The writing app purpose-built for novels and short stories
Develop your idea
Outline your story
Write your novel
… in one beautiful app built
to supercharge your creative writing process.
to supercharge your creative writing process.
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Develop your idea, characters, world, and storylines with ButterDoc’s built-in notes app.
Visually outline your story with digital index cards.
Drag and drop your chapters and subchapters for easy reorganization.
Tag the cards with color-coded storylines.
Create notes attached to each section of your novel where you can easily access the ideas, dialogue, and text you need to write that section.
Write your novel in a minimalist UI with your notes and outline in view.
Get Productive
Use sprint timers and nag notifications to stay on track.
Collaborate
Easily add co-writers or share your document with beta readers for review.
Create Freely
Write with peace of mind with cloud syncing and multiple backup options.
And so much more...
The Stash
Wrote something that doesn’t work in its current spot, but you don’t want to delete? Just put it in the Stash for safekeeping. When you want to use it, drag and drop it anywhere you want into your novel.
Branch Copies
Want to experiment with a section of your novel without messing up your draft? Create a siloed branch copy to work in, then merge over the parts you like into the main draft.
Comments
Leave comments for yourself or a co-writer, or share read-only drafts with beta readers. Use custom tags to filter relevant comments.
Collaboration
Invite collaborators and easily work together in the outlining, writing, or revision stages.
Draft History
Name your drafts, then later visit your older drafts and undo anything you’ve changed if you changed your mind.
Outline Templates
Save story structure templates for future use and share with other ButterDocs users.
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What writers, editors, and teams think so far
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ButterDocs is an absolute game-changer for me and my workflow. I can't really imagine my writing life without it now.
Alexander Boswell
–––– Content Writer
Writers
Erica Schneider
–––– Content editor & coach
When they walked me through their product I was honestly floored.
Content Strategists
I think we're going to see tons of writers using ButterDocs in the upcoming years.
Alice Lemée
–––– Ghostwriter
Writers
John Bonini
–––– Content Strategist
I think ButterDocs is the one writing tool that’s come closest to mimicking my real-life, often messy, writing process.
Content Strategists
Masooma Memon
–––– Content Writer
I think ButterDocs is the one writing tool that’s come closest to mimicking my real-life.
Writers
I love how you can organize your draft in "blocks" and then rearrange and write within those sections. It makes outlining a literal pleasure.
Michael Galvan
–––– Marketer
Marketers
Linsey Knerl
–––– Content Writer
I love this tool, and I'm signing up for the paid version.
Writers
ButterDocs is a great tool, especially if you co-write projects or work with multiple editors. The team is also adding new features all of the time.
Dianna Gunn
–––– Content Writer
Writers
ButterDocs You've impressed me within a minute of loading the app. Nice work! 👏
Hassan Ud-deen
–––– Content Writer
Writers
Jay Acunzo
–––– Content strategist
Thank you, ButterDocs, for improving my workflow and caring about QUALITY.
Content Strategists
I thought you'd have to pry Google Docs out of my cold, dead hands...but ButterDocs might be convincing me otherwise. And that's saying something ^ because I am a pretty slow adopter to new tech.
Grace Baldwin
–––– Ghostwriter
Writers
Jimmy Daly
–––– Content Marketer
This is a really cool product. I'm very excited about it.
Marketers
ButterDocs is one of the best tools I’ve come across in the past year 👏🏼
Mina Mesbahi
–––– Content Strategist
Content Strategists
Can I export to Word and other common questions
Everyone says “easy to use”, how steep is the learning curve really?
That’s a great question. The core features of ButterDocs are really intuitive. You can start importing research papers, making notes, outlining and writing your document without any help. If you can use Word, you can easily use ButterDocs. That said, to master the tool, it would be wise to watch a couple of onboarding videos – you’ll learn some really neat tricks.
How do I work with people who are not using ButterDocs?
It doesn't matter if your institution primarily uses another tool. Once you’re ready to share your finished document, you can easily export it to other formats. Plus, inviting people to collaborate within ButterDocs is easy and they do not need to open an account.
Can I export to Word?
Yes. And it’s very easy to do. When you do, your citations and bibliography will automatically populate your document in your preferred style.
What will happen to my work if your company goes bust?
Don’t worry, all your work is backed up and always safe. So if that situation arose, you would be able to export all your notes and documents to Word, GoogleDocs, or PDF formats. ButterDocs is in a very strong financial position. And we’re on a mission to make the writing journey from idea to finished document as smooth and stress-free as possible. Put simply, we’re not going anywhere soon.
Will this work in my language?
Yes, ButterDocs is compatible with over 45 different languages. You can easily toggle the language to suit your needs.
Does ButterDocs have the same formatting features as Word?
No, not yet. Universities, journals and research institutions all have different formatting demands. So prior to submission, you can export to Word or Google and make the necessary formatting changes. ButterDocs is where you go to get the work done.
Is my work secure inside ButterDocs?
Yes, we are hosted on the industry-leading Amazon Web Services platform, using their security tools and following data protection best practices. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Plus, our security procedures and their implementation have been audited by third party security experts.
