How to change Paige’s writing style, length and narration

Step by step

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   Step 1: Open Style

   On a computer, click the Style chip in the message box. It shows your current setting, such as “Balanced”. On a phone, tap the sliders button (“How Paige writes”).

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   Step 2: Move the Style slider

   Pick Lean, Crisp, Balanced, Rich or Lush. The line under the slider says what each one does.

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   Step 3: Pick a Length

   Tap Short, Standard or Long. Your choice is saved for your account and used until you change it.

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   Step 4: Set point of view and tense

   Open the Bible. In “Plan your book” at the top, find “Narration” and choose a point of view, then a tense.

   

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   Step 5: Check the book’s language, genre and tone

   Open Projects. Set “Story language”, “Genre” and “Tone” for the open book.

   

The Style slider, stop by stop

Style changes how much detail and interior feeling goes into each paragraph. It does not change the story, the facts or the model Paige uses. Balanced is the default.

Length, and why your word count wins

Length sets how long a chapter draft runs. “Short” is “Around 900 words”. “Standard” is “A full chapter”. “Long” means “Let scenes run and breathe”.

The popover says it plainly: “A word count typed in your message always wins.” Ask for “about 2,000 words” and Paige aims for that, whatever Length says.

When a reply gets cut off, a “Continue writing” button appears under it.

Narration: point of view and tense

Each book can have a fixed point of view and tense. Open the Bible and find “Narration” in “Plan your book”. Point of view choices are “Paige decides”, “First person (“I”)”, “Third limited”, “Third omniscient” and “Second person (“you”)”. Tense is “Past tense” or “Present tense”. Pick a point of view first; the tense box unlocks after that.

When saved, you see “Saved. Paige narrates this book this way.” Choose “Paige decides” to clear it. Then she follows your chapters and requests.

Your style: teach Paige to write like you

Also in “Plan your book”, “Your style” reads a sample of your own writing and describes your voice in plain words. Tap “Teach Paige to write like you”. Choose “Pick my chapters” (one or two chapters you wrote, up to 8) or “Paste writing” (500 to 3,000 words works best), then tap “Read my style”.

You get notes under headings like “How you tell it”, “Your sentences”, “Dialogue”, “Tone” and “Description”. Edit anything that doesn’t sound like you and save. The row then reads “On: Paige writes in your style”. It applies to this book only.

Story language, genre, tone and chapters

These live in the Projects panel for the open book.

Rewrite a reply richer

If Paige’s latest reply feels thin or choppy, tap the wand icon under it (“Rewrite this reply with richer detail”). She rewrites it in fuller sentences with more sensory detail and makes it longer. It only appears on the newest reply.

For a single line or paragraph in a chapter, select the text in the editor and use the quick rewrite options instead. For a whole new attempt, use regenerate.

Chat font and text size

To change how replies look (not how they are written), open Settings, then Appearance. “Chat response font” has “Match site” (“Same font as the rest of the interface”) and “Literary” (“Serif font, like the manuscript editor”). “Reading text size” makes chat replies, adventures and the story reader bigger or smaller.

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