Novels and short fiction
Contemporary romance novel — 12 chapters
A single-volume contemporary romance (12 chapters, ~120k chars). Meeting, misunderstanding and reunion assigned to chapters, with a 'lack → fulfillment' table for both leads.
- Who it's for
- Writers who want to finish one complete book before serializing
- Scale
- 12 chapters · ~10,000 chars each
- Format
- Novel
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What gets created
Bracketed placeholders like [Protagonist] are renamed once in the story bible.
Documents
- NotePlanning note — lack and fulfillment
- ChapterCh. 1 — Worst first impression
- ChapterCh. 2 — Tangled by work
- ChapterCh. 3 — Drawing a line
Bible seeds
- Character[Protagonist][Job]. What they say they want and what they need are different.
- Character[Love interest][Job]. A lack that interlocks with the protagonist's.
- Character[Best friend]The protagonist's friend — says what the reader wants to say.
- Place[The shared workplace]Where the collaboration happens; where rules are made and broken.
- Plot threadThe chapter-8 misunderstandingThe unsayable misunderstanding. Resolved in chapter 11.
Beat table
| Beat | Range | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Ch. 1–3 | Worst impression; rules |
| Cracks | Ch. 4–6 | The line blurs; midpoint |
| Misunderstanding and parting | Ch. 7–9 | The wound takes over |
| Reunion | Ch. 10–12 | Two changed people choose |
First steps after creating
- 1
Fill the eight cells of the lack table. If they don't interlock, redo.
- 2
Write the chapter-8 misunderstanding in one sentence and ask: would one conversation fix it?
- 3
Open chapter 1 with both mornings.
- 4
Check each chapter lands around 10,000 chars in the stats panel.