Master Mode Tutorial: Build the Book Outline and Resume Batch Drafting
Master mode starts from the whole book. AI creates a chapter-level map, you revise each title, summary, and beat, and only then expand the approved structure into prose.
Choose it for a story with a known ending, planned foreshadowing, or a medium-to-long structure that benefits from a bird's-eye view. A work's mode is fixed when it is created.
Step 1: Generate an outline you can review
Complete Settings first, especially the one-line premise, ending preference, and main characters. In Outline, set a target chapter count and select “Generate complete outline.”
The response streams into the progress state. The workspace shows the chapter range and received character count, but commits the batch only after the structured result passes validation. A truncated response therefore does not become a half-valid outline.
After generation, every chapter remains editable:
- chapter title;
- one-sentence chapter function;
- beat titles and descriptions;
- added or removed beats.
Step 2: Extend the outline without replacing it
After six completed chapters, use “Continue generating later chapters.” Choose +3, +6, +12, or a custom number. The interface states the exact range, such as chapters 7–8, and preserves every valid existing chapter.
If you manually added a blank chapter in the middle, continuation begins at the first truly blank outline. It will not leave chapter 7 empty while creating chapters 8 and 9.
Keep these actions distinct:
- Continue later chapters: preserve valid chapters and fill blank or later chapters.
- Retry unfinished: resume only a failed or incomplete batch.
- Clear and regenerate the whole outline: discard the current outline and start over; use this only for a deliberate structural reset.
Step 3: Batch-generate chapter drafts
Open Chapters. The AI tool can generate the selected chapter or batch-generate every chapter with a valid outline. The floating panel remains a progress controller; it does not dump completed chapter prose into itself.
It shows:
- completed chapters versus total chapters;
- the current chapter;
- whether the task is drafting, organizing chapter-to-chapter context, or preparing the next chapter;
- a stop control.
Step 4: Stop safely and resume from the checkpoint
When you select “Stop batch generation,” completed chapters remain intact and the current chapter keeps its received text. The next action explicitly reads “Resume batch from chapter N,” so it is clear that the task continues instead of starting over.
Resuming skips completed drafts and continues from the saved checkpoint. Stopping is a safe interruption. Regenerating the current chapter is the separate action that intentionally replaces that chapter's prose.
A useful review cadence
Even with a complete outline, review prose in short batches. Draft three to five chapters, stop, check voice, clue density, and pacing, then revise future outline beats if needed. Resume only after the upcoming structure still matches what the prose has established.
Common questions
Why do chapters 7–12 appear after I generated six chapters? Master projects may prepare chapter slots. Only chapters with a valid title, summary, and beats count as completed outline chapters; continuation fills blank slots first.
Will retry overwrite the first six chapters? No. “Retry unfinished” targets only the failed or incomplete range. Only “Clear and regenerate” starts over.
Will stopping a draft batch lose the current chapter? No. The panel states that the checkpoint is saved, and the resume button names the chapter where work will continue.
Next
If you do not need a book-wide map, compare the Normal mode tutorial and Super mode tutorial to find a workflow that matches your decision horizon.