the real export, set the way Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo or the printer will set it.

The chapter as you write it — What you write

The chapter previewed on a Kindle while it is written — What your readers hold

Start from one of 26 book designs, then change anything.

Typefaces, drop caps with small caps, running heads, chapter openers, scene breaks, epigraphs and dialogue. Trim sizes, margins and bleed for KDP and IngramSpark.

05 Publish-ready export

A store-ready book in about a second.

Export the whole book, or just the chapters an agent asked for. Every format comes from the same manuscript, so one change is a change everywhere.

Print PDFFor KDP and IngramSpark. Passes KDP preflight, fonts embedded, paperback and hardcover.
EPUBBuilt for Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo or any store. Validated with EPUBCheck.
WordStandard manuscript format for agents and editors.

The first three chapters exported for a submission

06 Finish

Know the day you'll finish.

Set a word target and a deadline. Deckle works out the pace you need, tells you whether you're on it, and projects your finish date from how you actually write.

A manuscript target at 62 percent, with days left, the words a day needed and a projected finish date

Words written today and in the last seven days, and a fifteen-day writing streak

Words written each day for the last thirty days, up 37 percent on the period before

The length of every chapter as a bar chart, against the average

Deadline and pace

The words a day you need, recalculated as you write, and the date you're on track for.

Streaks and goals

A daily or weekly goal in words or minutes, and a streak for every day you hit it.

A year at a glance

Every writing day on a heatmap. Click one to see what you wrote, and when.

Pacing by chapter

Every chapter's length side by side, so the one that runs long stands out.

Why $197

Writing, plotting and formatting, for less than Vellum alone.

Scrivener

$59.99

For writing. Mac and Windows are separate licences.

Plottr

$150

For plotting. Lifetime licence, or $60 every year.

Vellum

$249.99

For formatting. Mac only.

Deckle

$197

The writing, the plotting board and the formatting in one app, on Windows, Mac and Linux. Every future update included.

Bought separately: ~~$459.98~~. In Deckle, the Codex and the writing stats come with it.

One price. Every update.

$197once

Every feature on this page
All future updates included
Windows, Mac and Linux, on any two devices
Works offline. Your manuscript stays on your computer.

Try it before you pay anything.

Open Deckle, choose Take Deckle for a Spin, and use the full app with a guided tour. Buy when you're ready.

Take Deckle for a Spin, free Get Deckle: $197

30-day guarantee. Export a store-ready book, or your money back.

Questions authors ask first.

Can I try Deckle before I buy it?

Yes. Download Deckle and choose Take Deckle for a Spin on the first screen. It opens the full app with a guided tour, with no card and no account.

I already write in Scrivener. Do I have to start over?

No. Deckle imports your Scrivener project directly: chapters, scenes, synopses, notes and research come across in one step.

I plot in Plottr. Where does that happen in Deckle?

On the Timeline. It's the board plotters know: plotlines as rows, chapters as columns, scene cards you drag between them. Flip it and the same events sit to scale by date, with every character's age on the day. And because it lives in the same file as your manuscript, the plot and the book never drift apart.

Can Deckle be my story bible?

Yes. The Codex holds your characters, places, items and lore, recognises their names as you write, lists every chapter each one appears in, and exports as a PDF or Word story bible.

Can I publish on Amazon KDP and IngramSpark?

Yes. Deckle exports a print PDF that passes KDP preflight, with fonts embedded, and EPUBs built for Kindle, Apple Books and Kobo.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay $197 once, and every future update is included.

Which computers does it run on?

Windows, Mac and Linux. One licence covers any two devices, in any mix.

What if it isn't right for me?

You're covered by a 30-day guarantee: export a store-ready book, or get your money back.