How to create, switch and organise projects in WriteWithPaige

Step by step

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   Step 1: Open the Projects panel

   On desktop, click “Projects” in the left rail. On a phone, tap the project name at the top, then “Manage Projects (rename, export…)”.

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   Step 2: Create a project

   Click “New Project”. Pick “Writing” for stories, “Brand” for marketing content, or “Adventure” to play an interactive story. Type a name in “New project name…” and tap “Create”.

   

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   Step 3: Set it up

   At the top of the panel, fill in “Project Name” and “Description”, then choose “Story language”, “Genre”, “Tone” and “Chapters”.

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   Step 4: Switch between projects

   Tap any project in the “Switch Project” list. On a phone, tap the project name at the top and pick another.

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   Step 5: Organise with folders

   Click the folder icon (“New Folder”) to make a folder. Then use a project’s ⋯ menu and “Move to folder…”, or drag it in on desktop.

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   Step 6: Use the ⋯ menu for everything else

   Each project row has a ⋯ menu with “Rename”, “Duplicate”, “Export”, “Copy Story Bible to another project”, “Pictures”, “Book cover”, “Delete” and more.

What a project holds

Each project keeps its own chapters, Story Bible, notes, uploaded files and pictures. Chats can belong to a project, or be unassigned. The Story Bible belongs to one book only: there is no shared Bible across books. To reuse characters, copy the Bible to the other project (see below).

There are three kinds of project. “Writing” is for “Stories, novels, screenplays” with a Story Bible, chapters and Muses. “Brand” is for “Marketing content with brand memory”. “Adventure” takes you to set up an interactive story you play turn by turn.

Project settings, one by one

These sit at the top of the Projects panel and apply to the project you have open. Changes save as you make them.

Switching projects

The “Switch Project” list shows every project, grouped by folder, with an “Unfiled” group for the rest. Click one to open it. Your chapters, Bible and chats change to that project.

On a phone, tap the project name in the header. The dropdown lists your projects plus “Manage Projects (rename, export…)” and “New Project”.

Rename, duplicate, delete

“Rename” lets you type a new name in place. Press Enter to save or Esc to cancel.

“Duplicate” makes a full copy called “Copy of” plus the name. It copies the settings, chapters with their folders, the Story Bible and notes. Use it before a big rewrite, or to try a different direction without touching the original.

“Delete” asks you to confirm with “Delete Project”. This permanently deletes all chapters, Bible entries, notes and uploaded files in that project. Chats are kept but become unassigned. If co-authors write with you, each of them keeps a copy.

Folders

Folders keep a long shelf tidy, for example “Series one” or “Drafts”. Click the folder icon next to “Switch Project”, type a name in “Folder name...” and press Enter.

To file a project, open its ⋯ menu and choose “Move to folder…” (this appears once you have a folder). “Remove from folder” takes it out. On desktop you can also drag projects into folders. Folders have their own ⋯ menu with “Move up”, “Move down”, “Rename” and “Delete”. Deleting a folder moves its projects to “Unfiled”. It never deletes them.

Copy a Story Bible or chapters to another project

“Copy Story Bible to another project” copies every Bible entry and its folders into a project you pick. Entries that already exist there are skipped, so it is safe to run more than once. Nothing in the original changes.

“Copy chapters to another project” copies every chapter and its folders. Chapters already in the other project with the same title are skipped. You can choose to put them in a folder named after the source project.

This is how you start book two with book one’s cast: create the new project, then copy the Bible from book one into it.

Every item in a project’s ⋯ menu

Some items only show to the project’s owner.

Import a character, and leaving a shared story

“Import a character” sits under the project list. Coming from SillyTavern, Chub or JanitorAI? Drop in the character card you downloaded (the .png or .json file). Paige starts a new story with that character, their lorebook and their opening message in the Story Bible. Only you can see it.

If someone shared a story with you, “Leave story” in its ⋯ menu opens a short confirmation. “Keep a copy” gives you your own copy of the chapters and the Story Bible, and your chats with Paige move into it. After you leave you can’t open the shared story any more.

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