Story World
The screen you land on every time you open ChapterMuse — a calm hub linking your manuscripts, cast, places, and worlds.
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Story World is the front door. Instead of a busy dashboard, you get a handful of large, cinematic cards — one for your Manuscripts, and one each for the parts of your world: Characters, Locations, Factions, Items, and Universes. Click any card to dive in; the whole screen glides into that destination.
- 1Open ChapterMuse — you arrive at Story World automatically.
- 2Click Manuscripts to open your Bookshelf and start writing.
- 3Click Characters, Locations, Factions, or Items to build your world.
- 4Use the app menu at top-left to move between areas; your avatar at top-right holds account and appearance controls.
What Lives Here
- Manuscripts — your Bookshelf of every book
- Characters, Locations, Factions, Items — your Story World libraries, each with a live count
- Universes — the Folio view of your continuities
- Research — your binder of reference files, and Gallery — every image in your world
- Settings and Licence — manage the app and your tier
- A link to the Writers Corner community forum, where supported web links show preview cards in posts, replies, profile activity and open discussions
- Community search on desktop and mobile searches top-level posts and replies at every depth, including their full text. Search #tags to find tagged posts and hashtags written in replies. Results use the same cards and actions as the feed; selecting a reply opens that reply with its conversation above it. Results update as you type, with separate Posts and Writers tabs and more posts loading as you scroll. Writer search includes your own profile and accepts names, usernames and @usernames.
- Community profiles have Posts and Replies tabs on desktop and mobile. Edit your profile to update your photos, bio, country and links.
- Reply cards show their room or circle icon and name in desktop and mobile feeds, including group feeds with replies enabled.
- Desktop posts and replies share the same layout across search, feeds, profiles and conversations. Click anywhere on a card to open it; profile names, links and action buttons work independently: author details above, a three-dot options menu at the top right, and reply, like, bookmark and share actions below.
- Choose GIF in a post or reply composer to search KLIPY or browse reaction shortcuts. Add one GIF alongside your text, or send a GIF-only reply. Preview, replace or remove it before publishing. GIFs display in conversations, feeds, profiles and notifications, and load directly from KLIPY.
- On mobile, the post and reply toolbar highlights active formatting. Tap bold, italic or underline before typing, or apply them to selected text; tap again to switch them off. Links use your selected text, or insert the URL at the cursor.
- Reply recipients are notified automatically when you publish on desktop or mobile. You do not need to search for the writer or add their @mention to your reply.
- Notifications show the post or reply content. Likes on the same post or reply combine into one entry with recent avatars and a total; new likes bring that entry to the top. Follows open the writer profile, and the unread badge counts grouped entries on desktop and mobile.
- Reply notifications open at the relevant reply. On desktop and mobile, the exact reply opens directly, without scrolling past other posts. You can scroll up through its conversation context and tap the original post or an earlier reply to open that conversation; Back keeps your place in the previous list or conversation.
- Reply counts on desktop and mobile show direct, non-deleted replies to that post or reply. Replies further down the conversation belong to their immediate parent and do not increase the original post’s count.
- Bookmark posts or individual replies in Writers Corner on desktop or mobile. Your private Saved view keeps both together, and saved replies reopen with their conversation context. Sign in to save; bookmarks sync through your account.
- On desktop and mobile, moderators have a shield and Moderator label, and licence holders have a coloured check beside their forum name: sage for Light (Writer badge), slate blue for Writer (Novelist badge), and orange for Studio (Author badge). The badge follows the licence for the newest major version you own; trials do not receive one.
The Account Menu
Your avatar, top-right, keeps personal controls together: who you're signed in as, appearance, Credits, Settings, and Sign out. Navigation lives in the app menu at top-left, where it stays consistently available without being repeated in the account menu.
Counts on each card update live. Create a character in a book and you'll see the Characters count tick up the next time you glance at Story World.