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Everything Verkilo does.


A closer look at the tools built for a whole series, not a single book.

Verkilo editor with the workspace navigator and section details panels open Verkilo editor with the workspace navigator and section details panels open
The workspace navigator and section details, open on book three.

01

Writing a whole series

Keep a whole series in one place

Keep a whole series in one project, every book side by side.

One project, the whole series Shared characters & continuity

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Verkilo Books library with four books in one series project Verkilo Books library with four books in one series project

Never lose track of who's in the room

Track POV, characters and locations for every scene, right beside the text.

Notes beside every scene Feeds the Series Bible

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Verkilo Section Details panel with characters and locations Verkilo Section Details panel with characters and locations

Know your characters, book after book

Profiles, a role in every book, every appearance and shifting relationships, for your whole cast.

Profiles A role in every book Every appearance Relationships

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Verkilo character tools: profiles, appearances and relationships Verkilo character tools: profiles, appearances and relationships

Find anything, across every book

Search a scene, a book, or the whole series in one pass.

Rename safely across the series Search your notes and prose

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Verkilo Find & Replace across all sections Verkilo Find & Replace across all sections

When it happens, not just where it sits

New in 1.10

Date your scenes in the story's own time, see the whole series four ways, and let Verkilo catch the continuity slips.

Dates the way you know them Four views of one story Events off the page Continuity that watches the dates Bring it in, take it out

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Verkilo's Timeline view: the spring of 1886 in The Gods of Mars drawn to scale, one lane per plot thread, with the Threads panel open beside it Verkilo's Timeline view: the spring of 1886 in The Gods of Mars drawn to scale, one lane per plot thread, with the Threads panel open beside it

02

Structure and focus

See the shape of the whole book

The corkboard and the outliner. Your book as cards, or as a sortable table.

The corkboard The outliner

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Verkilo corkboard and outliner planning views Verkilo corkboard and outliner planning views

Clear everything but the words

Focus Mode clears the screen; Composition Mode dims all but your active line.

Focus Mode Composition Mode

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Verkilo focus mode and composition mode Verkilo focus mode and composition mode

03

Editing and polish

A real proofreader, on your own computer

New in 1.1

Built-in spelling and grammar checking that runs offline. A word processor's, not a browser squiggle.

Check when you're ready Fix from the right-click menu A dictionary that knows your story

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Verkilo Proofing panel with spelling and grammar issues underlined in the manuscript Verkilo Proofing panel with spelling and grammar issues underlined in the manuscript

Measure the draft you actually wrote

New in 1.5

Twenty-three reports on the whole book, counted on your own machine: repetition, rhythm, clarity, structure, consistency.

The overview Repetition Rhythm Clarity Structure Consistency

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Verkilo Reports overview with a headline number for every report Verkilo Reports overview with a headline number for every report

04

From manuscript to book

Design the pages your readers hold

Trim sizes, margins and type, with a live preview of the real pages right beside your manuscript.

Trim sizes & margins A preview you can trust Typography by genre

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Verkilo Interior Designer with the style gallery and a live page preview Verkilo Interior Designer with the style gallery and a live page preview

05

Your progress

Watch the habit build

Track your streak, weekly words, and a year of writing at a glance.

Your streak and pace A year at a glance

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Verkilo Writing History with a year heatmap and weekly word counts Verkilo Writing History with a year heatmap and weekly word counts

A record of how the book got written

New in 1.8

Every session, every save, and where each word came from. Kept on your machine, exportable when you need it.

Sessions, not just days Where the words came from Export it when it matters

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Verkilo Writing History with sessions listed under the year heatmap, each with a bar showing where its words came from Verkilo Writing History with sessions listed under the year heatmap, each with a bar showing where its words came from

06

Your work, kept safe

Built for the bad days

One file on your own drive. Snapshots you can restore, daily backups, and a full copy of everything, exportable any time.

One file you can back up Leave with everything, any time The truth about cloud drives What follows you between computers Snapshots you can restore

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Verkilo Version History showing labelled snapshots of a section, each restorable Verkilo Version History showing labelled snapshots of a section, each restorable