Standalone workshop
Write a Book with AI
€149one-time access
- All 10 workshop modules
- Downloadable templates and starter files
- Reusable prompts and checklists
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Write a book.
Practical workshop · Self-paced
Write a book.
Build the system first.
Learn how to use AI for a complete novel without losing track of your characters, world rules, plot and writing style. First you build seven reliable source documents; then you use them to draft and check the book chapter by chapter.
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Buy the workshop.
Or join the collective.
Workshop 1 can be purchased on its own, while active Formosus Members receive it together with all current and future workshops released during their membership.
Founding Membership
Every Formosus workshop
€24.95/month · 12-month commitment
€249 /year
- Workshop 1 included
- New workshops included while membership is active
- Your own author/product presence on Formosus
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What you build
One book.
Seven sources of truth.
A long book requires thousands of interdependent choices. Instead of asking AI to improvise those choices again and again, you record them in a compact book dossier that can be reread, checked and updated.
01–03 · Foundation
Move from a loose idea to fixed story parameters, language choices and a verifiable reality.
04–07 · Architecture
Define writing style, story development, scenes and the design choices behind the novel.
08–10 · Production
Turn the dossier into writable scenes and a repeatable workflow for complete chapters.
Your progress
Build it
one decision at a time.
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The complete workshop
Ten modules.
One finished workflow.
Every module follows the same rhythm: understand, apply, direct AI deliberately, check the result and save a concrete outcome in your book folder.
Module 01
Why one giant book prompt does not work
Discover why attractive isolated prose is not yet a coherent novel and where continuity errors begin.
Result · problem map for your book idea →Module 02
Codex and the book folder
Set up a local book project in which AI can repeatedly read the right sources.
Result · complete project folder →Module 03
The foundation note
Turn a loose idea into a fixed foundation with premise, dramatic core, boundaries and destination.
Result · 01 Foundation Note.md →Module 04
The language bible
Fix names, terms, spelling, point-of-view language and recognisable dialogue voices.
Result · 02 Language Bible.md →Module 05
The continuity bible
Track objective facts, world rules, timeline, knowledge boundaries and the state after the finale.
Result · 03 Continuity Bible.md →Module 06
The writing style set
Translate abstract style preferences into concrete rules AI can use during drafting and revision.
Result · 04 Writing Style Set.md →Module 07
The story plan
Turn the foundation into a dramatic route from beginning to end, including turns and subplots.
Result · 05 Story Plan.md →Module 08
The scene breakdown
Translate the story plan into writable scenes with goal, resistance, choice and a changed end state.
Result · 06 Scene Breakdown.md →Module 09
The design note
Explain why structure, perspectives, reveals and escalation create the intended reading experience.
Result · 07 Design Note.md →Module 10
Writing chapters with Codex
Use the complete dossier to plan, draft, revise and save chapters in a controlled workflow.
Result · repeatable writing workflow →Workshop 1
Build the system.
Then write the book.
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