Dabble

Understanding the right-hand navigation menu.

The Right-Hand Nav Menu

Understanding the left-hand navigation menu.

The Left-Hand Nav Menu

How Dabble helps you focus on your story.

Focus Features

How to name your book (or change its name).

How To Name Your Book

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How to plot, write, and edit your novel using Dabble

Writing Your Novel

How to add a prologue, epilogue, forward, afterward or other non-chapter to your novel.

Add a Prologue

Many epic novels feature Parts which separate key events in the story. Here’s how to write different Parts in Dabble.

Adding Parts to Your Book

Adding Images

Adding Characters and Casts

Adding Items

The Right Toolbar gives you control over your manuscript view and quick access to important information.

Using the Right Toolbar

Using the Pop-Up Menu for editing and markup.

How to use the Pop-Up Menu

Duplicate Projects

In Dabble, you can split and merge scenes and chapters, giving you more control over the organization of your manuscript.

How to Split and Merge Scenes and Chapters

How Dabble helps you organize your manuscript and story notes.

Organizing Your Story

How you can rearrange the elements of your story using drag and drop.

Drag and Drop

Organizing Story

Plot your best-selling story using Dabble's one-of-a-kind plotting tool called the Plot Grid.

Exploring Dabble’s Plot Grid

Plotting

Dabble’s Story Notes section is the best place to store all your untidy, unruly, unorganized thoughts and feelings about your book.

Organizing the Story Notes

Story Notes

Work on a project with others using Dabble's Co-Authoring feature.

Co-Authoring in Dabble

Collaboration

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