Scribeist has evolved from a blog and research tool into a complete writing platform. We've added two new workspaces: Novel (with character tracking, timelines, and world-building for writers) and General (distraction-free notes). The original Blog workspace now includes enhanced SEO tools and readability metrics. All three workspaces feature project-specific organizational tools, research tools and optional AI writing assistance that is made to understand your selected workspace.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I'm Tanner, the Founder and Builder of Scribeist. I'm relaunching Scribeist today after completely rebuilding it from the ground up.
What started as a blog writing tool is now a full writing platform with three specialized workspaces (and more to come):
📖 Novel - Character databases, timelines, visual canvases, and world-building for novelists
✍️ Blog - SEO optimization, readability tools, blog generation, research tools and publishing for content creators
📝 General - Distraction-free space for notes, todo-lists and everyday writing
Each workspace gives you an AI that understand that specific workspace and exactly the tools you need for that type of project - no clutter, no switching between apps.
I built this because I was tired of juggling Scrivener, Google Docs, ChatGPT, and various planning tools just to write. Scribeist brings it all together.
Happy to answer any questions! 🚀
Not having a good experience so far, unfortunately. I clicked to start my free trial but I couldn't upload anything into import that was over 512 KB. I have one 80,000-word document in .txt format, and it's too large. I thought maybe it wasn't aware I should be on the free trial getting full access for 7 days, so I went ahead and hit upgrade, and it charged me $8, which would have been fine, but I still can't upload more than 512 KB. I'd like to explore the tool in full detail, but these glitches and limitations are already costing me, and I likely won't renew unless something changes.
Congratulations on the new launch! I’ve always wanted to write a book) Science fiction, actually — I even have an idea. Maybe the development of tools like these will push me to finally do it someday!
The workspace separation is a smart design choice. Every all-in-one writing tool eventually becomes a mess because blog writing and novel writing have completely different mental models. Having dedicated tools for each but under one roof avoids the "I need 5 apps" problem.
The blog workspace with SEO + readability scores is what would get me - currently juggling between my writing app and separate SEO checkers. Does the AI adapt its suggestions based on which workspace you're in? Like more creative suggestions in Novel vs. more structured in Blog?
Congrats on the relaunch! Splitting writing into purpose-built workspaces instead of a one-size-fits-all editor makes a lot of sense. How do the AI behaviors differ across the Novel, Blog, and General workspaces, especially in terms of context awareness and guardrails so each one supports the right kind of creative flow without bleeding into the others?
Hey @tannerbjorgan Congrats on your relaunch. I remember an old tool I had, maybe 10 years ago for writing my novels. I think they stopped supporting it...or I stopped writing, but I hadn't thought about it in years. You just brought be back into that brain space with so much joy that I'm about to crack out some blog posts with this.
The two main features you have, the folder like organization and the distraction free space are really well executed.
Cool product, I also adore your website - nice illustrations!
What's your audience? I see that there is no workspace differentiation in the pricing, so it means you target people who write both novels and blogs?
Seems cool. Any plans for use in medical industry, for example helping write outpatient clinic letters?
Really like how Scribeist gives long-form writers dedicated workspaces for novels, blogs, and everyday notes so you can focus on the story instead of juggling a dozen tools.
