Frequently Asked Questions

 

Everything you need to know before you buy a Plot & Prompt package: what’s inside, what makes it different from an outline, a prompt pack or a finished draft, what you own once it’s yours, and how buying works. If your question isn’t here, the contact line is at the bottom.

What a package is — and what it isn’t

What exactly am I buying?

A complete, market-researched foundation for one novel (or a three-book series), built so you can draft the book with AI this week and launch it with a plan. You get the premise, the full story bible, a scene-by-scene outline, the AI prompts that turn that outline into chapters, the marketing materials, and the launch playbook. You write the book. We’ve done everything that comes before the writing.

Is this just an outline?

No. An outline tells you what happens. A package also tells you who everyone is and how they sound (the Codex), how to get each chapter drafted (the prompts), how to describe the book to readers (blurb, keywords, categories), and how to launch it (the Market-Matched™ Brief). The outline is one of six components.

Is it a prompt pack?

No. Generic prompt packs give you a template and leave you to invent the story. Our prompts are written for this specific book: this premise, these characters, this voice, this chapter. They don’t work on anything else, which is the point.

Is it a template I fill in?

No. Every field is already filled. Templates sold on Etsy or Gumroad are blank workbooks; a package is a finished plan for a specific story that nobody else will ever receive.

Is it a finished manuscript?

No, and that’s deliberate. Some sellers deliver a complete AI first draft you edit. We stop one step earlier, at the plan and the prompts, so the prose is generated in your voice, on your tools, under your control. You know exactly how every chapter was made, because you made it. That matters for voice, for the AI-disclosure choices you make on KDP, and for actually learning a system you can reuse.

What’s in every package

Not an outline. Not a prompt pack. A complete novel foundation, built to be written this week and launched with intent. Every package, every genre, every tier includes all six components and all three bonuses.

Component	What it is
Story Premise	A Market-Matched™ concept validated against current bestseller trends and reader demand, with the high-concept pitch and structural overview that prove there’s a market waiting for it.
Complete Codex	Your full story bible: characters with voice guidelines and sample passages, settings, timeline, series setup, and a consistency checklist that keeps every chapter aligned from page one.
Chapter-by-Chapter Outline	The whole book mapped scene by scene, with emotional beats and chapter hooks, so you’re never staring at a blank page or a sagging middle.
AI Chapter Prompts	Purpose-built, voice-calibrated prompts that turn the outline into drafted pages, chapter by chapter.
Marketing Materials	Publish-ready Amazon blurb, KDP keywords and categories, short descriptions, social and newsletter copy, reader-magnet concepts, and a cover-design prompt.
Market-Matched™ Brief	Keyword strategy, pricing, and cover and launch positioning, in one standalone launch playbook.

Three bonuses, free with every package

• Implementation Guide — step-by-step, from your first prompt to a published book.
• Dial the Heat™ (romance packages) — heat-level guidance across four spice levels, with scene-type checklists and prompts so the intimacy lands exactly where your readers want it.
• The Renaming Cheat Sheet — a printable one-hour workflow for swapping every character name, location, and proper noun in your package so your story feels unmistakably yours, with a Master Key to track every change across your Codex, outline, and AI prompts.

What format does it come in?

Editable Word documents you can copy and paste straight into your AI tool, plus the bonus PDFs. No logins, no software, no subscription.

Can I see a sample before I buy?

Yes. We publish free sampler packages that show a taste of every section with the rest locked, so you can see the depth and format before spending anything. Each sampler is built on a premise that is never sold.

How Plot & Prompt is different

How is this different from other premade story packages?

Five things, and most sellers offer one or two of them, not all five:

	Plot & Prompt	Typical alternatives
Exclusivity	Every package sells once. It leaves the shelf the moment it’s bought.	Some are one-buyer; many are sold to anyone, repeatedly.
Market research	Each premise is Market-Matched™: chosen from current reader demand and bestseller trends, from multiple sources, with the evidence included.	Some, but many premises are chosen by what the seller felt like writing.
Completeness	Premise, Codex, outline, chapter prompts, marketing materials and launch brief, plus three bonuses.	An outline, or story bible plus an outline.
Shelf policy	No deadlines, no drop-day scramble. Packages stay listed until they sell.	Timed drops, countdowns, first-come events.
What you write	You draft the book from the plan, in your voice, on your own tools.	A finished AI draft you edit, or a blank template you fill.

Why no drop days or deadlines?

Simple – we don’t like them. New packages are announced weekly, and anything unsold stays on the shelf. If you need a week to decide, take it. The only clock is another author buying it first.

Is there a course, a community, or coaching attached?

No. Plot & Prompt is a done-for-you product, not a program. You buy the package, you receive the files, you write the book. The Implementation Guide walks you through the process; there is nothing else to join.

What does Market-Matched™ mean?

Every premise starts from what readers are buying and asking for right now in that genre, based on multiple data sources. The research is included in the package so you can see why this story has a market, and the Market-Matched™ Brief turns it into keywords, pricing and positioning for launch.

Do you write in every genre?

Almost. The shelves cover dark and suspense (psychological thrillers, domestic suspense, female sleuths, dark academia, romantic suspense, dark romance, mafia, gothic), cozy and comfort (cozy mystery, cozy fantasy, small town, rom-com, women’s fiction), fantasy and paranormal (romantasy, urban fantasy, hauntings, time slip, retellings, sci-fi), romance by flavor (sports, firefighter, cowboy, billionaire, workplace, rockstar, medical, LGBTQ+), and seasonal. We don’t build historical fiction, because we won’t sell a package whose period details we haven’t fact-checked.

Exclusivity and ownership

Will anyone else get the same package?

No. Each package is sold to exactly one author and removed from the store the moment it’s purchased. The premise, characters, outline and prompts are never resold, reused, or rebuilt under another name.

What do I own once I’ve bought it?

Everything in the files, to use however you like. Write the book, publish it under any pen name, sell it anywhere, adapt it, turn the standalone into a series, or shelve it for a year. There are no royalties, no credit required, and no license that expires.

Do I have to credit Plot & Prompt?

No. Never. Your name goes on the cover and nothing of ours appears anywhere in your book.

Can I change the names, setting or plot?

Yes, and we expect you to. The Renaming Cheat Sheet exists so you can swap every proper noun in about an hour and track the changes across the Codex, outline and prompts. Change the setting, cut a subplot, raise or lower the heat with Dial the Heat™. It’s your story the moment you buy it.

Could I end up with the same book as someone else?

No. Because each package sells once, the only person who can write this book is you. Even our free samplers are built on premises that are never sold.

Were these packages made with AI?

Yes, with AI tools and human judgment at every stage: the research, the planning, the voice work and the quality pass. Your prose is generated on your side, in your tools, so how you describe your process on KDP or anywhere else is entirely your decision and your information.

Choosing a package

What’s the difference between a Standalone and a Rapid Release Trio?

	Standalone	Rapid Release Trio
Price	$95	$250
Books	One complete novel	Three connected books, built to release in quick succession
What’s inside	All six components plus the three bonuses	All six components for each of the three books, plus series-level Codex and arc, plus the three bonuses
Best for	A first package, testing a new genre, or a one-off release	Authors who want a read-through series and a rapid-release launch schedule

I’ve never written in this genre. Will the package carry me?

That’s what it’s for. The Codex gives you the genre’s conventions baked into the characters and structure, the outline hits the beats readers of that genre expect, and the prompts are calibrated to the genre’s voice. Many buyers use packages specifically to enter a genre they’ve never written.

How do I know the heat level?

Every romance listing states the heat level on the shelf. Dial the Heat™ then lets you move it up or down across four spice levels without touching the plot, so a closed-door story can become open-door, or the reverse.

Can I turn a Standalone into a series?

Yes. Every Codex includes series setup, so a Standalone already has the world, cast and hooks a sequel would need.

How do I pick between two packages I like?

Read the premise and the Market-Matched™ evidence on each listing, and buy the one whose market you’d be happy to keep publishing into. The research is there to answer exactly that question. And if you can’t decide, buy both: nobody else can, once you have.

Using a package

What tools do I need?

An AI writing tool you already use (Claude, ChatGPT, or a novel-writing platform built on one of them) and a word processor. The prompts are plain text, so they work wherever you paste them. No Plot & Prompt software, account or subscription is involved.

How long does it take to get to a draft?

Most buyers have a full first draft within one to two weeks of focused work, because every decision that usually stalls a draft has already been made. The Implementation Guide lays out the sequence from first prompt to published book.

Do I need to be an experienced author?

No. First-time authors use packages because the structure is done; experienced authors use them because the research and planning are done. The Implementation Guide assumes nothing beyond basic comfort with an AI chat tool.

Do I need to know how to prompt?

No. The chapter prompts are written for you, calibrated to the book’s voice and point of view. You paste, read, and refine.

Will the book sound like AI?

It will sound like the voice you give it. The Codex includes voice guidelines and sample passages for each character, the prompts are built around them, and the draft is yours to edit. The package removes the blank page; it does not remove you.

What if I want to change the plot halfway through?

Change it. The outline is a plan, not a contract. The consistency checklist in the Codex is there to help you keep the rest aligned when you do.

Buying

How much do packages cost?

Standalones are $95. Rapid Release Trios are $250. Prices are in US dollars and every package includes all six components and all three bonuses; there are no tiers within a tier and nothing to add on.

How do I pay and receive it?

Checkout is on plotandprompt.com. Your files are available to download immediately after payment, and the package is removed from the shelf at the same moment.

Can I get a refund?

No. Because each package is sold once and removed from the store the moment you buy it, it can’t be resold, so all sales are final. That’s also why we publish free samplers: see the depth and format before you spend anything.

How often do new packages drop?

Weekly. New packages are announced via email each week, and email subscribers who’ve bought before usually get a 24-hour head start on the rest of the list.

How do I know when a package in my genre goes live?

Join the list and tell us your genres, and you’ll hear the moment a matching package is shelved. Popular categories often sell on the day they’re announced, so the email is the surest way to get the one you want.

A package I wanted is gone. Can you make another like it?

No. Once a package sells, that story belongs to its buyer and we don’t rebuild it. New packages in the same genre arrive regularly, and the list is the fastest way to catch the next one.

Do you build custom packages on request?

No. Plot & Prompt is a shelf, not a service: we build what the market is asking for, list it, and it sells once. Browse the shelves or join the list for your genre.

Still have a question?

Email us at support@plotandprompt.com and you’ll get a reply from a person, usually within a business day. If your question is about a specific package, include its title.