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The LetterCH. 12

The chapter editor open on Chapter 12, "The Letter": the harbour had gone quiet, and Mara took the letter from her coat pocket.

The chapter editor open on Chapter 12, "The Letter": the harbour had gone quiet, and Mara took the letter from her coat pocket.

Last kept: desk, 9:12 pmp. 214

What gets in the way / 4 entries

Four ways a draft goes quiet.

01 / Time

“I only ever have twenty minutes.”

Any words count as a writing day, even a line typed offline on the train.

The phone app's reminder form for The Letter: a 250-word goal at 8:00 AM on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. — Exhibit A / Phone appiPhone betaYour days, your time, your word count.

The phone app's reminder form for The Letter: a 250-word goal at 8:00 AM on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. — Exhibit A / Phone appiPhone betaYour days, your time, your word count.

02 / Coming back

“Every time I come back, I have to reread everything.”

Away for a while? A short recap, and your cursor right where you left it.

A reminder arrives on the phone: “Time to write The Letter”, quoting the last lines written. Tapping it opens the manuscript. — Exhibit B / Phone appiPhone betaThe reminder quotes your last lines. Pick up from there.

A reminder arrives on the phone: “Time to write The Letter”, quoting the last lines written. Tapping it opens the manuscript. — Exhibit B / Phone appiPhone betaThe reminder quotes your last lines. Pick up from there.

03 / Guilt

“I miss a day, then two...”

No streak. Aim for a few days a week; rest days are part of the plan.

The Daily words setting: five minutes is a session; aim for 4 of the last 7 days, and the rest are rest days, not a streak to protect. Word goal 250 words, 4 days per week. — Exhibit C / Phone app, SettingsiPhone betaDays to aim for, not a chain to keep.

The Daily words setting: five minutes is a session; aim for 4 of the last 7 days, and the rest are rest days, not a streak to protect. Word goal 250 words, 4 days per week. — Exhibit C / Phone app, SettingsiPhone betaDays to aim for, not a chain to keep.

04 / The book

“Wait, what color were her eyes?”

The story bible sits beside the chapter. On the web, a continuity check catches the slip.

The web app's story bible open beside chapter five of The Letter, showing Ines Lind's entry: seventy-one, Mara's aunt, grey eyes. — Exhibit D / Web appGrey. One glance away.

The web app's story bible open beside chapter five of The Letter, showing Ines Lind's entry: seventy-one, Mara's aunt, grey eyes. — Exhibit D / Web appGrey. One glance away.

See every feature

The blank page

A nudge before the page opens.

In the phone app: a minute to settle, three small prompts, and you're writing.

Look

What do you see from right where you're sitting?

Listen

What can you hear, even faintly, under everything else?

Smell

Is there a smell in the room? Would you have noticed it an hour ago?

Feel

What does the chair feel like, now that you're paying attention?

Observe

Write down what you noticed. Just the facts of the room.

The radiator ticks twice before it decides to stay quiet.

React

What did noticing that make you feel?

I went still, like the room was listening back.

Narrate

Give the room one line of a story.

The house had been trying to say something for years before she finally sat still enough to hear it.

Exhibit F / Guided exerciseiPhone betaThe exercise's real prompts, on a loop.

Writing a script Beta

It reads like a screenplay because it is one.

Type. Ciciro does the formatting, and Tab jumps to whatever comes next.

Exhibit G / Web app, Screenplay mode (Beta)Twelve point Courier, the size scripts are read in.

Why Ciciro / Excerpt A

Help that leaves the writing to you

Line edits arrive as suggestions you accept or reject, and a running tally shows how much of the book is yours.

Excerpt AFiled under: habit

WHAT YOU KEEPCICIRO / RECEIPT 0012

01Chapters, bible and notes in one place
02In from Word, Scrivener, Markdown; out to Word, EPUB, PDF
03Beta readers comment by link, no account

YOUR EXPORTSFREE

The web editor on chapter five of The Letter, with three suggestions from Ciciro marked in the third paragraph, Accept all and Reject all above, and the chat where the writer asked for the paragraph to be tightened. — Exhibit E / Web appThree suggested changes. Take or leave each one.

The web editor on chapter five of The Letter, with three suggestions from Ciciro marked in the third paragraph, Accept all and Reject all above, and the chat where the writer asked for the paragraph to be tightened. — Exhibit E / Web appThree suggested changes. Take or leave each one.

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