What a share link is for

A share link gives someone a quiet place to read your work without bringing them into your workspace.

Let the writing leave the app

At some point, writing needs a reader. You can spend a long time working on something by yourself, but eventually you want to know what happens when another person reads it.

That is what a share link is for. You can send one document or all the writing in your project to a friend, a reader, or an editor. They open the link in their browser and start reading. They do not need a Spleen account, and they do not have to find their way around your workspace first.

They see the work, not the workspace.

Reading is enough

Many apps turn sharing into collaboration. They add comments, suggested changes, tasks, and little faces moving around the page. Those things can be useful, but they also change the way someone reads. Your story starts to look like a piece of work they have to manage.

A Spleen share link is read only. The reader cannot change your words or leave comments between them. They cannot see your notes, research, annotations, snapshots, or anything else in your workspace. Your draft stays yours, and they can tell you what they thought in whatever way the two of you already talk.

That may be a message, a phone call, or a conversation over coffee. Spleen does not need to sit between you for that part.

The link stays with the writing

A share link is not a copy of the work as it looked when you sent it. It shows the current version. If you fix a sentence or move a chapter, the reader sees that change at the same link.

That makes the link useful while a draft is still moving. You do not have to send a new file after every small change. If you need someone to read one exact version and keep it, an export is the better choice.

You decide when it stops

Share links are not listed in search results, but anyone who receives one can open it. A link can also be passed on, so it should only go to people you trust with the work.

Every active link is listed under Shared links in your account. You can see what it points to, copy it again, or stop sharing it. Once you stop sharing, the old address no longer opens the writing.

The point is simple. It should be easy to let someone read, and just as easy to close the door again.