Novelists Want a Local-First, Subscription-Free Outlining and Drafting App
Fiction writers on iPhone/iPad want a focused Markdown-based writing tool with outline cards, typewriter scrolling, and word-count goals that syncs only through their own iCloud rather than a third-party server or subscription. Migrating existing drafts from tools like Scrivener without ongoing lock-in is a related need.
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