Overview

What is Sudowrite?

• Help you get unstuck and stay inspired

• Keep you organized and help you maintain momentum

• Speed up your process so you can focus on the parts of it you love

• Put you in the creative driver's seat

Getting Started

Installation & Login

1. Download the App
• Available on the iOS App Store
• Available on the Google Play Store for Android

2. First-Time Login
• Open the app after installation
• Enter the email address associated with your existing Sudowrite account, or create a new account
• You’ll receive a magic link via email
• Tap that magic link and you’ll be logged into the app

3. Account Access
• Mobile app access is included with your Sudowrite subscription—credits are shared between devices as long as you’re logged into the same account
• If you’re creating a new Sudowrite account for use with the app, you’ll receive a limited number of free trial credits
• All Projects and Documents sync automatically between the web and mobile apps

Important Note on Syncing

• Wait 1-2 minutes for automatic sync

• Or tap the + button at the bottom → Refresh to manually sync

Mobile vs. Web App

Philosophy

Feature Differences

• Full suite of features, including Story Bible’s generation tools

• 4-5 different paths to accomplish most tasks

• Access to the entire Plugins ecosystem

• Document History and (Project and Document) Trash access

• Streamlined, simplified interface

• Typically 2 ways to accomplish tasks (use the feature or ask chat)

• Four core features: Write, Rewrite, Chat, and Smart Dictation

• Story Bible access—generations limited to the Chat workflow

• No Trash or Document History access (must use web to recover deleted items)

The Mobile App’s Core Features

Smart Dictation

How to Use Smart Dictation

1. Tap the sparkly microphone icon in the bottom right corner of the screen

2. Speak your content

3. Tap stop when finished

4. The app will process and format your dictation, displaying it in a popup when done

1. Place your cursor where you want to insert text

2. Tap the sparkly microphone in the toolbar above the keyboard

3. Speak your content

4. The formatted text will be inserted at your cursor position

Smart Dictation Features

• Intelligent Formatting: Automatically adds punctuation and proper dialogue formatting

• Context Awareness: Recognizes character names from your story

• History: All dictations are saved until deleted in your Smart Dictations menu

• Time Limit: Up to 5 minutes per dictation

Enhanced Dictations

1. Access Smart Dictations from the left menu

2. Select any dictation

3. Tap the Enhanced toggle up top

4. The app will expand your dictation into a more developed and narratively complete bit of prose. (The end result may be 10x the word count!)

• Tap the Send To button (document with arrow symbol) at the bottom

• Choose Create New Project or Add to Existing Project

• Select your destination project

• The dictation is added as a new document

Viewing Your Dictations

• Swipe from the left edge or tap the hamburger menu (three lines)

• Tap Smart Dictations

• View details: timestamp, duration, word count

• See both Original and Enhanced versions

• Copy, delete, or send to projects

Write

How to Use Write

1. Place your cursor at the point where you want to continue

2. Tap the Write button (the feather quill icon, second in the toolbar above your keyboard)

3. Choose your approach:
• Auto Mode: Just tap Generate immediately for automatic continuation
• Guided Mode: Type what you think should happen next, then tap Generate

Working with Results

• Generated text appears as a hovering card

• Insert: Add the text to your document (appears in purple initially)

• Copy: Copy to clipboard without inserting

• Dismiss: Discard the result

Rewrite

How to Use Rewrite

1. Select the text you want to improve

2. Tap the Rewrite button (cursive lowercase "a" with star, third in the toolbar)

3. Choose from preset options:
• Make it shorter
• Make it more descriptive
• Show, don't tell
• And more...

4. Or select Custom to write your own instructions

5. Tap Generate

6. Insert to replace the original text or Dismiss to cancel

Chat

Accessing Chat

1. Open any document in your project

2. Tap the speech bubble icon at the bottom (between Story Bible and Smart Dictation icons)

3. Select your agent

What Chat Can Do

• List, retrieve, and read documents

• Create new documents

• Insert content into existing documents

• Read and update Story Bible

• Generate characters

• Update character details

• Add custom traits

• Read current outline

• Create chapter summaries

• Add new chapters to outline

• Revise existing outline entries

• Create and manage world building entries

• Update locations, magic systems, etc.

• Character arc development

• Find repetitive phrases

• Eliminate head-hopping

• Workshop scenes

• General writing advice

How to Use Chat

1. Either tap the sparkle mic to Smart Dictate your request in the chat field or type it manually

2. Send your message

3. The agent will read your project context and respond

4. The agent can automatically make changes to your project (create characters, add to outline, etc.) as requested

Chat Management

• Each project has its own separate chat thread with each agent

• You can one chat with each agent concurrently, per project

• Chat threads don't cross between agents

1. Tap the three dots in the upper right

2. Select Clear Chat

3. This resets the agent's context for a fresh start

Example Chat Workflows

You: "Can you create a mentor character for Cavendish and add it to my Story Bible?"
Agent: [Creates character card in Story Bible with full details and confirms it's been added]

You: "I need a chapter summary for chapter 4. They arrive at the bean farm under cover of night and begin investigating. The chapter ends with Barbara falling down a cavern."
Agent: [Drafts summary and offers to add it to your outline]
You: "Yes, add it"
Agent: [Confirms chapter 4 added to outline]

Project Organization

Home Screen Layout

• Projects: Items with a book/binding icon

• Standard Folders: Folder icons

• Series Folders: Folders with series designation

Navigation

• Tap to open a project or folder

• Swipe from left to navigate out of a project or folder

• Long hold on a project to see options (move to folder, duplicate, delete)

Creating New Items

• New Project: Create a fresh project

• New Folder: Organize your projects

• Refresh: Manually sync with web app

Series Support

• Series folders appear with a Series designation

• You can write in Series projects

• You cannot create new Series folders on mobile

• You cannot change the canonical timeline or sequence of books for an existing Series

• Full series management currently requires the web app

Deleting Items

• Deleted projects and documents go to the trash

• To recover deleted items, log in to the web app

• Access the project trash in your Settings Gear in the upper right, or document trash via the respective project’s lower left Trash buttont

Document Features

Opening & Editing Documents

1. Tap a project to see its document list

2. Tap any document to open it

3. Place cursor and begin typing or use AI tools

Formatting Toolbar

• AI Features: Smart Dictation, Write, Rewrite buttons

• Rich formatting options, such as Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, Font Size

• Word Count (tap the "W" icon)

• Find (tap "?" icon to search within document)

Visual Elements

• Images from Visualize: Images created on the web app display beautifully on mobile

• Note: You cannot create new Visualize images on mobile (web-only feature)

Story Bible

Accessing Story Bible

What You Can Do

• View all sections of Story Bible

• Edit any Story Bible information

• Access and edit Characters, including full character cards

• View and edit Worldbuilding elements

• Add new custom Traits to Characters and Worldbuilding elements

• Generate new characters

• Generate Synopsis from brain dump

• Generate Worldbuilding elements

Creating Story Bible Elements Manually

1. Open Story Bible

2. Navigate to the relevant section (Characters, Outline, etc.)

3. Tap the + button to add new entries

4. Fill in details manually

Settings & Support

Accessing App Settings

Settings Options

• Account Information: Name, email, subscription details

• Credit Balance: Current available credits

• Recent Activity: Features used and their credit costs
• Tap any activity to copy its Activity ID (useful for bug reports)

• Editor Settings: Customize your editing experience

Getting Help

• Help Docs: Access documentation

• Report a Bug: Submit technical issues (include screenshots when possible)

• Email Support: Contact the support team directly

• Join Discord: Connect with the community (#mobile channel)

Multiple Accounts

1. Open the left menu

2. Scroll to bottom and tap Sign Out

3. Enter different email address

4. Tap magic link to log in to different account

Tips & Best Practices

Updating the App

• Updates release 2-3 times per week

• Always install the latest version for bug fixes and improvements

• Check your app store regularly for updates

Maintaining Workflow

• Capturing ideas on the go

• Voice dictation while walking or commuting

• Quick edits and additions

• Accessing Story Bible for reference

• Using Chat for brainstorming

• Complex Story Bible generation

• Series management

• Multiple ways to accomplish tasks

• Accessing deleted items in trash

• Using full suite of tools

Dictation Tips

• Keep individual dictations under 5 minutes

• The app will warn you as you approach the time limit

• Consider breaking longer ideas into multiple dictations

• Use enhancements to expand short dictations into full prose

Working with Agents

• Choose an agent based on the personality you prefer

• Clear chat history if the agent gets off-track

• Use natural language—ask for what you need directly

• Agents can do most things you'd do manually, faster

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

• Wait 1-2 minutes for automatic sync

• Use the Refresh option in the + menu

• Verify you're using the same email address on both platforms

• Log in to sudowrite.com on a computer

• Access the project's trash can

• Restore deleted documents or projects

• Take a screenshot of the issue

• Note the steps to reproduce

• Copy the Activity ID if it relates to a specific generation

• Submit via "Report a Bug" or "Email Support"

• Try clearing the chat history (three dots → Clear Chat)

• Update to the latest app version

• Report persistent issues to support

Getting Additional Help

• Discord: Join the #mobile channel for community support

• Email Support: Accessible from the left menu, or email hi@sudowrite.com

• Bug Reports: Include Activity IDs and screenshots when possible

Feature Comparison Chart

Live Classes & Community

• Free live classes almost daily

• Sometimes twice per day

• Special events like writeathons

• Active Discord community

Quick Reference

Essential Shortcuts

• Swipe from left: Go back / Open menu

• Swipe left on item: Access options (move, duplicate, delete)

• Tap +: Create new project/folder or refresh

• Tap Done: Dismiss keyboard

• Tap W: View word count

• Tap ?: Find in document

Feature Buttons

• Sparkly Microphone: Smart Dictation

• Write button: Continue your story

• Rewrite button (cursive A): Transform selected text

• Speech bubble (bottom): Open Chat

• Story Bible icon: Access Story Bible