Guides
Plain advice on writing a book, from first outline to final edit.
How to outline a novelPremise, ending, big turns, then scenes. A method for planners and pantsers.4 min readHow to build a story bibleWhere your book's facts live, so you don't have to remember them.3 min readHow to finish your first draftMost first novels don't fail. They stop. How to keep going to the last line.3 min readHow to edit your novelStructure first, then scenes, then sentences. And where AI editors help.3 min readAI beta readers and editorsHow to get useful notes from AI without your book losing its voice.3 min readWrite a book with ChatGPT or ClaudeWhy chat forgets your book, and how to connect it to your manuscript.4 min readClaude Code, Codex and CursorConnect a coding agent to your manuscript with an API key.For developers · 2 min read