How to open and fill out a worksheet

Worksheets are opened directly from within a book. To access them, open the book you are working on and navigate to the worksheets area. You will see a list of available worksheets based on the book’s settings and your role.

Selecting a worksheet opens it in an editable view. Each worksheet is organized into fields or sections designed for a specific purpose, such as character details, plot elements, timelines, or world rules. You can move through the worksheet at your own pace and fill in as much or as little information as you want.

Unlike chapter writing, worksheets are not saved automatically. Worksheets do not have a draft state. Any changes you make are only preserved when you explicitly click Save. If you leave a worksheet without saving, your changes will be lost. For that reason, it is important to save your work before navigating away from a worksheet.

There is no required order for filling out a worksheet. You can skip sections, leave fields blank, and return later to complete or revise entries. Worksheets are meant to evolve alongside your book, but saving is always a deliberate action.

In personal books, all worksheets are fully editable by the author at all times. In community and private group books, worksheet access depends on your role and the book’s configuration. Some contributors may be able to view worksheets without editing them, while others may be allowed to add or update entries.

For subscribers, worksheets include AI-assisted features. Subscribers can use Book Chat to ask questions about the worksheet, discuss how it connects to the book, or explore ideas related to the worksheet’s purpose. Subscribers may also choose to generate suggested answers for worksheet fields using AI.

AI-generated worksheet responses are always editable. They are provided as suggested content, not final answers. You can use an AI-generated response as written, modify it, or replace it entirely with your own writing. You remain in full control of what is saved to the worksheet.

AI assistance is optional. You can complete worksheets entirely on your own without using AI features, and worksheets function the same way regardless of whether AI suggestions are used.

Information saved in worksheets becomes part of your book’s reference material. Worksheets may be used by platform tools during analysis and consistency checks, helping surface conflicts or missing information later in the writing process.

Worksheets are designed to support your writing process, not dictate it. You decide what to enter, when to save, and how closely to rely on structured fields or AI suggestions.