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Private Mac beta · applications reviewed individually · acceptance is not guaranteed

A new Mac studio for serious writing

Your story deserves better than a text box.

Lucent is a calm, professional home for novelists, screenwriters and editors. Built for long work, real revisions and the moment a draft becomes a book.

Apply for the Mac beta Explore the interactive studio →
  • Made for Mac
  • No subscription
  • No AI unless you choose it
A place to finish
The work
stays yours.

A writing studio should help you see clearly, without trying to become the author.

Lucent · private beta
01

Writing comes first.

A focused Mac experience for books, scripts and professional editing—not another busy online workspace.

02

You stay in charge.

Lucent supports decisions; it does not quietly make them. Your words, your judgement, your finished work.

03

AI is not the product.

Lucent is not an AI writing product. The main experience works without AI. Optional assistance stays off unless deliberately chosen, and remains limited.

See the story take shape

Step inside Lucent.

Move a scene. Follow a character. Review an edit. See what reaches the page.

Explore the interactive studio →
An earlier welcome-screen design for Lucent on Mac, with options to begin a book, start a screenplay and import a manuscript.
Earlier welcome-screen design. The interactive preview uses the current Ink and Brass theme.

The private beta

Shape the future of Lucent.

Help build the writing app you’ve always wanted to use.

We need a small group who will use Lucent on real work, notice what feels wrong and tell us plainly. Praise is welcome. Useful criticism is better.

Accepted testers who complete the agreed testing and feedback receive the complete Lucent Studio package for Mac to keep.

You are a good fit if you:
  • write books or scripts, or edit them professionally;
  • use a Mac and can install a TestFlight beta;
  • can complete three genuine testing sessions across two weeks—about two hours in total;
  • can send short, honest feedback after each session.

This application is for the Mac beta. Lucent for iPad and iPhone are separate products and will have their own testing.

Apply to test Lucent

Tell Harrison a little about your work and the Mac you use. Applying does not guarantee acceptance.

The address Harrison can use to contact you about the Mac beta.
A short description is enough. Please do not include manuscript text or confidential client information.
What would you most like to test?

Your details are used to review your application and contact you about the beta, not to add you to a marketing list. FormSubmit handles email delivery and keeps a submission archive for 30 days. FormSubmit privacy information. For questions or a deletion request, contact harrison@harrisondavies.com.

Places are limited; applying does not guarantee acceptance. Accepted testers who complete the agreed testing and feedback receive the complete Lucent Studio package for Mac to keep.