What is yazar.io?
yazar.io is a lightweight world-building tool that lets Turkish novelists build and connect their story universe (characters, locations, organizations, lore) in one web-based space. It doesn't write your novel for you: you keep writing the manuscript itself in Word or Google Docs, while yazar.io keeps the world behind it organized.
What does yazar.io actually do?
When you create a book in yazar.io, sections like characters, locations, organizations, and lore/world rules open up automatically. Open a character's page and the organizations they belong to, the locations they live in, and related people show up on their own - you don't add them one by one, because writing @Name inside any body of text creates that connection automatically.
There's also a drag-and-drop family tree, a timeline (Event Flow), and a free-form notes section - all wired into the same connected structure.
Who is yazar.io for?
It's built for writers working on a novel, a series, or any long-form fictional world who struggle to keep track of many characters, places, and relationships at once. Unlike heavy desktop world-building software, it's lightweight and fully web-based - no install, just open it in a browser.
What doesn't yazar.io do?
yazar.io is not a text editor - you don't write your novel's actual prose here. The goal is to keep the world behind those sentences consistent, alongside whatever tool (Word, Google Docs, etc.) you already write in.
Is yazar.io free?
It's currently in beta and every feature is free. Paid plans will come after beta, but the public Author Card (your shareable profile page) will always stay free.
Can I write my novel inside yazar.io?
No - yazar.io isn't a word processor. You keep writing your manuscript in Word, Google Docs, or whatever tool you already use; yazar.io only keeps that novel's world (characters, locations, relationships) organized.
Is my data private?
Your books live in a panel only you can access - no other user can reach your book even if they know a link. The one page that's public, if you choose to share it, is your Author Card.
Is there a desktop app?
No, yazar.io is fully web-based - it runs in any browser with no installation required.
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