MyStory.today

Richard Nespithal

About this app

MyStory.today lets you write short stories and novels on your computer, tablet or smartphone. Write whenever you want, wherever you are.

Features overview:
- Story management with chapters and scenes
- Corkboard with multi-label support
- Character and location management
- Rich text editor with many formatting options
- Dynamic character and location linking
- Spelling and basic grammar checking
- Automatic synchronisation with your smartphone, laptop and PC
- Export to MS Word and LibreOffice Writer

Start writing your own novel, short story or screenplay today. You can write on any internet-connected device, so you can take your book with you whether you're on the couch at home, in the supermarket, on the train or in the countryside. Write when inspiration strikes.

Organise your book into chapters and scenes:
To get an overview, you can organise your book introduction into small blocks. They're called chapters and they contain several scenes. Scribble your ideas on the built-in corkboard and move them around as you like. Add summaries to the cards on your Corkboard and get a rough outline of your story. The corkboard automatically syncs with your story outline so everything is always up to date.

- Dynamic story corkboard with cards
- Drag and drop to move them around
- Add new scenes and chapters on the fly
- Write chapter summaries for a quick overview

Integrated rich text editor with spell checking
Write on the fly with the powerful built-in rich text editor. Easily format your content with bold, italic or indented text to add style to your story. Use this editor for your scenes, character descriptions and locations.

- Rich text editor with many styles for your content
- Built-in linking for characters and locations
- Spell check and basic grammar check
- Full screen mode

Dynamic linking of characters and locations:
When you create a new character or location, you can use the rich text editor to dynamically add it to your text. This creates a link to the character and if you later rename it, it will automatically update in all your texts. So don't worry about renaming everything manually and take the time to write the next chapter of your book.

- Create characters and locations
- Link them to your texts and they'll be updated automatically when things change.

Export your book:
When you're ready, or if you want to share a sneak preview, you can use the built-in book export. This will export all your chapters with the scenes to your favourite word processor such as MS Word or LibreOffice Writer. You can use this for sharing or even as a backup for yourself.

Synchronise across devices:
With your free MyStory.today account, you can access your work on any device with internet access. On your smartphone on the go, on your tablet or even on your laptop or desktop PC. It's all done automatically - there's no need to export anything manually.

When you're ready to write, download the free app today and start writing your book.

Ratings and reviews

The app has potential, but currently it seems unfinished. First, there's no "quick add" for the outliner. I want to be able to write every event in a scene/chapter like this: write, press enter, write, press enter, write, and so on. Just press enter to save & add a new event. I can't even figure out where my tasks are being saved. And I can't move them around freely to reorganize them btw. Also the interface is a bit uncomfortable, because everything is tiny and I don't like the theme.

As time passes it gets worse, now with this "subscription" begging it has become like ransomware. Bad User Experience. The behavior of the BACK button is absolutely terrible, it is like a multi level Undo. The interface itself looks nice but how this is glued to the logic is counter intuitive. The Save button is absent and apparently that functionality is missing. No image support either. I haven't seen any improvements in ages and the change of terms is off-putting. Update: Gets worse ...

(Update 23 may 2021) The export to word option seems bugged for both desktop and mobile version. All the content is missing except for thr chapter and section titles. Please fix it. (Original) This app is easy and simple to use. However, since the last update around 26th July, it's really hard to export my novel. I experience it in both App and Desktop version. Please reply / investigate it. I will change the rating after the issue has been solved. [UPDATE] It has been fixed now. Thanks

What's new

We are constantly working to improve the performance and stability of our app. This update includes a number of changes that make the app faster and more reliable.