I'm working on a contemporary romance novel, and I need a slower-paced outline to allow the relationship to develop naturally. To give the story enough room, I changed the chapter distribution from the default 12 chapters to 15 chapters, with the following structure: - Setup: 7 chapters - Confrontation: 5 chapters - Resolution: 3 chapters The interface correctly shows Total chapters: 15, and each story section also displays the chapter numbers I selected (7 / 5 / 3). However, after regenerating the outline several times, the actual outline still contains only the default number of chapters: - Setup: 3 chapters - Confrontation: 6 chapters - Resolution: 3 chapters So the outline always stops at Chapter 12, even though the project is configured for 15 chapters. Because of this, the story is compressed into only 12 chapters instead of the 15 I selected, making it difficult to properly pace the romance. Is this a bug, or is there another step I need to take to make BookNova actually generate all 15 chapters? Thank you!

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Here is the story behind it. One of you (Deborah 😉) - a writer right here in this community - reached out and said something simple but brilliant: "I love the books, but sometimes I just want to change a character's name or fix a small detail without regenerating the whole thing and spending credits." That is exactly the kind of feedback I build on. So I sat down and made it happen. Now you can search your whole book and change any word, name, or phrase - instantly, everywhere it appears. Rename a character, fix a recurring term, correct a small detail - done in seconds. No regenerating. No credits spent. Full control, right in your hands. It comes in two modes: Simple - find an exact word or phrase and replace it everywhere in the book. Smart - perfect for renaming a character. It updates every form of the name so nothing slips through and your book stays consistent from cover to cover. You will find it right in the writing view - look for the Find & Replace button, or just press Ctrl+H. This is exactly why I love building BookNova as a solo founder, together with you. You share an idea, and it becomes a real feature - fast. So keep them coming. The next feature might be the one you suggested. Go give it a try, and let me know what you think.

One of the features coming with Sail Mode (our chapter-by-chapter writing flow, currently in development) is per-chapter length control. Here's what it does and how it works. The idea In published fiction, chapters aren't all the same length. Length is used to control pace: tense or fast-moving scenes tend to run short, while setup, immersion, and emotional depth run longer — and the climax is often the tightest section of the book. A fixed word count per chapter (total ÷ chapters) hits a target length but produces an even, mechanical rhythm that real novels don't have. Sail Mode varies chapter length instead — automatically, with a manual override. The automatic part For each new chapter, Sail sets a target length from three inputs: 1. Pace — the pace you pick for the chapter (linger / natural / push) shifts the length. Lingering runs longer; pushing the plot forward runs tighter. 2. Story position — where the chapter sits in the arc. Opening/setup chapters get more room; chapters in the climax zone run shorter and faster. 3. Length budget — your book's overall target. If earlier chapters ran long or short, later targets adjust to keep the whole book on the length you planned. The result is a natural variation from chapter to chapter, with the total still landing on your intended book length. No setup required — it works by default. The manual part Every chapter shows its suggested length in the writing panel, labelled punchy, standard, or immersive. If you want a specific chapter shorter or longer, type in your own word count — that number is used for that chapter. A reset option returns it to the automatic suggestion. So the length is decided for you when you don't care, and editable per chapter when you do. Status Sail Mode is still in development; this feature will ship with it. More previews to follow.

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