How it works

How a sentence becomes a book

Six stages. You are involved in two of them, and the second is the one that decides whether you get the book you wanted.

  1. 01

    You write the brief

    Pick a genre and a length, then describe the book: premise, characters, setting, anything you already know. A sentence is enough to start; a page gives it more to work with. You also choose the voice — first or third person, past or present tense, and a writing style.

    The genre is not decoration. It selects a chapter structure, a default length and the conventions a reader of that genre expects, and those become rules the outline has to satisfy.

  2. 02

    It builds a story bible

    Before any outline, the characters, places, timeline and the promises the premise has made are written down as a reference document. Everything after this reads from it.

    This is why continuity holds. A limp established in chapter 2 is a fact in the bible, not something a model has to remember from 40,000 words ago.

  3. 03

    You approve the outline

    You get every chapter with a title and the beats it has to hit. Change a beat, cut a chapter, reorder the middle, or send it back for another pass. Nothing is written until you say so.

    This is the step worth taking slowly. Fixing a structural problem here costs a minute; finding it after 80,000 words costs the book.

  4. 04

    Chapters are written in order

    Each chapter is drafted with the bible, the outline and what has already happened in front of it. They arrive one at a time and you can read them as they land.

    In order rather than in parallel, deliberately. Chapter 12 can only refer back to chapter 11 if chapter 11 already exists. It is slower, and it is the reason the book holds together.

  5. 05

    Every chapter is edited again

    A second pass goes over each finished chapter and cuts the throat-clearing, the stock phrases, the repeated sentence shapes and the summary the scene had already earned.

    Most of what makes generated prose recognisable is added by the drafting pass and removed by this one.

  6. 06

    You read, rewrite and export

    Read the whole book in the browser. Rewrite any chapter with notes on what to change. Then export a print-ready PDF, a Word file, an EPUB, or a full Amazon KDP kit.

    The PDF is typeset for print: the gutter is chosen from the final page count, and the margins meet Amazon's interior requirements.

Common questions

How long does the whole thing take?
A full-length novel takes roughly one to two hours, because chapters are written in sequence rather than all at once. The outline arrives in a couple of minutes, so you can approve it and walk away. We email you when the book is finished.
Can I change the outline after approving it?
The outline is fixed once writing begins, so that the chapters stay consistent with each other. You can still rewrite any individual chapter afterwards with notes on what to change.
What if I do not like a chapter?
Rewrite it. You give notes on what to change and the chapter is written again with the same bible and outline behind it, so it still fits the book around it. Every paid plan includes chapter rewrites.
How much detail should I put in the brief?
As much as you actually have. A one-line premise works and the missing decisions get made for you. If you have named characters, a setting, or an ending in mind, put them in, because everything you specify is treated as fixed.
Does it check facts in nonfiction?
No, and you should not treat it as if it does. Nonfiction is written to your brief and structure, but every factual claim needs checking before you publish it. This is a drafting tool, not a research one.

Start with one sentence

The chapter plan comes back in a couple of minutes, and you approve it before a word of the book is written.

Start writing your book