One fair price. Or none at all.

Just folk

The actual writing tool, free. Read along, join the forums, draft a novel. Lurkers and beginners welcome.

• The Writing Room — full editor
• Mute mode + paragraph focus + typewriter scrolling
• Chapters, scenes, character notes, snapshots
• Submissions log — track every query, partial, and full
• Export to Word, Markdown, plain text
• Genre forums (read & post)
• Monthly challenge participation
• Word count tracker, daily streak, regional rooms
• Public writer profile + first three badges
• Critique circles
• Pen pals, sprint hosting, all badges

Member

DraftFolk runs because folk like you pay £7 a month to keep it AI-free, ad-free, and tracking-free. You also unlock the people-led features.

• Everything in Just Folk
• Critique circles (capped at 4 — quality over scale)
• Pen pals — slow-letter pairing
• Host your own writing sprints
• All 18 badges, member-only finisher recognitions
• Members’ lounge forum
• Founder-tier patron status — keeps the lights honest
• Early access to new features + a say in the roadmap

No generative AI in the editor, the forums, or anywhere it touches your work. Written into our charter. We will never train on your manuscript.

First 30 days, no questions. Email refunds@draftfolk.com, get your money back the same week. Whatever you wrote stays yours.

The Writing Room source goes open-source. You can run it yourself, or someone else can. Your manuscript exports cleanly to .md and .txt at any tier.