Give AI a bounded job
AI is most useful when the task is clear: brainstorm ten premises, compare two outlines, identify continuity questions, or suggest alternatives for a paragraph you already understand. Bounded tasks make it easier to accept, reject, and revise the output.
Keep the final story promise, point of view, and tone in your own notes. The tool can propose; the author decides.
Draft from an outline you can inspect
A strong outline lets you see missing turns before they become missing chapters. Break the book into parts, chapters, and scenes, then record the purpose and target of each section.
Awtter's Structure view keeps the current document outline close to the editor, while Write stores targets, status, labels, and section utilities.
Revise in the project, not in a chat window
Move approved prose into a stable document, where you can compare versions, track notes, and keep research attached to the section it supports. A chat transcript is a source, not a reliable production database.
Import and Clean remove transcript residue; Notepad preserves the ideas and references that should survive the move.
Make the last pass unmistakably yours
Read aloud, add specific experience, challenge generic claims, verify facts, and remove any line you would not defend to a reader. Voice is a pattern of choices, not a style setting.
Before publishing, use History to save a checkpoint and Publish to generate the exact formats your editor, distributor, or readers need.