Versions
Rewrite without losing a word
Save a chapter before a big change, write another take beside the first, and see exactly what changed between any two, marked up the way an editor would.
Try it: this chapter against the version saved before its flashback was cut. Struck-through words were there then, tinted words are new. Take a change back or keep it from the margin.
Another take, side by side
Write a darker ending or another point of view next to the first. Only the take in the book is exported, counted and read by the story bible, and you can swap a different one in whenever you like.
Saved as you go
Save a version before a big change, named if you like. Quillier also keeps one each time you sit down to write.
Nothing is ever lost
Restoring a version saves what you had first. Deleted takes go to the trash, and every step can be undone.
Drafts you can branch
Copy the whole manuscript into a new draft before a big rewrite, and switch between drafts whenever you like.
One change at a time
Take back a single cut, or keep it, right from the margin, instead of restoring the whole chapter.
Words, not lines
Changes are marked word by word inside each paragraph, the way an editor would, and a moved paragraph shows as moved.
Side by side, or only what changed
Put the two texts next to each other, or fold away every paragraph that didn’t change.
Takes compare too
Any two takes of a chapter can be compared the same way, and either one put in the book.
Tidy on its own
Automatic versions older than a few days thin out to one a day. The ones you name stay until you delete them.
In the same file
Takes and versions are kept in the book’s .quill file, so they go wherever it goes.