From first idea tofinal chapter
The only writing tool designed for aspiring and seasoned fiction authors.
Words written in Dabble
Writing a book is challenging.
Your writing toolshouldn't be.
Your writing tool
Don't let your writing tool hold you back
Google Docs excels as a text editor but struggles with large manuscripts. Scrivener offers extensive features you don’t need and can be overwhelming. You deserve better.
Before
With Dabble
Think of Dabble as yourcreative sanctuary
Plot
Develop your characters, story arc, and setting with feature-rich plotting and notation tools. Prefer to discover the story as you write? Dive straight into writing and let the story unfold—then flesh out the plot afterwards to find holes and strengthen your story.
Because we understand the struggle of keeping track of 17 subplots, 12 character arcs, 56 clues and red herrings, and 3 distinct time periods.
Plan every twist and turn
Map out as much (or little) of your future bestseller as you want.
Know your characters inside and out
Build rich character bios and keep them close while you write.
Worldbuilding Bible
Store all your world-building details — lore, maps, history, and rules — in one organized space.
Drag-and-Drop Organization
Move chapters and scenes wherever they need to go — no copy, no paste, no mess.
Plot Labels
Tag scenes and chapters with labels so you can track themes, POV, tension, or anything else that matters.
Series & Shared Worlds
Share characters, locations, and lore across every book in your series — all from one place.
Where words flow effortlessly and distractions disappear.
A writing space built for novelists
Clean, distraction-free, and feature-rich — the Dabble editor is designed for long-form fiction writers.
Write without distractions
Block out everything but your story with a clean, focused writing space.
Daily Word Count Goals
Set a daily word count goal and watch your progress build toward a finished manuscript.
NaNoWriMo Word Tracker
Dabble's built-in NaNoWriMo integration tracks your daily word count so you can focus on writing, not spreadsheets.
Multi-Device Access
Your manuscript is waiting for you on every device — desktop, tablet, or phone.
Dark Theme
Switch to Dark Theme for a comfortable writing environment anytime, day or night.
Make every sentence sparkle and your book unputdownable.
Pin ideas right to your manuscript
Drop a sticky note anywhere in your manuscript to capture ideas, questions, and reminders.
Leave notes for future you
Add comments directly to your manuscript to flag edits, questions, and ideas as you write.
Text Highlighting
Mark up your draft with color highlights to flag revisions, track changes, or categorize content.
Advanced Checks
Catch grammar, spelling, and style issues right inside your manuscript.
Read to Me
Dabble reads your manuscript back to you so you can catch what your eyes miss.
Find and Replace
Search your entire novel for any word, phrase, or name — and replace it everywhere at once.
More features only a tool built by authors could possibly have thought of
The specialized tools you never knew you needed but now can’t live without.
Contextual Thesaurus
Co-Authoring
Live Word Counts
Duplicate Projects
Images in Manuscript & Story Notes
Export to Web, Word, & GDocs
Chapter Heading Images
Book Covers
Font Themes
Autofocus Enable/Disable
Prologues & Epilogues
Auto-Formatting
Strikethrough
Novel Subtitles
Avoid data plot twists with autosave backups
We love a good horror story, but we make sure you don’t experience one by losing your precious writing. Regular online & offline backups work double-duty to make sure you never lose a word.
Trusted by 10,000+
authors
We made it for ourselves, but it turns out others like it, too.
The live version will look much more "normal."
Adrian Snow
Reality's End
Victorine E. Lieske
Accidentally Married
Travis Starnes
The Sword of Jupiter
Tory Steel
Breaking Tradition
Mrs. Smith
Emerald Eyed Luna
Dana Isaly
As Above So Below
Marina Mahathir
The Apple and the Tree
Jaime Jo Wright
The House on Foster Hill
Pepper Basham
Loyally, Luke
Bryan Cole
Beginning of Arrogance
Don’t just take our word for it.
More than just your new favorite writing tool
A wealth of resources
Up your writing game
Fiction without thefriction
Dabble is the best app for writing a book. Here’s why writers of all genres rely on Dabble to bring their story to life:
Join us and thousands of authors who are writing their novels with Dabble.
Finally, a writing tool designed for novels
Hey! I’m Jacob, the founder of Dabble.
Back in 2010, I decided to become a writer (because that’s something people just do, right?) and started learning the craft. But as a passionate software developer, I realized existing software was too complex or were multi-purpose tools that were not what writers needed. I knew I could do better.
So I did. I combined my skills in software and design and my learning in writing to create the perfect tool for novelists.
I poured my heart and soul into building Dabble while balancing a full-time job and raising six children. After two years of hard work, Dabble was released just in time for National Novel Writing Month in 2017.
At Dabble, we believe in keeping things simple, beautiful, and effective. We’ve designed it to help you focus on what really matters: your writing. It’s hard to make something easy, which is why most software isn’t. But we put in the effort to make something you don’t have to think about to use.
Honestly, writing a good novel isn’t easy. It is a labor of love. But with the right tool, the journey is easier. More fun. And more rewarding for us and for our readers.
Starting at just $9/month
Start writing now with a 14-day free trial that includes all our premium features.
Ready to Dabble?
Take Dabble for a spin and see for yourself why thousands use Dabble to write their novels.