Scryla for Authors
Everything you need to shape your story before—and while—you write.
Scryla for Authors is a flexible planning workspace for novelists and storytellers. Use it to organize ideas, structure chapters and scenes, develop characters and relationships, manage notes, plan story arcs, and keep individual books or an entire series connected.
You can start with a rough idea and build gradually, or create a detailed outline even before writing your first chapter. These guides will help you learn the essentials and adapt Scryla to your own creative process.
Getting Started
Create your first project, explore the workspace, and begin building your story.
Core Concepts
Understand the main building blocks of Scryla, including projects, books, chapters, scenes, story map, characters, and notes.
Views & Navigation
Learn how to move through your work and switch between focused planning and broader story views.
Characters & Notes
Develop your cast, manage supporting information, and connect people and ideas to your outline.
Exporting Your Outline
Create a clean, portable version of your plan for reference, sharing, or use alongside your writing software.
You do not need to learn everything at once. Begin with the tools that support how you already plan, then add more structure as your story grows.
Getting Started
Creating Your First Project
A project in Scryla represents a single book, novella, or writing project. To create one: Click...
Understanding the Board View
The Board View is the main workspace in Scryla. Each column represents a different type of planni...
Uploading covers, manuscripts and other assets
You can upload your book's cover, keep track of manuscript drafts, add character art, and store y...
Core Concepts
Chapters and Scenes
Scryla organises stories into chapters and scenes so you can plan structure clearly. Chapters can...
Story Impact and Intensity
Scenes in Scryla can include two optional narrative signals: Story Impact: the type of narrative ...
Archiving vs Deleting
In Scryla, items are archived before they can be permanently deleted. This includes chapters, sce...
Reordering Chapters and Scenes
Scryla allows you to easily reorganize your story by dragging and dropping chapters and scenes. T...
Views & Navigation
Characters & Notes
Character Profiles
The Characters tab lets you store important information about the people in your story. Character...
In-Project Notes
The Notes tab inside a project allows you to store ideas, reminders, and planning details that re...
Your Personal Notebook
The Notebook is a workspace for ideas that are not tied to any specific project. It acts as a cen...