Turn a decade of expertise into your definitive book.
Organize research, structure arguments, and write the book your field needs. Litera's concept management tracks every idea, citation, and thread so your argument holds from chapter 1 to chapter 20.
142 key terms. 20 chapters. Every thread connected.
Track every key concept, framework, and case study across your entire book. Click any idea to see where it's introduced, where it's reinforced, and whether your argument stays consistent from the introduction to the conclusion. Your book's intellectual architecture, made visible.
Concepts, frameworks, case studies, and citations. Interconnected across every chapter.
Your research, your notes, your manuscript. One place.
Capture research notes, source references, and supporting material alongside your manuscript. Link notes to specific chapters or sections. When you need to cite something, everything is already organized and connected to where you'll use it.
Inline notes, chapter-linked research, and concept references. All searchable.
From messy first draft to publisher-ready manuscript.
Import your existing work from Google Docs, Word, or Scrivener. Reorganize, restructure, and refine. When your manuscript is ready, export to DOCX for your publisher or PDF for review. Proper formatting, chapter breaks, and front matter included.
Supports import from Google Docs, Word, and Scrivener. Exports to DOCX and PDF.
Built for the way you write.
Concept Tracking
Track key ideas, frameworks, and references across every chapter. See where each concept surfaces and whether your argument stays consistent.
Project Planner
Structure your book's argument from high-level outline to chapter detail. Move sections, track progress, see the big picture.
Sections & Outlines
Organize chapters with inline notes and outlines. Toggle between planning view and writing view.
Import & Export
Bring your research from Google Docs or Word. Export to DOCX for your publisher or PDF for review.
Smart Versioning
Track every revision. Compare drafts side by side and restore earlier versions when a rewrite doesn't work.
Quill
Quill maps the connections between your ideas so your argument holds from chapter 1 to chapter 20. It tracks and connects. It never generates text.
How Litera Compares
| Feature | Litera | Scrivener | Sudowrite | Novelcrafter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concept / story bible | ✓ Graph | Basic | ✓ | ✓ Codex |
| Concept reference tracking | ✓ Per-chapter | ✗ | Partial | ✓ |
| Character aliases | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ideas & brainstorming | ✓ | Basic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Project planning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Story timeline | ✓ | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Goal tracking & streaks | ✓ Streaks + Grace days | Targets only | ✗ | Basic |
| Version history | ✓ Auto + Quill changes | Manual snapshots | ✓ | ✓ Every 3 min |
| Works offline | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Built-in AI (Claude) | ✓ Claude | ✗ | ✓ Multi-model | BYOK |
| AI manages project data | ✓ Read + Write | ✗ | Read-only | Read-only |
| AI concept art generation | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |