Never lose the thread.
Anansi Drafts is a writing app for novels and fanfic. Your chapters, characters, places and notes live in one Project, tied to each other.
Start your storyFree early access through November 30.
All the string, none of the pins.
Draw the ties between your people and places. Click a name and its ties light up.
Every chapter knows its cast.
The characters, places and plotlines in a chapter sit beside its title.
Write in the margins.
Select a few words, add a note, and it stays beside them.
Every plotline, chapter by chapter.
The Plot view runs your plotlines across the chapters as one table. A plotline that goes quiet shows as a gap.
Cut it. You can have it back.
Anansi Drafts keeps every change by the day. Pick one and restore it.
Pick up mid‑sentence.
Anansi Drafts opens where you stopped, with the cursor in place.
In the old tales, Anansi kept every story. Now it can keep yours.
Your writing is yours.
Export your manuscript as Word, PDF or plain text whenever you like. We don't train AI on your writing, and we never sell or share it.
Questions
What is early access?
Anansi Drafts is free from November 1 to November 30, 2026, while we finish it. Every feature is open. Tell us what breaks and we'll fix it.
What happens on December 1?
Early access ends and Cloud plans begin, billed monthly or yearly. We'll email you before then. Whatever you choose, you can export everything you wrote.
Can I take my writing with me?
Yes, at any time. Export a manuscript as a Word document, a PDF or plain text.
Does Anansi Drafts use AI?
No. It has no AI features, and we don't train AI on your writing.
Is there a desktop or phone app?
Not yet. Anansi Drafts runs in the web browser on your computer. Desktop and phone apps come later.