01. Welcome

Todo: Update links as new pages are created.

yWriter was developed by a best-selling, award-winning novelist, Simon Haynes, who

also happens to be a programmer with over 20 years experience.

How did yWriter come about? Back in 1999/2000 Simon was struggling to write his first novel in a single word processor file, and he quickly realised there had to be a better way to organise the content. yWriter was the result.

The software is free to use, and this page explains why.

About this Quickstart Guide:

The original version of this guide was written by Rowena Tayler-Henry (unless otherwise stated)

for Spacejock Software and is intended to help new users of yWriter5 set up their first project.

yWriter5 includes a help file with an explanation of all features and menu items of the software. This can be accessed by selecting "Contents" from the "Help" menu in the Main Screen of yWriter5.

Where to next? Find out how to start the program and set up User Interface and Scene Fonts then create a project with the New Project Wizard