Authaurus won’t write your book for you. It’ll help you finish it: a plan, guides and tools built by a writer who went through the whole process and built what he wished had existed.
Find out how long it should be, how many chapters it needs and when you’ll finish.
Get your writing planWhy writers don't finish
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No deadline, no contract, no one waiting. So it slips down the list every time life pushes back.
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Internal pressure is unreliable. Without something external, good intentions fade and the manuscript stalls.
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Everyone else's priorities feel more legitimate than yours.
Read: Writing Consistently, a Members guide
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Every session becomes about quality instead of progress.
Read: The Inner Critic, a Members guide
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You measure your messy first draft against published books and decide you're not good enough.
Read: Getting Unstuck
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Writing and editing at the same time, giving up when it's hard, letting everything else take priority.
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WordPlan Instant
Four quick questions. Your word count, chapter estimate and finish date appear right here. No email, no account.
WordPlan Builder
When your Instant result appears, one click carries your answers into Builder. Six more questions about your book and your schedule, then add your email for your bespoke writing plan and a Library Ticket.
Go to WordPlan Builder47 guides on planning, craft, drafting, editing, submissions and self-publishing, organised like rooms in a library rather than a folder of PDFs. 24 are open to read now.
Where are you in your book? Pick your stage and we will show you which guides to read, and in what order.
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Mindset
Publishing
47 guides behind three doors: Open, Ticket and Members.
Every guide in the Library sits behind one of three doors.
For everyone. No account, no email.
Give us your email address in WordPlan Builder and we’ll send your plan and the Ticket password.
Every guide, for WordTracker members. Join the waitlist and you can read the Members guides until WordTracker launches.
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Editors, proofreaders, cover designers, literary agents and self-publishing services in the UK, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Filter by service and country, then go straight to each business's own website.
Every listing shows the date we last checked it against the business's own website.
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About
Writing my first book took far longer than it should have. Not because the writing was impossible, but because I had no plan, no structure and no clear idea of what “finished” looked like.
I built Authaurus so other writers can stay focused on what needs doing, and when.
Nick, founder
Four questions, no account, and you’ll know how long your book should be and when you’ll finish.