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Chapter 7 — The Pact in the Mist
As the mist crept between the gravestones, lit the candle a second time. She knew someone was watching her from the shadows of the - someone invisible, but undeniably there.
"You don't have to whisper," she said into the darkness. "."
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Tools that respect your story — and never replace you.
A gentle whisper when you repeat yourself. Just write in your flow. When you unknowingly fall into clichés, Geist detects them and suggests elegant alternatives on request.
She opened the door slowly, very slowly. Behind it stood him — and he too opened a door.
Geist slips into your characters. With one click, it analyzes your writing style. Writing a chapter from a cynical detective's perspective? Geist knows — and adapts its suggestions to your narrator's personality.
POV · Detective Mors
Style analysis: cynical · dry
The misty streets of the eternal city embraced him like a tender, sorrowful veil of the past, while his footsteps echoed heavy and full of unspoken melancholy upon the damp cobblestones.
Style Correction
Detective Mors would not describe anything as 'tender' or 'sorrowful.' His internal monologue would be more direct, cynical, and focused on the gritty reality of the city.
The book of shadows for your story. Connect plot threads on the visual whiteboard, rearrange events on the timeline, and build character, location and codex profiles seamlessly linked to your text.
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Ch. 4 · The Pact
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Never. You retain 100% of all rights to your texts. We do not train public models on your worlds.
You don't have to pay for features you can power yourself. Get access from OpenAI, Google, Groq, Anthropic, or DeepSeek, enter your key with us — and use Geist almost for free.
Good, neither do we. Geist helps with style, synonyms, logic checks, translations, or a bit of motivation — meet Geist and see what he does (and doesn't) do. We do not, and never will offer "continue writing" or "finish my book" features. But if that doesn't convince you, there's a setting to 'banish Geist' in your menu — or grab the Purist plan, which ships without so much as a whisper of AI.
Weeeeeell... kind of. But also not really. If you want to write a biography, true crime or a history book, WriteGeist can be helpful, as you can just use the Grimoire to store real people, places and events. But if you want to write a scientific paper or a technical document, we recommend sticking to LaTeX or Word.
Currently, WriteGeist fully supports English and German. More language support is on the roadmap.
We never claimed to be better. However, we believe our foundational pillars are well thought out: Major writing software like Papyrus or Scrivener is often bloated and unfocused. They lack a collaborative approach and universal compatibility. Traditional tools like Word, Google Docs, etc., offer the latter, but they are not tailored for authors. There's also Sudowrite or Novelcraft who basically force AI upon you. WriteGeist sits right in the middle. Collaborative, usable from any device, and built by and for authors.
From the Author's Desk
I am an author first and foremost. Although a UX designer & engineer by day, it is where I feel most at home. Telling stories is what makes us human. And yet, I have always struggled with my own drafts: tools that did too much, tools that did too little or not the right things, and even tools that wanted to write the book for me. I wanted a workspace that stays quiet, respects the craft, and puts me, the author, first.
That's why I built WriteGeist. And that's what it is: a small, independent tool from Switzerland, that does everything I want it to do. Maybe it will do the same for you and I sincerely hope you like it. But if you don't, please let me know. I am always listening.
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