--- title: "Novel Writing App: Write, Search and Work Offline | Journzy" description: "A book writing app with chapters with or without scenes, project-wide search, offline writing and real-time co-editing. The Free plan never expires." url: "https://journzy.com/en/features/novel-writing-app" language: "en" --- # A novel writing app built around your manuscript Journzy is a book writing app for novelists. Choose chapters with scenes or without, search and replace across the whole project, and keep writing offline. Nearly all of it is on the Free plan. ## A book writing app that fits the way you structure a novel Some novels run in long, continuous chapters. Others are told in short scenes. Journzy supports both and lets you switch whenever you like. - **Chapters with or without scenes (Free).** A chapter holds its text directly, or it splits into scenes that each have a title and a status. Change it for the whole book or one chapter at a time. - **Nothing is lost when you switch (Free).** Text, history and story bible links stay with the text. The scenes of a chapter join into one text with a marker between them, and each scene marker opens a new scene when you split. Search, export, the story bible and the AI all work with both shapes. This novel writing app does not ask you to pick a structure on day one. ## Search, filter, and find and replace across the project Open Search in the sidebar or press ⌘K. One query covers your manuscript, your story bible and your References. - **Search options (Free).** Match case, whole word, or ignore accents. In Spanish, ñ is never treated as n. - **Saved filters (Free).** Narrow results by book, chapter, point of view, status or bible entry type, and save up to 50 filters. - **Find and replace (Free).** A preview lists every match. Uncheck the ones you want to keep, replace the rest, and undo from Recent replacements. Each replace is saved as a version of your book, and linked names and titles are never replaced. - **Semantic search (Author).** Describe a scene in your own words and Journzy brings back the passages about it, even when your text uses different words. ## Start with a chapter or a scene Create a free account and write with the structure your book needs. The Free plan never expires. [Start free](https://write.journzy.com/onboarding?step=1) ## Write offline, or write together - **Offline writing (Free).** When the connection drops, your changes stay on your device and sync when it returns. If the same text changed somewhere else, Journzy keeps your words as a separate copy so nothing is lost. - **Real-time co-editing with presence (Free).** Two people can work in the same scene at once and see who else is in the text, without losing a word. ## How it works 1. Create a book and choose chapters with scenes or chapters only. 2. Write in the editor. Every save creates a version of your book. 3. Search a name or a phrase across the project, check the preview and replace. 4. If you lose the connection, keep writing. Your changes sync when it returns. 5. Open the same scene with another person when you want to write together. ## Your manuscript, with the structure you choose Write your first chapter today. Everything on this page is Free except semantic search, which is part of Author at $19/month or $180/year, plus tax. [Start free](https://write.journzy.com/onboarding?step=1) ## Frequently asked questions Is this book writing app free? Yes. The Free plan never expires and covers flexible structure, search, find and replace, offline writing and co-editing. Semantic search is part of Author, at $19/month or $180/year, plus tax. Does it work in Spanish? Yes. Journzy is native in Spanish and English, with the interface and help in your language. Your manuscript rules: Journzy never corrects your register or your variety of Spanish. Does the AI write for me? No. Journzy's AI never writes, rewrites or continues your text. Semantic search only finds passages you already wrote. Can I write without splitting chapters into scenes? Yes. A chapter can hold its text directly. If you later want scenes, you split the chapter at its markers, and the text, the history and the bible links stay with it. What happens to my text if I lose the connection? You keep writing and your changes stay on your device. They sync when the connection returns, and if the same text changed somewhere else, your words are kept in a separate copy. ## Related - ### [Plan, outline and track your story's timeline](https://journzy.com/en/features/outline) [Novel planning software with point of view, goal, conflict and status for every scene, plot lanes and an outline revision mode. Free never expires.](https://journzy.com/en/features/outline) - ### [A story bible that keeps up with your manuscript](https://journzy.com/en/features/story-bible) [A character database and series bible with aliases, appearance maps and facts that change over time. The Free plan never expires. Author adds Discoveries.](https://journzy.com/en/features/story-bible) - ### [Every version of your novel, safe](https://journzy.com/en/features/versions) [Version history for writers: every save of your novel is kept, with named snapshots, compare and restore. Archived items wait 30 days in a recovery bin.](https://journzy.com/en/features/versions) - ### [Free forever. Author for $19 a month.](https://journzy.com/en/pricing) [Free novel writing software that never expires, or Author at $19/month or $180/year with no API key. Tax is added at checkout. See what each plan includes.](https://journzy.com/en/pricing)