Field notes from inside the loom.
Writing about the craft of writing software, the craft of writing books, and the corners where they meet. Roughly one post a fortnight.
WriteLoom vs Reedsy: a workspace versus a freelancer marketplace
Reedsy is several products in one: a curated marketplace of vetted publishing freelancers, a free writing tool, a reviewer-matching service, courses, and a popular blog. WriteLoom is an eight-studio workspace where you do the work yourself with AI assistance. Here's where each fits.
Read postWriteLoom vs BookFunnel: a creation workspace and a delivery service
BookFunnel is the dominant book-delivery service for indie authors. WriteLoom is the workspace where you write the book in the first place. They're complementary, not competing, and most indie authors will want both. A clear look at where each one starts and stops.
Read postWriteLoom vs Atticus: a formatter versus an eight-studio workspace
Atticus is the writing + formatting tool from Dave Chesson, one-time price, strong interior layout templates, cross-platform. WriteLoom is an eight-studio workspace covering Plan through Market. A fair comparison of formatting depth versus workflow breadth.
Read postWriteLoom vs Scrivener: the legendary writing tool vs an eight-studio workspace
Scrivener is the legendary one-time-license writing app: twenty years of refinement, no AI, no cloud. WriteLoom is a subscription web workspace covering eight studios. A respectful comparison of two very different bets on what writing software should be.
Read postWriteLoom vs Novelcrafter: same philosophy, different scope
Novelcrafter is the closest spiritual cousin to WriteLoom: both are writers' workspaces with project-level memory and AI as helper. A fair comparison of scene editors, the Codex vs Plan studio, BYO-API-key vs flat-fee AI, and the six studios Novelcrafter doesn't have.
Read postWriteLoom vs Sudowrite: the difference between an AI writing tool and a writing workspace
Sudowrite is a polished AI writing assistant for drafting fiction. WriteLoom is an eight-studio workspace that covers the whole arc. A fair comparison of generation depth versus workflow breadth, what each does well, and how to pick.
Read postWriteLoom vs Spines: two different bets on what writers need
Both platforms promise to help you get a book into the world, but they're making different bets about what writers actually need. A fair walk through what Spines does well, what you give up with a service model, and why WriteLoom is built as a workspace instead.
Read postWhy we built the four-panel project
When the same project holds the synopsis, the cover, the comp set, and the reviewer list, every tool starts to know your book. Here's the design thinking behind WriteLoom's four panels.
Read postHow we tune the line editor to keep your voice
A look at the prompts, the comparison harness, and the eval set we use to make sure the line editor critiques voice without rewriting it.
Read postRewriting agent search from scratch
Why scraped agent databases keep going stale, and how we built a fresher source-of-truth for what an agent actually represents this season.
Read postThe art of picking five good comps
Comp titles aren't a checklist exercise, they're a positioning statement. A short field guide to choosing comps that help your book without lying about it.
Read postWhat "no training on your work" actually means
The phrase appears on a lot of homepages and usually doesn't survive the fine print. Here's exactly how WriteLoom routes, and stores, your manuscript.
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