Begin with a story contract
Write down the genre, audience, promise, point of view, tone, and ending you are trying to earn. This contract keeps a fast drafting process from becoming a sequence of disconnected scenes.
Store the premise and synopsis in Notepad, then make the Binder reflect the parts, chapters, and scenes the reader will experience.
Build continuity into the project
Track characters, locations, timeline facts, objects, and unresolved threads. Use the Structure outline to see the shape and the Notepad records to remember the world.
When a scene changes, update the relevant record and use Organize search to find downstream references that may now be wrong.
Revise scenes with a human brief
For each scene, define its goal, conflict, turn, and consequence. Then revise the prose for specificity, rhythm, subtext, and emotional logic rather than accepting fluent text as finished writing.
Write keeps the active section state visible while Clean removes only the mechanical residue you have chosen to target.
Compile a reader-ready proof
Check front matter, back matter, chapter order, scene headings, page breaks, table of contents, and excluded notes. Generate the format your editor or reader will use and inspect it before release.
Snapshots and export history make it safe to experiment while preserving the version you already reviewed.