Drafting Your First Draft

The hardest part of writing is often the blank page. Muses gives you a few ways to get past it — and a way to keep momentum once you've started.

Start your draft in a project

On the home page, click New to open the New Project dialog. Enter a project name, choose a category, and confirm. Muses creates the first blank article inside that project and opens the editor. Use a name you will recognize later, such as “City Walks”.

You can start writing straight away, or describe your topic, audience, and intended length in the AI chat and ask for an outline or an opening paragraph.

Already have a draft? Use single-file import to turn a Word, TXT, or Markdown document into an editable article. For a collection of chapters or documents, use project import: select a ZIP or folder and import into a new or existing project.

Keep writing with Tab

Once you're in the editor, you don't have to type every word yourself. Place your cursor where you want to continue and press Tab — AI reads what's around it and suggests how to keep going.

• A preview of the suggested text appears.
• Press Space or Enter to accept it.
• Press Esc to dismiss it; just keep typing and it goes away on its own.
• Still thinking? While the suggestion is loading, Esc or any keystroke cancels the request.

If your cursor sits inside a paragraph that already has text, the suggestion continues that sentence. In an empty spot, it offers a fuller passage. Either way, nothing is added until you accept it.

When this beats the chat

Reach for Tab when you're in flow and want to keep the rhythm without switching to a side panel — finishing a sentence, extending a thin paragraph, or bridging into the next idea. When you want a bigger change — an outline, a rewrite, research — that's a job for the AI chat instead.

A few tips

• Give your draft a rough shape first; Tab works best when there's some context to build on.
• If a suggestion isn't right, dismiss it and nudge your sentence a few words further — the next suggestion follows your lead.

Set aside a writing sprint

Open the writing timer in the editor, choose a duration, and start. Keep writing while it runs. When time is up, or you end the sprint early, the result shows actual and planned duration, net word count, and writing speed when it can be calculated. You can review recent sessions or start another round.

A negative net count means you removed more than you added. A dash for speed does not mean the timer failed. These numbers help you understand your rhythm; they do not grade your writing.

Where to go next

• Letting AI Rewrite Your Draft — polish what you've written, with you approving each change.
• Finding Sources & Images with AI — back up your draft with facts and visuals.