The first line has no form yet.

A story gathers into a shape,
shifts as it goes, and walks on toward a masterpiece.

illusions keeps beside that going, and for the Japanese novel it is a writing environment.

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A desk for the work of making.

Write, keep, grow, set right, and deliver. Until the story has walked its length, the tools on the desk stay together.

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Set the type in the form you mean.

From one manuscript to PDF, DOCX, EPUB, and HTML. Shape the letters, and hand them on for submission, or as a book.

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The manuscript stays in your hands.

Where it is kept is yours to choose. illusions does not collect the text, and will not use it for anything else without your consent.

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Write, shape, and export.

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Proofreading in illusions

Review passages you want to check in the manuscript and the proofreading panel. Modes for novels, blogs, and academic writing, plus replace, ignore, and the user dictionary, let you revise while keeping your own voice.

Conversion for posting sites

Convert, save, or copy text in Narou, Kakuyomu, and Aozora Bunko formats.

Japanese dictionary and user dictionary

Look up a word, and keep names and coined terms in your user dictionary.

Vertical and horizontal writing in illusions

Switch a Japanese novel between vertical and horizontal writing. Choose the direction from the toolbar or settings, then set the font, line length, spacing, and indent to suit the work.

Ruby, tate-chu-yoko, and emphasis marks

Add Japanese typesetting for readings and expression in an MDI manuscript.

Part-of-speech highlight

Color words by part of speech and review the shape of a sentence.

Read aloud with a following highlight

Hear the manuscript in the system voice and follow the passage being read.

Autosave and version history in illusions

Autosave a novel every five seconds, and keep past versions in a project. Compare changes, take a snapshot, and restore while you rewrite.

Making an EPUB

Set the cover, bibliographic details, and chapter splits to make an EPUB.

PDF preview and layout

Check the PDF layout before you export.

Word frequency and vocabulary

See which expressions you keep repeating.

illusions for iOS

Edit an MDI manuscript on iPhone or iPad when you are away from the computer. illusions for iOS is a simple, stable native app.

What writers are saying

From the illusions community

I look at various apps and products every day, but this is the first product in a long time that impressed me.

Apparently it was developed by someone who writes novels, so I guess...

There's always the functionality you want. It feels amazing to have the key points covered🥹

I can't believe it's free and it's so amazing😭😭😭✨

I’m so impressed, I’m writing this❣️❣️

An illustration expressing the excitement of using illusions with pink handwritten letters and characters — Click to enlarge

Nachumin❤︎

@nachumin_memo

Easy to use and highly functional.A valuable writing tool

In addition to checking the number of characters and displaying the amount of text per paragraph, it also has a wealth of functions that are not found in other tools, such as a function that calculates readability based on factors such as vocabulary difficulty, and it operates smoothly.

Recommended for those who want to get serious about writing in Japanese. I would like to express my gratitude to the author of this tool.

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From Microsoft Store

It doesn't fall apart when written vertically.

It has a tate-chu-yoko function.

It supports PDF conversion for free, which may be charged elsewhere.

These three points are ridiculous.

And the design.

Overall, I think the UI is the easiest to read.Frequently used items are within easy reach, and detailed settings are easy to find.I think it is user friendly and easy to use.

What's surprisingly nice is that it fully supports dark mode.With other editors, even if you make the page black, the window remains white, which can cause your eyes to flicker and become distracting, but this one darkens even the window, so you don't have to worry about that.

Another novelty is that it has an AI proofreading function.It is fun to make new discoveries while writing because it simultaneously judges whether or not it is OK based on several proofreading rules.

Overall, this is the one I'm most interested in among the upcoming editors that support vertical writing.

toka712

@toka712

I designed illusions because I used to find Word difficult to use.

Everyone liked it, so we made it available for free.

Now, I am one of the loyal users of illusions.