Plotting a Novel: A Step-by-Step Path From Idea to Draft
A six-step process for plotting a novel, with one example story carried from braindump to scene cards. Works for plotters and pantsers, with or without AI....
Ana CapuchoAuthor of 38 Articles
Story Structure: How to Choose the Right Framework for Your Novel
Three-act, Hero's Journey, Story Circle, beat sheet, or romance arc? Each framework mapped with examples, where each one fails, and how to pick yours....
Writing Political Intrigue in Fantasy: Factions, Alliances, and Betrayal with AI
Track factions, shifting alliances, and betrayals across your fantasy novel with Sudowrite's Worldbuilding cards, Characters, and Outline. Court intrigue without losing the threads....
Spicy AI Writer: Using the Creativity Dial to Control Heat in Romance
The Creativity Dial in Sudowrite is more than a "spicier" button. It's a ten-setting heat control for romance scenes, from slow-burn restraint at Dial 2 to explicit erotica at Dial 9. Here's how to calibrate it scene by scene with Muse and Write Guided....
How to Write Better Love Scenes with AI: Craft, Not Just Heat
Heat is downstream of craft. The best love scenes work because stakes, voice, and emotional specificity come first. Here is how to use Muse, Rewrite Show Don't Tell, Describe, and the Story Bible to write intimate scenes that actually land....
Writing Enemies-to-Lovers Across a Series: How AI Tracks the Slow Burn
A three-book enemies-to-lovers slow burn lives or dies on cross-book continuity. Here's how to use Series Folder, Story Bible, and Chapter Continuity to track tension, character evolution, and reveals across every installment without contradicting yourself....