Novel mode
Direct one short prompt at a time. The AI writes the prose.
Novel mode is for the moments when you have a scene in your head but don't want to type out every paragraph. You direct in short prompts; the AI expands each direction into rich, well-paced prose. You stay the director; the AI plays cinematographer.
Why this exists: chat is dialogue-heavy. Stories are structure-heavy. Novel is for pure long-form prose where you want maximum creative freedom and minimum structure. Read the introduction →
Starting a novel
From the home screen: + Create → Novel. Or from any character profile: Start a novel.
The create wizard walks you through:
- Pick a protagonist from your characters or the public library.
- Add supporting characters (optional). Each keeps their full voice.
- Write the opening premise — one paragraph is plenty: "She walks into the library she swore she'd never enter again." Or tap Generate premise and the AI proposes one based on your characters.
- Generate the opening scene. From there, you direct turn by turn.
Directing
Each turn, you pick a direction type from four buttons under the input — Do, Say, Story, Describe — write one or two sentences, and the AI expands the direction into a paragraph or two of prose.
| Direction type | What the AI does |
|---|---|
| Do | Take the protagonist's action you describe and write its consequences |
| Say | Put your line in the protagonist's mouth and write the reactions around it |
| Story | Advance the scene without specific input — the AI picks the next beat |
| Describe | A camera move — close-up on something, atmosphere, ambient detail |
Most novels use Do and Say the most; Story is for moments when you want the AI to surprise you. Ctrl/Cmd+1..4 cycles between buttons while you type.
What good direction looks like
Two sentences in; four sentences out. The direction gave the AI tone (return after grief) and a clear physical action (walking in). It expanded both.
Editing segments
Every generated paragraph (a segment) has hover controls:
- Regenerate — same direction, different prose
- Edit — rewrite the prose by hand
- Delete — cut the segment
Editing and deleting is only possible on the last ~8 segments. Older segments have already been folded into the narrative summary and can't be safely changed without invalidating what came after them. If you need to revise something deeper than that, regenerate from a recent segment and let the prose drift from there.
Chat-to-novel
Any conversation can become a novel with one click. From a chat: Settings → Convert to novel. The AI takes your conversation and reimagines it as prose — dialogue becomes spoken lines with reactions, off-screen moments fill in, descriptions flesh out.
Pricing
Same per-token rates as chat. A typical novel generation segment costs 1,500-4,000 credits depending on length and model. Most users sit on the cheaper models (DeepSeek V3.2, DeepSeek V4 Flash) for daily writing and switch to GLM 5+ or Gemini for important scenes.
Subscribers get faster generation queues for novels (and chat).
Tips
- Direct symptoms, not diagnoses. "Her hands shook" beats "she was anxious".
- Use character voice as a multiplier. Your character roster comes with built-in voice — let it do the work.
- Vary pacing. Short directions yield short prose; long directions yield long prose. Vary.
- Start with vibes, not plot. Plot comes out of the writing. Trust it.