Adding New Chapters
You can add chapters to your book at any point during an active project, not just during the outline phase. This is useful when you realize mid-draft that a topic deserves its own dedicated chapter, or when feedback reveals a gap in your content.
To add a chapter, provide a title and a brief description of what it should cover. Authorio will draft the new chapter with full awareness of the existing manuscript, so it fits naturally into the book's voice, terminology, and narrative flow.
Renaming Chapters
Chapter titles evolve as your book takes shape. A working title that made sense during outlining may not capture the final content accurately. You can rename any chapter at any time without affecting the chapter's body content.
Good chapter titles are clear, specific, and give the reader an immediate sense of what they will learn. Avoid vague titles like "More Strategies" in favor of descriptive ones like "Scaling Your Email List Beyond 10K Subscribers."
Reordering Chapters
As your manuscript develops, you may find that the original chapter sequence no longer serves the reader as well as it should. Drag chapters into a new position to adjust the reading order.
When you reorder chapters in an active project, keep in mind:
- Cross-references: If chapters reference each other, check that the references still make sense after reordering.
- Progressive complexity: Ensure that foundational chapters still appear before the chapters that build on them.
- Transitions: You may want to use AI Writing Assist to smooth transitions between chapters that are now adjacent but were not originally.
Deleting Chapters
If a chapter no longer fits the scope of your book, you can delete it from the project. This action is permanent -- the chapter content will be removed. If you think you might want the content later, consider copying it elsewhere before deleting.
Deleting a chapter is the right call when:
- Two chapters cover substantially the same ground and should be consolidated
- The topic drifts too far from your book's core promise
- Your book has grown longer than intended and you need to tighten the focus
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