Epilogue. Write novels, scripts & poetry

great launch! this looks really interesting. as an academic writer, I’m always bouncing between docs and apps while writing, which is okay for single manuscripts but tough for books or monographs…I’ve got an upcoming project and I might give this a try…how does it compare to an app like scrivener (other than cost)?

Oh, I felt this one personally. Twelve docs, character notes in three places, feedback living somewhere in the void.Love that you’re solving the boring-but-deadly part of writing: keeping the book alive while everything around it tries to turn into chaos.How Epilogue handles messy second drafts? when the story is already there, but half of it needs to merge or die.

This market (serious author writing apps) is genuinely crowded - Scrivener, Ulysses, iA Writer, even Obsidian with the right plugins. All of them make the same "no distractions, keeps you in flow" promise.The alpha reader sharing angle is the one thing here that's actually underserved. Getting a draft in front of 20 beta readers without turning it into a Google Docs mess is still painful, and nobody's solved it cleanly yet.What's the concrete differentiation from Ulysses specifically? That's probably your closest direct competitor for the "offline-first, focused, serious author" positioning - and the answer to that question is what would make me switch.

Wow, keeping alpha reader feedback private really helps one loud note not anchoring the whole group! Most writing tools get this backwards by defaulting to public comments... Love the product, you seem to be on the right path

Isn't this something similar to Elipus?

A few years ago, a friend of mine & crafter of gorgeous prose, showed me the first three chapters of her novel. Sharp sentences, an eerie world, characters I loved. Then she pulled up her desktop. Twelve Google Docs. A spreadsheet for character notes. Notes app on her iPhone for similar “Character arcs” she thought of while traveling. Another Notes folder saying “Feedback from Priya”.

She’d spent more time managing the chaos of writing than actually writing.

I kept thinking about her setup for weeks. The fragmentation broke the creative flow instead of fuelling it. Authors are using tools built for management consultants and product managers. Google Docs emphasizes public collaboration but feedback from mum and my editor or alpha readers shouldn’t be public. Seeing someone else’s comments can bias the group.

Nobody built something just for the person trying to finish a book. I faced the same chaos trying to publish my first book and got frustrated but had too much else going on.

Now I’ve built the fix to help me finish book number 2. Hopefully, in a few weeks.