We break stories into scenes

As seen in the plotting section, we break our stories into scenes. The longest book in the world, the greatest literary masterpieces in history, can all be made simpler to understand by breaking them down into individual scenes. A journey is made one step at a time, a cathedral is built one brick at a time, and a novel is written one scene at a time.

We break scenes into bullet points

We endeavor to keep our scenes short and snappy. This provides books with forward momentum and gives them the quality of being a page-turner. Readers glide from scene to scene and can’t put the book down. But even a scene can seem overwhelming when you are tasked with actually writing it. That is why our plots break scenes into bullet points. Your job in creating the scene will therefore be to turn each bullet point into crisp, clear prose that is written in the correct tense and voice.

We hit small targets regularly

We don’t ask our writers to do a lot, and then give them a lot of time to do it. We ask them to do a little, and we check in frequently. This protects you from getting lost in the wilderness of the task, and allows us to measure your progress, give you the feedback you need, and understand how the story is taking shape.