Jotura
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The reading, the outline and the draft, linked together in one folder.

A finished piece has a long tail behind it: the reading, the outline, the version you abandoned, the note about what the piece is really about. Jotura keeps those connected. You write in a clean editor with no syntax to learn, and the files underneath stay plain Markdown that any editor or publisher can take.

How it goes in practice.

  1. Catch the ideas

    Jot loose lines in today's daily note from your computer or phone, and find them again later from the calendar.

  2. Link the reading

    Keep notes on what you read in the same folder, and link each one into the outline wherever it belongs.

  3. Write the draft

    Headings, lists, quotes, callouts and footnotes format themselves as you type, so the page stays clean while you work.

  4. Revise freely

    Cut whole sections without worrying. With Jotura Sync, version history keeps every earlier draft for three years.

What helps along the way.

  • With Jotura Sync, earlier drafts stay in version history, so a paragraph you cut can always come back.
  • Type [[ to link a note. The picker matches titles and aliases, and links follow a note when you rename it.
  • It is Markdown, so the draft moves into any editor, CMS or publisher without conversion.
  • The app opens fast and works offline, so a train with no signal is still a place to write.
Pieces / The-quiet-hours / draft.md

Draft, third pass

The opening still runs long. The anecdote earns its place, but the framing around it could go.

The passage from [[notes-on-sleep]] now sits beside the section that needed it.

From Tuesday's daily note: end on the morning walk.

The same app, seen from other kinds of work.

Research
Every paper for the project, searchable beside the notes you wrote about it.
Readers and students
Highlight a passage on your phone, and find it in your notes on every device.
Consulting
Each client gets a folder of their own, and you can share one without opening the rest.
Operations
Runbooks the whole team can edit, with the history of every change kept.
Households
The shopping list, the trip and the boiler manual, shared with the people you live with.

Start with a folder you already have.

The app is free, works offline and needs no account. Jotura Sync is the paid part: it carries your notes to every device, keeps their history and lets you share them.

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