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Ghostwriting — How It Works

Our ghostwriting service turns your premise, cast, and style notes into a working outline and full chapters. You stay in control of voice and plot beats; we handle the heavy lifting.

This page covers:

  1. What You Provide
  2. Workflow at a Glance
  3. Voice & Style Capture
  4. Quality Review — Tiers & What We Actually Check
  5. Deliverables
  6. Before / After (Seed vs. Draft)
  7. Frequently Asked Questions

Tiered Ghostwriting Levels​

TierGoalPriceHow it worksQA scopeDeliverablesPitchChoose this if…
Draft (Base Tier)Fast first draft from your outlineIncludedChapters are generated asynchronously from your outline plus characters and locations. No continuity pass between chapters.Heuristic safety checks only (format sanity, duplicate pruning, trivial Structure fixes). No continuity QA.Full draft in DOCX or HTML or MD, outline, character and location sheets.“Quickly turn your outline into a complete draft.”You want speed and a working manuscript you will polish yourself.
Polished / Premium (High Tier)Higher voice fidelity and chapter-to-chapter polish$34.99 add-onAdds a prompted LLM pass that grades each section as PASS or FAIL or PATCH to preserve consistency, voice, pace, and tone. Only failing sections are re-edited; small misses are patched. Includes model-based originality signal.Full pass/fail/patch continuity and style QA, targeted re-runs where needed, plus originality flags (warn on low confidence; hard-fail then regenerate or patch on high confidence).Everything in Continuity, plus a concise QA summary and originality flags report; updated sections included.“A cleaner, more consistent draft that reads closer to publication.”You want stronger voice and continuity out of the box and fewer manual edits.

Notes: “Included” means part of the base ghostwriting run. Add-on prices apply per project unless otherwise stated. The originality signal is model-based and heuristic, not a legal determination.

1) What You Provide​

  • Premise or prompt: the core idea or short pitch.
  • Target format: novel, short story, script, serial, etc.
  • Style sample (optional): a page that captures tone, diction, and rhythm.
  • Cast (optional but helpful): names, roles, POV, quirks, goals.
  • Locations (optional): key places, vibe, senses.
  • Guardrails: themes to emphasize or avoid, rating/sensitivity, house style.

2) Workflow at a Glance​

  1. Context build We assemble project metadata from your inputs and create a working brief.

  2. Prompt shaping Your premise becomes a focused prompt the model can reliably follow.

  3. Cast & places We draft character and location sketches you can edit at any time.

  4. Outline A chapter or scene outline is produced from the prompt, cast, and locations.

  5. Section expansion Each outline section is enriched with beats, POV, and focus notes.

  6. Ghostwritten draft The system writes chapters from the outline, style sample, and context.

  7. Quality review & export Heuristic checks run automatically; optional Advanced QA can apply targeted fixes and originality signals. Then we export your files.

You can pause after any step to revise the cast, locations, style, or outline and resume drafting with those changes.

3) Voice & Style Capture​

  • Style sample: paste a page that represents your ideal voice; we mimic cadence and diction.
  • Continuity: cast traits and POV markers are kept consistent from section to section.
  • Temperature: we default to a creative setting; you can request a steadier, more deterministic tone for critical chapters.
  • Safety: if upstream systems flag content, we skip or ask for edits before continuing.

4) Quality Review — Tiers & What We Actually Check​

Our ghostwriting pipeline includes built-in heuristic verification and an optional Advanced QA layer. The Basic tier covers structure and safety with automatic retries on hard failures. The Advanced QA add-on adds a second, prompted LLM pass that issues PASS / FAIL / PATCH outcomes per section and includes an LLM originality signal.

Quality Review Tiers (What to Expect)​

TierGoalPriceHow it worksTarget quality*What our Heuristic QA actually checks (per section)DeliverablesChoose this if…
Basic Ghostwriting (Draft + Heuristic QA)Strong, coherent chapters with safety netIncluded1× ghostwritten draft per section → automatic heuristic QA with up to 2 retries on hard failures.~80%+• Consecutive duplicate pruning with warn-only signal for non-consecutive repeats.
• Structural integrity: invalid or badly balanced output triggers retry.
• Auto-fix trivial HTML and safe write-back when appropriate.
• Cleanups that preserve dialogue blocks and images where present.		Draft manuscript (web preview + .docx/.html/.md), per-section QA status, notes where retries occurred.Most projects where you want solid draft quality quickly and will iterate on voice and detail during revision.

Hard-fail auto-retry (both tiers): If a section trips critical checks such as malformed output or irrecoverable duplication, our QA automatically requests a re-run (up to 2 times). Persistent issues are marked completed_with_issues for easy inspection.

5) Deliverables​

  • Manuscript in .docx, .html, or .md.
  • Outline you can keep refining for sequels or spin-offs.
  • Cast and locations sheets derived from your inputs.
  • QA notes showing where automatic retries or patches occurred.
  • Optional: Advanced QA summary and originality flags report.

6) Before / After (Seed vs. Draft)​

Seed (from outline section)Ghostwritten Draft (excerpt)
Section 4: The ally’s betrayal. POV: first person. Beats: confrontation in the rain; reveal of hidden letter; vow to continue alone.Rain hammered the tin awning as I stepped into the alley. He waited there, eyes down, a letter crumpled in his fist. When I reached for it, he let go of more than paper. The truth fell out with the rain, and by the time it hit my shoes, I knew I would have to finish this without him.

Drafts stay aligned to the outline’s beats and POV while allowing tasteful connective tissue between moments.

What You, the Author, Will See​

  1. Upload or paste your premise, and optionally cast, locations, and a style page.
  2. Review the automatically generated outline; tweak anything you like.
  3. Start drafting and watch sections complete in your dashboard.
  4. Download the manuscript and optional QA reports.
  5. Iterate on style or outline and regenerate specific sections as needed.

Frequently Asked Questions​

Q: Who owns the text? A: You do. Your manuscript and assets remain yours.

Q: Can I lock scenes so they don’t change? A: Yes. Use outline-locked mode for those sections.

Q: Will it match my voice? A: Provide a strong style sample and any do’s/don’ts; the system mirrors tone and pacing as closely as possible.

Q: Can you write in another language? A: Yes. Pair ghostwriting with our translation or start natively in the target language.

Q: Do you handle sensitive topics? A: We follow platform safety rules. If content is flagged, we’ll skip the section or ask for edits.

Q: What file formats can I export? A: .docx, .html, and .md are supported.

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🧠 Generative AI and Originality Policy​

Bookcicle’s services — including Editorial, Translation, Conversion, and Ghostwriting — integrate advanced generative AI systems to enhance writing, editing, and localization. While these tools accelerate creativity, all AI-generated output is provided "as-is" and may include factual inaccuracies or material that resembles existing works.

You are responsible for reviewing, editing, and verifying any AI-assisted deliverable before publication or commercial use. Bookcicle does not guarantee originality or non-infringement of AI-generated content.

For more details, please see the full AI-Generated Content, Ghostwriting & Originality section of our Terms of Service.