- To generate story ideas by asking, "What books do I wish existed in the world?"

- To generate story ideas by asking questions. (Somebody wanted...but...so.)
- To write longer, more detailed story ideas.
- To include elements of text we hope to write in a story idea
- To choose an idea to develop into a strong story
- To develop complex, believable characters
- To draft using a story mountain
- To revise word choice
- To revise leads modeling after published authors
- To revise endings modeling after published authors
- To edit for capitalization, punctuation, quotation marks, and spelling