Home screen

How can you keep your story in one place? With Fortelling, you can quickly access, create, and edit all story elements from the home screen.

Your project home screen in Fortelling is your command center, designed to give you instant access to your storytelling tools and resources. The layout differs slightly between mobile and desktop versions, tailored to optimize your creative workflow on each device.

Mobile layout

On mobile, the project home screen features two intuitive tabs to streamline your creative process: Worldbuilding and Writing.

Worldbuilding tab

Pro tip: Mark an item as a favorite to highlight it on your home screen.

The Worldbuilding tab contains all your essential world-building tools and story elements: Characters, Locations, Species, etc.

At the top of this tab is a Recent Overview section, which shows elements you've recently opened, created, or edited. Prefer a cleaner view? You can easily hide this section in the app settings.

Writing tab

Pro tip: Prefer the Writing tab as your default view? You can swap the order of the tabs in the app settings!

The Writing tab organizes your project content based on your books. If there are books, a horizontal scroll at the top allows you to quickly switch between books. Selecting a book updates everything displayed below, including:

• Synopsis: A brief overview of your book's plot.

• Outline: Structured overview of chapters and scenes. Learn more.

• Statistics: Detailed stats about your writing progress.

Below these sections is a clearly organized list of chapters.

Desktop layout

On the desktop, Fortelling offers a spacious and detailed overview, optimized for deeper workflow:

1. Search and stats

At the top of the home screen:

• Big Search Bar: Quickly locate specific content.

• Basic Statistics: Includes your writing streak, total words written, and overall writing progress.

2. Recent chapters

Below the search and stats is a section highlighting your most recently opened chapters, making it easy to pick up exactly where you left off.

3. Recent story elements

Underneath this list of recent chapters, your recent story elements are showing. You can switch between recently opened, created, or edited elements. This organized layout allows you immediate access to all your project components.

Customization options

Customization is one of the core values of Fortelling. We want you to be in control of how you work. Fortelling is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

Layout themes

Themes and fonts & Custom themes

You can also customize your layout. Fortelling lets you change fonts and layout colors. You can choose from a variety of themes or create your own!

Adjust the colors to match the mood of your story.

Categories and tools

You can personalize your homescreen by adding your own categories and tools. Follow the steps below:

Create/edit a new category

Mobile

1. Open your project

2. Open the context menu at the top right (3 vert dots)

3. Open the settings

4. Select Tools

Edit: Tap on a header

Create: Select the big yellow add (+) button

Web

1. Open your project

2. Open the settings

3. Select Tools

Edit: Tap on a header

Create: Select the big yellow add (+) button

Hide a default tool

1. Open your project settings

2. Go to tools

3. Select the tool you wish to hide

4. Tap the delete button

Restore a default tool

1. Open your project settings

2. Go to tools

3. Tap on the eye icon

4. Select the tool you wish to restore

5. Select a category to which you wish to restore the tool.

Organizing books and chapters

Need help organizing or reordering books and chapters? Check out the detailed Books & Chapters guide for additional tips and instructions. Learn more.