Creating your first project

Start a new project#

1. On the welcome screen, click New Project. (From inside another project, use File → New Project, ⌘⇧N / Ctrl+Shift+N.)
2. Give the project a name.
3. Choose where on your disk to save it, and confirm.

Verkilo creates a single .verk file at that location. Everything — your manuscript, your Series Bible, your snapshots — lives inside it, which makes the project easy to back up, move, or sync with your own tools.

Add a book#

1. Go to Go → Books (⌘1 / Ctrl+1).
2. Click New Book in the top right.
3. The book is created as “New Book” and opens straight away.
4. To rename it, return to Books and click the Book settings button on the book’s card. Title, author, ISBN, and the copyright details your exports use all live there.

A project can hold as many books as your series needs — see Books and sections.

Add your first section#

Sections are the scenes and chapters you actually write in.

1. With the book open, right-click in the navigator on the left and choose Add New Section.
2. A section named “New Section” appears there.
3. Double-click its name to rename it, type the real title, and press Enter.

Write your opening scene#

1. Click the section in the navigator to open it in the editor.
2. Start typing. There’s no save button — Verkilo writes to disk as you go.
3. Right-click in the navigator again when you’re ready for the next scene.

Where to next#

• Tour the interface in The Verkilo workspace.
• Learn the writing surface in The editor.
• Start tracking who’s who in the Series Bible.