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Free to write a whole book. Plus for the rest of the journey.

Free holds one manuscript, with no limit on words and everything you need to write it, share it and publish it. Plus holds as many as you like, and adds the tools for writing together and getting a book ready to go out. Every new account tries Plus free for 30 days, with no card.

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Free

Everything you need to write a whole book.

$0 No card, ever

  • One manuscript, with no limit on words
  • The whole writing room: binder, index cards, story bible, goals, sprints and focus
  • Scrivener import, .quill backups, and export to Word, PDF, EPUB, Markdown, web page and text
  • Friends reading along and leaving notes
  • Publishing to the Ascrivia Library
  • Groups, challenges, keepsakes and your profile
  • Built-in themes and sounds, and ink for the Stationer
  • 30 days of version history

Plus

For more than one book, and for getting one ready to go out.

$8 a month or $72 a year

  • Everything in Free
  • As many manuscripts as you like
  • Write together live with co-writers, who never pay
  • Reader insights: where each reader stopped and how they reacted
  • Print-ready PDFs in book trim sizes, with mirrored margins and page numbers
  • A year of version history
  • Every new seasonal pack in the Stationer, yours to keep

Prices are in US dollars, before any sales tax or VAT. $72 a year works out to $6 a month. Later: Author, for promoting and selling a finished book, with an author site on your own domain, a newsletter to readers who follow you, selling your ebook directly.

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What you getFreePlus
Manuscripts1, with no limit on wordsAs many as you like
Binder, index cards, story bible, goals, sprints, focus
Scrivener import and .quill backups
Export to Word, PDF, EPUB, Markdown, web page and text
Friends reading along, with notes and reactions
Publishing to the Ascrivia Library
Groups, challenges, keepsakes and your profile
Version history30 daysA year
Writing together live (co-writers never pay)
Reader insights: where readers stopped and how they reacted
Print-ready PDFs in book trim sizes
New seasonal Stationer packs, yours to keep

Questions about plans

Do I need a card to start?
No. Free never asks for one, and every new account has Plus for its first 30 days without one. When the trial ends you're on Free unless you choose Plus.
What counts as a manuscript?
Each project in Your projects, the trash included, whatever its size or kind. A Short Stories project holds a whole collection, and importing a Scrivener project or a backup counts as one.
What happens to my work if Plus ends?
Nothing is deleted. Free holds one manuscript, so if you have more you keep writing in the one you choose (you can switch every 30 days), and the rest stay yours to read, export, back up, share and publish. Co-writers can still read a shared project. Seasonal packs you added stay yours.
Who pays when we write together?
Only the project's owner needs Plus. Co-writers, readers and commenters never pay.
How do I cancel?
From Your plan, any time, in a couple of clicks. Plus runs to the end of the month or year you've paid for and isn't charged again. A first payment can be refunded in full within 14 days.
Who takes the payment?
Paddle, as Ascrivia's reseller (merchant of record). It handles the card and adds sales tax or VAT where it's due, so prices are shown before tax. Ascrivia never sees your card number.
Can I buy ink?
No. Ink for the Stationer is earned by writing and keepsakes, and can't be bought. Plus includes new seasonal packs instead.

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