Allow writers to customise the colour theme of the projects themselves. And have the option to have different themes for different projects, depending on the mood or the authors preference.

The "Resume writing" feature works great if you're outside of a specific project like in analytics or habit tracking. It's not as useful when you're in the project going between sections since it links to the section you are currently in. It would be great if the link was to the last section you were in that isn't currently open instead.

I would love the ability to drag and drop or upload images directly into the Planning section of my projects.

I rely heavily on visual references to build my worlds and characters. Being able to pin visual inspiration directly into my project planning would be a huge help for visualizing my work.

Thank you for considering this addition!

I would very much like to have a optional VIM-Mode to use VIM keybindings while writing in novlr. Would make writing and especially editing much easier for me.

I would like to be able to quickly capture planning cards. Instead of them fully opening up I would like to be able to click create new and it let me add the title (at least) and maybe a description, without having to open. Then upon clicking enter one closes the editor, and then clicking enter again creates another card. An example of this would be how scrivener works with their cards.

Hi, I have a feature proposal for Author Websites. It would be great if the links in the books had the property “target=_blank”; so that the link opens in a new tab.

Some of my writing requires formatting that I can only do in Google Docs, so I draft those sections there and paste the finished text into my Novlr manuscript. The problem is Novlr doesn't count pasted text toward my word count. This means my daily/session goals don't reflect the 500-1,000+ words I've actually added, which makes it hard to track progress accurately and stay motivated.

It would be great if Novlr recalculated the word count whenever text is pasted in, so goal tracking stays accurate regardless of how the words were added.

Novlr Sites doesn't currently have a dark mode. Some users would like to see their selection in Studio carry over to Sites as well.

Something like cmd+arrow right to go to the next section

In the Planning section, I would like if the full title of the note was visible on the card.

I want to be able to easily view my outline, plot, and character beats in one place. Adding text wrapping would help me do that.

I would like to be able to group my notes section. So I can see all characters and have them grouped by the stories they are in. (Characters in multiple stories would show up in each of the groups it belongs to). Characters without a story (abandoned characters) would be in a no project section.

The same would happen for the other note options.

Also sorting would be helpful too, especially in the interim to getting the grouping option.

I would like to be able to add my project to collections when creating the project. Right now you can add the title and type and then it automatically opens the project. However, when coming over from other writing applications I would like to be able to add to collections, tags, status, etc. easily without needing to open the project.

Improve the notebook by making it easier to browse a large collection of notes, both in the note book and on the right pane next to a manuscript. The proposed UI returns a folder-like structure to the UI while still supporting tags.

Three-pane notebook view

Persistent left sidebar with categories and tags replaces the filter pop-over; one click filters, counts show at a glance, and active filters appear as removable chips.
"Hide planning" becomes a greyed-out Planning entry rather than a checkbox in a menu.
Cards become compact rows (title, meta, tags), roughly tripling notes per screen.
Notes group under collapsible category headers, mirroring the old folder tree.
A reading pane shows the selected note in full; arrow keys move selection, so browsing needs no clicks.
Density toggle keeps the card view available as an option.

Right pane (manuscript view)

Filter pop-over removed; the pane top shrinks to a tab bar, a slim toolbar (search, sort, tag filter, collapse-all) and a status row that appears only when a filter is active.
Collapsible category headers with coloured dots and counts handle category filtering and browsing; collapse-all reduces 100 notes to seven lines.
Single-line rows (title, optional preview, tag, age) replace multi-line cards; word count drops to hover.
Tags chosen via a small picker show as removable chips, so active filters are always visible.
Full-width "Create Note" button becomes a plus icon in the tab bar, freeing height for more rows.
Planning-hidden shown as a quiet toggle in the status row.

I'm always working in evening mode and find the chapter highlight to be too subtle in daylight and virtually invisible at night. It would be great if the contrast could be improved as I'm currently editing and having to scroll up to the title to remind myself which chapter I'm in.
[Screenshot note - currently in chapter 5]

As I use export for daily backups it would be helpful if the modal remembered my last used settings, I'm every day selecting and toggling things on and off :(

It would be really nice and helpful if the subscriptions included a read back function. Even if it was a crappy AI voice it would be really helpful for reviewing chapters before writing again!

I would love to be able to see my pace and word counts done in sprints to be a separate analytic data set. See if I keep the same pace or if it changes.

when you start a new paragraph or after a full stop, it'd be very much appreciated if the first letter would be automatically in capital letter.

When sharing Snippets (or otherwise), paid subscribers should have the option to remove app attributions. This is a natural expectation in most apps.

It would be nice to add colours to the chapters in the sidebar. This would be helpful to colour-code which POV each chapter is, or to mark the status of chapters as I write (e.g. if it's finished vs. if I still need to go back and clean it up during this pass of a draft).

A type tag in notes for "feedback" would be helpful. When I get feedback on my writing, I like to keep it in notes. Being able to tag it as such, would be helpful.

Since the new changes it's been harder to set up word count tracking goals. I miss the way it was before. Being able to set a daily word count goal and a monthly word count goal. Also the formatting change was jarring. The spacing between lines, the font, it all looks different. Could you please add an option in settings to be able to put it back to the way it was? Also, the spell check is really great to have, but it would be nice to have an option to turn it off. The red lines popping up when I'm in an intense writing session throws me out of my thought train. I'd rather turn it off while writing, and then turn it back on at the end so I can go clean up my mistakes.

I wish the projects dashboard had a way to organize things into folders. I have a lot of projects but I wish there was a better way to hide the ones I am not currently working on. The tag system is nice but I would rather be able to put things in folders that represent certain worlds or genres! I want this on top of the tag system.

At the moment I'm using the Substack logo to link to my Ecosend newsletter, the Website logo to link to my RSS feed, and the Goodreads logo to link to my shop. It works, but it's a little embarrassing!

It would be great if the blogs had an RSS feed, so readers could subscribe!