Talewright is AI-assisted novel writing software built for authors who want to write more, write faster, and never be paralyzed by a blank page again.
Build a world. Outline a story. Generate prose for a single beat or ghost write an entire book. Talewright handles as much or as little as you want, while you stay the author of every word.
This means that you can focus on what's inspiring for you and important for your story. The built in AI assistant and ghost writer will take care of the rest.
On authorship
Every suggestion Talewright generates is exactly that — a suggestion, a drat. You accept it, edit it, or throw it away. Nothing is final until you say so, and a full history of every change means you can always go back.
Authors have leaned on editors, ghostwriters, and assistants for as long as books have existed. The difference is that, historically, only established writers and celebrities could afford that kind of help. Talewright makes the same kind of support available to anyone; a collaborator that costs cents, not a salary.
You decide where the line sits. Write every word yourself and use Talewright purely for structure. Or hand off a full first draft and spend your time revising. Both are exactly what the AI writing tool is for.
What’s inside
World Building
Characters, places, and objects as connected entities in the World Bible. Not static notes or Post-its. See how everything relates in a visual knowledge graph.
AI Writing Assistant
Talk through your story with an AI that sees your whole outline and can build it with you. Ddd chapters, generate beats, link characters. It handles the boring stuff. But it can even act as a ghost writer and collaborator. Everything the AI generates is just a draft, and you can collaborate with the ghost writer in a shared canvas where you can both make edits.
End-to-End Generation
Generate an idea, a synopsis, full chapters, individual beats. Even ghost write an entire manuscript from a simple book idea. Do it one step at a time, so that you can review, correct and edit, or all at once. From idea to full manuscript with just a click.
Focused Writing
Write your manuscript in a distraction-free editor, with everything relevant to the current chapter and beat surfaced beside you, accessible at a glance. Or go completely full screen with just your text visible.
Bring Your Own Model
Use any AI provider you like. OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, or your own. You can even pick a cheap model for the structure, and use a frontier model for rich prose generation.
Full History & Restore
Every change is saved. Bookmark before a big rewrite or roll back your project to any point in time.
Manuscript Import
Already have a draft? Import a Word document and Talewright builds your structured world bible with all the characters, places, chapters, and beats from it automatically.
Publish-Ready Export
Export to DOCX, ePub, or print-ready PDF. It even supports creating all files, including cover, for Amazon KDP - compatible ePub, pdf of the manuscript and covers with correctly calculated spine widths for both paperback and hardcover.
Local-First & Private
Your work lives on your own machine. No cloud lock-in, no subscription required to open your own files.
Alpha — out now for Mac.
Windows and Linux builds are coming, prioritised by demand.
Signed and notarised · No security warnings · Free
Found a bug, or have feedback?
Use the feedback form inside the app.