1. Lock your story foundation
Freeze your title, genre promise, target reader, and one-paragraph story promise. Keep one source-of-truth document so every chapter uses the same constraints.
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Finish and Publish Your Book Manually
Use this if you decide to finish outside BookWriter. You can complete your manuscript with ChatGPT (or any AI), keep continuity clean, format for ebook/paperback, and publish.
2. Build your continuity tracker
Track character profiles, timeline, locations, unresolved plot threads, and relationship status. Update this after every chapter to avoid contradictions.
3. Draft remaining chapters with a repeatable prompt loop
Reuse one chapter prompt template and only swap chapter goal + continuity context each run.
You are my developmental editor and co-writer. Write Chapter [X] of my novel using the story context below. Goal for this chapter: [goal] Continuity rules: [character bible + timeline + unresolved threads] Output requirements: - 1,800-2,500 words - Strong chapter ending hook - Keep voice consistent with prior chapters - Return only chapter text
4. Run a consistency pass before formatting
Ask AI to list continuity conflicts, then resolve them chapter-by-chapter. Confirm POV consistency, timeline logic, naming consistency, and unresolved stakes.
5. Format for ebook and paperback
For ebook, export clean EPUB. For paperback, use print-ready PDF sized to your trim. Tools people commonly use: Vellum, Atticus, Reedsy Book Editor, or a Fiverr formatter.
6. Prep publishing assets
Finalize subtitle, book description, 7 backend keywords, BISAC categories, and back-cover synopsis. Then upload manuscript + cover in Amazon KDP and preview both digital and print.