Generate & Continue

Generate Scene

When a scene has a beat but no prose (status: Outline), the Generate Scene button appears in the AI toolbar. Clicking it sends the scene beat, your full Story Bible context, and surrounding chapter context to Claude, which generates a complete first draft of the scene.

The generated prose streams into the editor in real time. When streaming is complete, you can:

• Accept — the generated content replaces the empty editor
• Edit directly — start typing to modify before accepting
• Dismiss — discard and try again with a modified beat

tip

Before generating, make sure the scene beat is specific enough to guide the AI. "Something happens at the lighthouse" will produce generic prose; "Elena discovers the journal, reads the first entry, and finds a date that makes no sense — 1987, the year her mother died" will produce a focused, emotionally grounded scene. See Improving AI Output for more beat-writing tips.

Continue Writing

Continue Writing (⌘Enter) extends existing prose from where it leaves off. Use it when:

• You've written an opening and want the AI to carry it forward
• You've reached a natural pause and want to see where the scene goes
• You want to draft quickly and revise later

What Context the AI Reads

The AI reads four layers of context when continuing:

1. Your Story Bible — characters, settings, themes, worldbuilding, and style guide
2. The scene's beat — what needs to happen
3. Everything you've written in the scene so far — so it picks up seamlessly
4. The preceding scene's content — for continuity across scene boundaries

This means the AI knows who your characters are, how they speak, what the scene needs to accomplish, and what just happened before this scene. The more complete your Story Bible and beat, the better the output.

Streamed text appears at the end of the existing content. You can stop the stream at any point and continue editing manually.

Scene Target Word Count

If a scene has a target word count set, the AI uses it as length guidance instead of its default range. This helps you control pacing at the scene level.

When to Use Which

Situation	Tool
Scene has a beat, no prose yet	Generate Scene
Prose exists, you want to extend it	Continue Writing (⌘Enter)
A specific passage isn't working	Rewrite Selection
A full scene needs structural changes	Structured Rewrite
You want to see alternative phrasings	Rewrite Options

Accepting AI Output

After any AI generation:

• Accept saves the streamed content to the scene.
• Before accepting, the content is editable in the streaming panel.
• Accepting automatically creates a version snapshot of any previous content, so you can always revert.

Streaming Behavior

AI output streams token by token so you can read it as it arrives. If the output is clearly going in the wrong direction, click Stop to halt the stream and try again. Stopping does not save the partial output — your scene content remains unchanged.

Credit Cost

Each Generate or Continue operation costs credits based on your selected AI model: Haiku = 2 credits, Sonnet = 7 credits, Opus = 35 credits. When your balance is low, a confirmation dialog appears before the operation runs. See Pricing & Plans for full credit details.

Next Steps

• Rewrite — surgical edits, structured rewrites, and rewrite options
• Improving AI Output — tips for getting better results from Generate & Continue
• Version History — browse and revert AI-generated versions
• Style Guide — configure POV, tense, tone, and model selection