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A search-and-REPLACE option in Codex so we can change the names of characters / objects / locations universally across multiple entries with one click. It would save a lot of time instead of manually updating each separate Codex entry.

Would love to see a split scene command. Very often I'll create a scene and fill it with beats, only to realize half way through writing the scene that it really should be two scenes. I'd love to be able to do a "/" command in writing mode that simply splits the current scene into two scenes. Everything above the command remains in the current scene, everything below the command is split into a new scene that contains all the remaining beats, prose, content, etc.

I love that we can now collapse Acts. I would love that to extend to being able to collapse chapters as well. It would assist me in keeping track of where I am in the editing process and find my space more easily when starting a new editing/revision session

When doing codex progressions, there are two options available: Add to the existing section, or replace the entire section. I'm currently doing either one for multiple sections in the end of each chapter, and it's tiresome that I have to open the codex, click on the progression button, and manually select, copy, and even combine all progressions so far in order to have the latest codex as the base for new progressions. It would be nice if we get a button to just copy the latest section of a codex when doing codex progressions.

It would be nice to have a feature that can read out loud. I think this will help with making adjustments to writing and also to take a break from constantly reading as well as sometimes hearing what we as writers have written can also make a huge difference in our creativity.

I am currently designing the "look" of a character. It made me think of a potential workflow which might be useful in NC's AI Model features is if you add a Vision LLM (a model that can process visual inputs), then if you select it as the model to use in a Workshop Chat you could send images to the LLM to describe what it sees. Potential Use-cases: sending a selection of images as a 'moodboard' or sample references so the AI can produce descriptions and information from them for use in codex or brainstorming. sending an image of an item/environment/character so the AI can pepper in bits of visual or sensory 'flavor' to scene writing/editing which (should) be more accurate. The immediately obvious drawback is that most Vision/Multimodal LLMs aren't meant to be creative, so the best you would get out of those would be highly accurate descriptions of what it 'sees'. However, the Multimodal foundation models (Gemini, OpenAI, Grok, etc) should be able to do it all. This is just an idea that came to mind.

One of the nice things about Scrivener is that you can see a list of all your chapters in the left pain. In Novelcrafter, that's not even an option to see a list of just chapter titles (if you title your chapters). The closest you can get is outline, but if you've inserted scene summaries, then you have to do a lot of scrolling.

Why drag a new chapter from the end to the beginning? How is this a good idea? Insert the chapter where you want it. Sort of like EVERY OTHER WRITING APP OUT THERE.

A nested categories for the Codex would allow for easier and cleaner codex. I have entries for: Main Characters, Supporting Characters, Extras. I'd still love to have them under Characters category, so I can collapse them in one click, as with large codex the sheer amount of categories can blot the codex column, even when they are all collapsed.

I would like there to be a dashboard that shows the word count statistics for my novels and my writing as a whole. I like to track that kind of stuff.