Writing a long story means juggling a lot: plot threads to resolve, characters to keep consistent, and the details that describe your book to the outside world. Writer Mode keeps all of that one click away in the right-hand side panel, so your reference material is always within reach while you write.

Notes: your private workspace

The Notes area is free-form space for yourself — outline fragments, to-do lists, reminders, unresolved plot holes, anything you want to track as you draft. You can attach notes while you work and return to them whenever you need.

Crucially, notes are completely private and never export with the final manuscript. They won't appear in your EPUB, PDF or any other format, so you can be as messy and candid as you like.

Characters: your cast, on hand

The Characters section pulls from your Series Bible. Once you've cast characters (and settings) into a project, they appear here in your local roster, where you can review descriptions, roles and alignments without leaving the page.

To put a character into a scene, type @ in the editor and pick them from the auto-complete menu. Tagging a character links them to that moment in the story — and it also tells the AI assistant exactly who is involved, so its suggestions stay true to that character's voice and history.

Story metadata: how the world sees your book

The story metadata covers the descriptive details of your project — title, genre, audience and synopsis. This information is used across the app and feeds your Publishing Kit, where it shapes the marketing copy BookZeta can generate for you later.

Why accurate metadata pays off

Keeping your metadata current does double duty:

• Better AI suggestions. The assistant reads your synopsis and character metadata to keep its output on-tone and on-character. Vague or outdated metadata gives vaguer results.
• Better publishing copy. Accurate title, genre, audience and synopsis mean the marketing material BookZeta generates is closer to ready when you reach the Publishing Kit.

Tips and pitfalls

• Don't rely on Notes for anything readers need to see — they never export. Put reader-facing text in the chapter itself.
• Cast before you tag. A character only appears in the @ menu after you've cast them from your Series Bible; see creating characters, settings & entities.
• Update the synopsis as the story evolves. It's one of the main signals the AI uses, so a stale synopsis quietly weakens every suggestion.