We’ve greatly improved how Sudowrite writes chapters! It can now write better prose by following your directions more closely, maintaining your style better, and accepting extra instructions.

To enable these improvements, beginning today Sudowrite is transitioning away from Beats in the Chapter Generator, to use something more familiar and intuitive: Scenes. Scenes simplify the process of breaking your chapters into logical narrative units—so you can focus on the action, the characters, and the heart of your story. And they also make sure you’ll get the best prose possible out of Sudowrite.

Why Scenes?

• More Familiar, More Natural
  Scenes are a universally understood concept for storytelling. Instead of puzzling over where one “beat” ends and another begins, Scenes let you structure your chapter by its natural shifts in location, time, or characters.

• Better Prose
  In our testing, Scenes consistently generate clearer, more focused prose. You’ll see fewer tangents and a smoother narrative flow—this new approach helps Sudowrite “think” more like a storyteller.

• Easier to Format & Fine-Tune
  Scenes appear as a numbered list by default, so there’s no guessing whether your outline is too short or too sprawling.

• Extra Instructions for Every Scene
  Got special requests for a scene’s point-of-view, style, or pacing? Our new “Extra Instructions” field is the perfect place for these notes. They’ll carry into your generation so that your draft matches your vision more closely.

• Scene Validation and Instant Improvements
  If your Scenes span too many locations or skip vital characters, Sudowrite will gently nudge you—suggesting helpful fixes before you click generate.

How to Use Scenes

1. Update to Scenes
   You can choose which of your projects you’d like to update to use Scenes now. If you’re in the flow with Beats on a given project, you can continue to use those until March 31st.

2. Generate Scenes (Instead of Beats)
   There is now a Generate Scenes button in the Chapter Generator that will create scenes from the Chapter Summary in your linked Outline. You can also write your own!

3. Watch for Helpful Warnings
   Sudowrite highlights potential trouble spots, like missing characters or Scenes that look too sprawling. Accept suggestions to “fix” scenes—splitting them, adding detail, etc.—or skip straight to generation if you’re feeling bold.

4. Click “Generate”
   Sudowrite will analyze your Scenes, generate an accurate word count and credit estimate, then produce your scene-accurate chapter in prose.

FAQs

Q: Do I need to do anything to update my project?
A: We’ll automatically convert your Beats into Scenes on March 31st. Until then, you’re free to keep using Beats—or you can get started with Scenes right away by clicking the “Update Now” option in your project’s Chapter Generator.

Q: What happens to my old Beats?
A: Your old Beats are magically converted to Scenes during the update. Those Beats are also saved to your Scenes History section though, so you can always recover the original beats as written.

Q: Can I write Scenes manually without using AI to generate them?
A: Absolutely! You can simply type your Scenes into the new interface and skip the “Generate Scenes” step. You’ll still benefit from the new Scene validation.

Q: Do Scenes support the special instructions I used to include in Beat headers?
A: Yes. Scenes come with an Extra Instructions box that serves the same purpose as Beats headers. That means you have an official home for your POV, tense, or style requests—except now it’s even more flexible and precise.

Q: What if my Scenes don’t match the “one location/one moment in time” guideline?
A: We won’t force you to break your Scenes. If Sudowrite detects that a Scene might be sprawling, it will suggest how to split or clarify it, but you can always proceed as-is.

We’re really excited to share Scenes with you, both because of how they work today and what they unlock for Sudowrite in the very near future. If you have questions, drop a note in our community Discord. Thanks for all of the feedback that got us here—and here’s to your next great chapter, powered by Scenes!

Ready to try Scenes? Pop open your project’s Chapter Generator click “Update Now” to make the switch.