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Side by Side Documents in Split View

One of the elements that I love about Scrivener that I wish Sudowrite could incorporate is the ability to have split screens open so I can write/edit things in one document, while simultaneously looking at a second document next to it so I can refer to it while writing my stuff in the first document. I hate having to scroll back and forth across Scrivener whenever I need to refer to something in a worldbuilding card/character card when doing brainstorming in an unrelated document, working on the outline, writing my chapter, etc. If I could have side by side split screens so I could avoid doing this, it would make things so much easier for me!

Totoro939 2 days ago

💡 Feature Request

Location of 'New' documents

One of the most annoying things about SudoWriter is that “New Documents” are placed waaaaaaay down at the bottom of the TOC rather than just under the current highlighted title. This is particularly irritating if the ‘New document’ belongs somewhere toward the top of the list. Drag-and-Drop can be messy when there are many titles.

- AtaraxiA 2 days ago

💡 Feature Request

Inserting pictures

Something that is missing in Sudowrite is the option to insert a picture (for your own use or even for the AI to read it). Uploading the cover is one thing, but sometimes a picture gives context which is vital for the story. A map, a layout of a place, a character - all these things could be communicated to Sudowrite’s AI through an image created by the writer. I think it is a vital addition if you want to take Sudowrite to the next level.

Afrodite Konstantinidou 20 days ago

3

💡 Feature Request

Ability to SORT chapter titles

I'm writing an epistolary novel, which is a series of dated journal entries, etc. I will have well over 100 ‘chapters’, each one a dated journal entry. Managing the left, ‘Table of Contents’ (TOC) frame becomes challenging with this many titles. Each one of my chapter titles is prefixed with a date/time stamp in this format: yy.ddmm-HHMM plus some words. (E.g. ‘26.0504-0947 I Lose My Hat’, which refers to May 4, 2019 at 9:47am) This format lends itself to sorting very nicely. ‘Chapter #’ designations are useless. My story is based on journal entry dates. The TOC becomes my timeline management tool. By adding or changing A title datestamp, I can easily move journal entries to chronological positions. If I SudoWriter could (optionally) sort the TOC titles, any datestamped title name changes would be automatically moved to the proper, new position in the TOC. With hundreds of titles this would be immensely helpful. One of the most annoying things about SudoWriter is that “New Documents” are placed waaaaaaay down at the bottom of the TOC rather than just under the current highlighted title.

- AtaraxiA 2 days ago

💡 Feature Request

Recognise LanguageTool Spell Checker in SW main editor -- quick fix

It’s hard to believe that a story processor that is as good as SudoWrite does not have even a rudimentary spell checker! WTF? I have the Language Tool spell/grammar checker (free version) extension for my browser (Firefox) which works just fine for _everything_except_ the SudoWrite main editor for some strange reason. (It’s even working here in this reply box.) Why not in the SW editor? That could be a quick fix !!

- AtaraxiA 5 days ago

1

💡 Feature Request

Skill Leveling

HI! I think Suduwrite is a great tool for people who want to write, people who do write and for people who are learning to write. However, I think that the level of skill differs from person to person, so I think the level of creative freedom for the AI should also vary. I am a writer, I generally use Sudo because sometimes it's hard for me to articulate my ideas cohesively. A few times I’ve gotten frustrated with generations. For example, I basically tell every single conversation/dialogue, interaction, setting, emotions of the characters in the outline summary of a chapter. When I click generate scenes, I expect, especially since the scenes are how the story is being told, for the scenes to be more detailed if not as detailed and not generalized or generic. However, I have to edit heavily and put back specific details that I already shared in the chapter outline summary section. I understand that there are people who have Sudo create the story for them, but I am an author who brings my already concepted WIPS here and I was just hoping that there could be something to aid in that? I don’t know if I am explaining this correctly. But I’ll post anyway, just in case someone understands what I mean. Thank you XOXO

Lexi M. 26 days ago

2

💡 Feature Request

Have the chat bot be right so it doesn't waste your tokens.

Showed it my outline. Asked it if I needed to do anything special to have the prose writer pick out the scenes in my outline. It said, 'No, my outline looked great, and the prose writer would easily tell my scenes apart from the bold caps header.’ Prose writer ignores my outline, starts writing scenes entrirely after events in the chapter and costs me 5600 credits. When asked why this happened bot says scenes must be designated in the outline in a very specific way. ;(

Anonymous author 15 days ago

💡 Feature Request

Import Report Refresh

The initial import report is incredibly useful—especially when bringing in a more developed project (for example, a 60,000-word manuscript). It provides editor-level, big-picture feedback that’s both clear and actionable. The challenge is that once you begin revising within Sudowrite, there’s no way to regenerate that same level of analysis without re-importing the manuscript. A “refresh” option for the import report would make a big difference. Since the report highlights issues like POV slips, slow chapters, and repetitive phrasing, being able to update that feedback as the draft evolves would turn it into a much more powerful tool.

Anonymous author 15 days ago

💡 Feature Request

I am a new subscriber, professional ghostwriter, editor, and member of the White House Press Corps. I use Sudowrite and other GAI products regularly. When editing and writing fiction, I refer regularly to what I call basic "Fiction Writers' Principles." The Principles have acronyms for easy reference and application when using your AI chat/write feature. I use them on other platforms as well. They are not all original, although some are. It would be helpful to have a place on the platform for the AI to reference them, something like the Story Bible for character ID. Storing them would allow additions, amendments, and applications for authors and your AI chatbot to reference and apply by prompting it: "Apply the Fiction Writing principles to this scene..." Love your feedback.

Anonymous author about 20 hours ago

1

💡 Feature Request

Credit Refunds

I suggest that you provide some way for users to recover wasted credits due to issues with the app. As you are aware, even when a writer provides clear directions via the story bible and scene descriptions the draft will sometimes go off on its own. I’ve had this happen where adjustments in the creativity level or a change in the AI is necessary. When I’ve done everything correct but the app doesn’t follow directions resulting in the use of additional credits for write attempts, there should be a way to receive at least a partial credit refund. .

Karen Johnson-Will about 1 month ago

1

🗳️ Feedback

Cumbersome and Non-Integrated

This system is very cumbersome compared to other AI options. I had the whole idea of my book already built out, plugged it into the chat, and the chat built the outline chapter by chapter, but none of that transfers into the project chapter list. Seems like I am working with two different people who don’t talk to each other. It also wastes credits trying to figure out how to do what I already have ready to go

Charles Cain 2 days ago

💡 Feature Request

Scope creep prevention?

This is primarily for Claude, which I use most. This is something that’s been pretty constant since I’ve started using Sudowrite, from Beats to Scenes. I know it’s partially related to now creative the LLM is, but wondering if anything can be done on Sudowrite’s end. I call it “scope creep" when the LLM continues to elaborate beyond the scope of what you specify in a scene. Sometimes this is helpful for creative inspiration, other times it’s unfortunately a starting point for the LLM to veer off on a wasting-tokens fest that gets the story nowhere. I know it’s customary to break scenes on a location switch and when one doesn’t abide by this, the LLM may “jump ahead” and start writing bits of Scene B in Scene A. But realistically in fiction, you can have more than one scene in one location. Yes, you can have a double-long scene, but I have noticed that the more you cram in one scene, the less prose gets generated by the LLM. It condenses, omits, details, etc. This, by the way, is why I don’t often let the LLM summarize or rewrite scenes —- they get decimated, the details lost. It would be great to have a feature that enforced “scene separation” that you could toggle on or off.

Anonymous author 3 days ago

💡 Feature Request

Refunds for when the AI screws it up

There should be some kind of refund system for when you generate a scene, and the AI completely goes off on its own and rewrites what you told it in the Draft, completely messing up the scene. I use Muse, and tell it exactly how I want the scene to play out. But when I hit Generate, sometimes it just goes off and does its own thing, almost completely ignoring what I told it to do, completely screwing up the scene as I wanted it. And all of a sudden, I am out 20,000 credits on a scene that completely bungled what I told Muse to write. It is bloody frustrating. Sudowrite should offer some kind of system that lets you get your credits back so you can do-over the scene that Muse completely screwed up.

Micah Woodward 18 days ago

💡 Feature Request