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Create Your First Project

The new project wizard is where you define the shape of your workspace before you start writing.

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What this step controls

The new project wizard sets up your workspace before you start writing. Your choices here define the binder structure, default tools, page settings, and storage location.

dashboard_customize Step 1: Choose a template

Typeloom ships with five starting points:

  • Blank Project for a custom structure
  • Screenplay for scene-based screenwriting
  • Novel for chapter-based long-form fiction
  • School Paper for structured academic writing
  • Article for shorter, professional, or publishing workflows

Your template affects three things:

  • the starter binder structure
  • which tools are enabled by default
  • the language of the workspace around your chosen writing flow

Blank Project starts with a Project folder that contains one empty document, plus a separate Research root.

Example

Novel project for a first draft

If you are starting a novel, choose the Novel template. Typeloom will prepare a chapter folder with scene documents, a fixed Research area, and the tools most likely to matter for chapter-based work. That means you can begin drafting immediately instead of building the workspace from scratch.

Why this works well
The project begins with both writing space and support space, so your scenes and research do not get mixed together.
What to check before creating
Make sure the default tools match your process. If you do not want chapter targets yet, turn them off before continuing.

construction Step 2: Review tools

Each template turns on the tools that are useful most often for that kind of work. You can keep the defaults or change them before the project is created.

Examples:

  • A screenplay project turns on screenplay formatting, scene list, and character tools.
  • A novel project turns on chapter targets and table of contents.
  • A school paper turns on reference manager, checklist, and table of contents.

format_size Step 3: Set layout and writing defaults

The wizard lets you define:

  • document language
  • paper size and orientation
  • margins
  • page number style
  • writing defaults such as font and line spacing

These settings give the project a consistent baseline. You can adjust them later in project settings.

sync Step 4: Pick storage

You can create a project in one of two ways:

  • Cloud: save to Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or OneDrive
  • Local folder: save to a folder you control on your device

Choose cloud storage when you want one provider-backed location.
Choose a local folder when you want direct file ownership and local-first control.

Best practice

Choose the simplest storage model that fits the project

If this is a personal project that mostly lives on one machine, local folder storage is usually easier to reason about. If you need the project to move with you across devices, cloud storage is often the better fit.

view_list Suggested first setups

auto_stories Novel

  • Template: Novel
  • Tools: Chapter Targets, Table of Contents
  • Storage: local folder if you want a simple, personal draft workflow

movie Screenplay

  • Template: Screenplay
  • Tools: keep the defaults
  • Storage: cloud if you want the project to follow you between machines

school School paper

  • Template: School Paper
  • Tools: keep Reference Manager and Checklist
  • Storage: whichever your school workflow already depends on

What happens after creation

Once the project is created, Typeloom opens the workspace and loads:

  • your starter binder structure
  • the selected template configuration
  • your tool settings
  • the chosen storage target

From there, your next stop should usually be Navigation and Views or the Binder guide.

folder_open Open and switch existing projects

Typeloom also supports returning to work you already started.

  • Use the project browser to review recent projects.
  • Open a local .typeloom project file when you are moving or restoring a project.
  • Switch projects from the user menu when you need to move between active workspaces.

Example workflow

Create a school paper project from zero

  1. Open the new project wizard.
  2. Select School Paper so the structure starts with title page, introduction, body, conclusion, sources, and a Research area.
  3. Keep reference manager and checklist enabled.
  4. Choose the writing language and page settings required for the assignment.
  5. Select the storage mode that matches how you normally keep school files.
  6. Create the project and immediately review the binder before writing.