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Guides & Tutorials

Step-by-step guides to help you get the most out of Author's Forge

Getting Started

Begin your journey with Author's Forge

Understand how Author's Forge organizes your writing into Libraries, Bookshelves, Series, and Books.

Learn how to add new content, reorder chapters, and manage your writing projects effectively.

Master the writing editor with formatting tools, find functionality, and customizable settings.

Deep dives into specific features

Organize your research, character sheets, world-building, and plot outlines with the Notes feature.

Learn how to use AI Spellcheck and AI Chat to enhance your writing with intelligent assistance.

Get your work ready for readers

Create professional ePub files ready for distribution on Apple Books, Kobo, and other major platforms.

Understand how Author's Forge stores your writing as plain Markdown files you own and control.

Power user tips and workflows

Add title pages, dedications, prologues, and other content that appears before your first chapter.

Add epilogues, author bios, appendices, and other content that appears after your final chapter.

Power user tips to speed up your workflow including status tracking, typewriter mode, and more.

Learn how to download, install, and use writing templates in Author's Forge to kickstart your projects.

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