SameGROUND Author tutorials
Watch SameGROUND Author, step by step
Twenty-three short videos, each a few minutes long, filmed on the live app. Start with Your voice, or jump to the one you need.
These videos show the product under its earlier name, VoiceMark. New versions are on the way.
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Your voice
Video 1Make a voice from your writing
Give SameGROUND Author three passages of writing, and it learns how that voice sounds.
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Video 2Blend three writers
Name three writers you admire, and SameGROUND Author blends them into one new voice. No passages needed, and no words used.
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Video 3Write in a voice
Give SameGROUND Author a short brief, see the cost first, and get a scene written towards the voice you chose.
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Video 4Read it back
SameGROUND Author reads a page back to you like a careful editor: notes on particular lines, and how close the writing is to the voice.
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Video 17Choose a voice for each piece
Keep several voices: your own, a writer you are writing towards, or a character. Choose which one each piece uses. Changing it is free.
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Write a book
Video 5Start from a blank page
No text and no brief? Answer a few questions, choose a direction and an outline, and SameGROUND Author builds the plan of your story.
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Video 6Choose a direction and an outline
SameGROUND Author suggests three directions for your story, then two outlines. You choose each time.
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Video 7Approve the plan
The full plan of your story: synopsis, roadmap, characters, chapters and beats. Change anything, then approve it.
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Video 8Write your book part by part
SameGROUND Author writes your book one short part at a time, towards the voice you chose. You read each part before the next.
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Video 9Keep track of your characters
SameGROUND Author keeps a record of the people, places and things in your book, and checks every part against the voice.
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Video 10Tell it what is on your mind
Before the next part, add a thought or a memory of your own. SameGROUND Author works it into the story.
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Video 18Edit or take over
Change anything in your book yourself, or write the next part by hand. Saving and pausing are free.
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Video 15Write the next book in a series
Writing a sequel? Carry over the earlier book's characters, places and open threads, then correct what has changed. Free.
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Your own writing
Video 11Clean up a rough draft
Paste a draft of your own. SameGROUND Author cleans it towards the voice you chose, and you choose what to keep.
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Video 12Check your own writing
Does anything in your writing read like a habit a reader might mistake for AI? A reading, never a verdict, never a number.
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Video 13The forensic examiner
A close reading that points to the sentences a strict reader might question, and says why.
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Video 14Bring in your manuscript
Already writing a book? Bring it in from Word, Scrivener or a text file. It comes in as a book of its chapters, as you wrote them, and bringing it in is free.
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Video 21Read the whole book
SameGROUND Author reads your finished book once, from first page to last, and keeps a record of it.
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Video 23Score my own parts
The chapters you brought in, or wrote yourself, scored against the book's voice, one part at a time.
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Video 22Clean the whole book
SameGROUND Author cleans your book towards its voice, part by part, into a new book. The book you start from is never changed.
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Video 16Another take, or re-voice
Not quite right? Ask for another take, punchier, quieter or closer to the voice, or have marked passages written again.
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