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Flow Mode: Write Your Whole Book on One Page

Every chapter, back to back, in one scrollable document — ideal for pasting in an existing manuscript or writing in a single, uninterrupted stretch.

Write mode is built around one section at a time. Flow mode is the opposite: your entire manuscript — every chapter, prologue, part, and section — laid out as one continuous, scrollable page, the way it would read in a finished book. Switch to it from the "Flow" tab at any time; nothing about your content changes, it's simply a different way of looking at and editing the same book.

When Flow mode is the better fit

The sidebar

The left sidebar lists every section in reading order — click any entry to jump straight to it in the scrolling document. It updates live as you split sections, retitle chapters, or reorder your book.

Formatting as you go

Select any text and the same floating toolbar from Write mode appears: bold, italic, headings, blockquote, lists, case conversion, and Assign actions (Set as Title, Set as Subtitle, Set as Opening Quote, Set as Quote Attribution, Set as Attribution) — whichever ones make sense for the kind of section your cursor is currently in. A chapter offers different options than a book epigraph, for example, and the toolbar adjusts automatically as you move between them.

Splitting a section into a new chapter

Place your cursor where a new chapter should begin and either use "Split Into New Chapter" in the floating toolbar, or the "Split Here" button in the toolbar above — the content after your cursor becomes its own chapter immediately, without leaving Flow mode.

Adding a new section

Use "+ New Section" in the top toolbar to add a fresh chapter at the end of your manuscript without switching back to Write mode.

What isn't in Flow mode

Front-matter pages that are built from a form rather than free text — your Title Page and Copyright page — don't have a version of themselves in the flowing document, since there's no prose to scroll through there. Manage those two from Write mode; everything else (chapters, prologue and similar sections, epigraph, dedication, and more) flows normally.

How to use it, step by step

1
Click the "Flow" tab in the editor sidebar.
2
Scroll through or paste in your manuscript — each section is clearly labeled by kind (Chapter, Prologue, Epigraph, etc.) as you go.
3
Select text to format it, using the floating toolbar the same way you would in Write mode.
4
Split into new chapters wherever your pasted content needs to be broken up.
5
Switch back to Write mode any time — your sidebar chapter list reflects whatever you changed in Flow mode instantly.

Related

Feature GuideUsing the Write Mode Editor

The chapter-by-chapter view, formatting toolbar, and footnotes.

Feature GuideSticky Notes for Quick Ideas

Jot a thought without breaking your writing flow.

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