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Give your big project a frame strong enough to hold it.
Books, dissertations and manuscripts are built from thousands of ideas gathered over months or years. Leyden & Beam keeps every one of them and helps you see, and shape, the whole.
What you get
The long project, finally under control
Nothing gets lost
Research, notes, scenes and fragments live in one place, ready when the work needs them, even a year from now.
See the whole work at once
Step back and take in the entire structure. Rearrange chapters and sections until it works, and keep every earlier version.
Keep every thread straight
Characters, timelines, sources and arguments stay consistent from the first page to the last.
Finish in the form it needs
Hand your editor, committee or publisher a manuscript that is ready for them, in the format they expect.
Made for
Built for people who make long, serious work
Every thread, every scene, every promise kept.
Plot your threads, know who knows what and when, and revise with the whole story in view.
From the literature to the last chapter.
Literature reviews, articles, theses and dissertations, with every source and finding in its place.
The style sheet lives with the book.
Queries, continuity and house style in one place, shared with the authors you work with.
From spark to structure
How a big project comes together
The spark
An idea for a chapter, a scene, a finding. Catch it now, wherever you are, and know it will be there later.
The structure
Build the frame: parts, chapters, threads. Move them until the shape of the whole feels inevitable.
The meaning
Write into that frame and finish a work that holds together, in your voice, from first page to last.
Big ideas need strong frames.
Our pledge
Every word is yours.
No AI drafts, edits or polishes your words. Your manuscript is entirely yours, which matters to you, to your readers, and to the people who publish you.
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Plans for every kind of long work
Every subscription begins with a 14-day trial. Prices are per month, billed yearly.
Writing with a team? Studio is $19 per person a month, billed yearly, for three or more. Compare every plan
