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Outline builder

A plan for every chapter before you write one

A synopsis and a card per chapter, built from your idea and your characters.

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  • Events, locations, hooks per chapter
  • Uses the cast you built
  • Planning is free on every plan
Story Outline for The Kestrel Bay Mysteries with the synopsis and a list of chapter cards

Know where the story goes

Without it

  • A middle that sags by chapter eight
  • Twists that contradict chapter two
  • Characters who vanish for half the book

With it

  • Every chapter has a job before you write it
  • Twists placed where they pay off
  • Each character interaction planned

From idea to chapter plan

  1. 01Step

    Set the chapter count

    Pick how many chapters. Long books generate in batches of 20.

    Story Outline screen with the chapter count and Generate Outline button
  2. 02Step

    Get a card per chapter

    Title, locations, plot events, hooks and twists, character interactions.

    Expanded chapter card with title, locations, plot events, hooks and character interactions
  3. 03Step

    Change it with one sentence

    Edit All with AI rewrites the outline around your note.

    Edit All with AI dialog asking to move a betrayal to chapter 6 and add a rescue subplot

Everything a chapter plan holds

  • Synopsis

    The whole arc in one paragraph you can edit.

  • Chapter cards

    Locations, plot events, hooks, twists and interactions.

  • Target words

    100 to 5,000 per chapter.

  • Edit one or all

    Regenerate a chapter, or rewrite the outline with AI.

  • Add, delete, reorder

    Change the chapter count anywhere in the book.

  • Feeds the writing

    Chapters are written against the outline and your Story Bible.

Planning is free on every plan, no card needed.

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Map your whole book for free

Your idea in, a chapter-by-chapter plan out.