Built for writing a book

An agentic scheduler for writing a book when you also have a day job

Most books die not from lack of ideas but from lack of writing time. Pace plans real writing sessions around your calendar and rebuilds when life intervenes.

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Why most writing a book plans fail

Writing time gets squeezed out by everything else - every week

Momentum is fragile: miss a week and you forget what the book was about

Advice like 'write every day' ignores the existence of kids, meetings, and bad days

NaNoWriMo works because of deadline pressure - the rest of the year, not so much

How Pace is different

A plan that bends with your life

Protects real writing sessions, not token 15-minute blocks

Writing needs warmup. Pace schedules sessions long enough to actually get past the blank-page phase - around your real calendar.

Rebuilds when you miss a week

Had a rough week at work? Pace shifts the plan so the book still has a landing date. No guilt, just an updated arc.

Tracks the arc, not just today

You're not trying to hit a daily word count. You're trying to finish a manuscript. Pace keeps the whole draft in view and scales the pace to the time you actually have.

Works with whatever you write in

Scrivener, Obsidian, Google Docs, a legal pad - Pace doesn't care. It handles the 'when and how long,' you handle the words.

What a week looks like

An example rhythm

Monday

90 min draft session, 6-7:30am

Tuesday

Rest

Wednesday

60 min revision session, lunch

Thursday

Rest or reading for research

Friday

60 min draft session, evening

Saturday

2 hour deep session, morning

Sunday

Rest or planning next week's chapter

Pace generates the actual schedule from your calendar - this is just a shape.

Common questions

Does Pace help with the actual writing?

No. Pace handles when you write, not what you write. It's a scheduler, not a ghostwriter or editor. Pair it with whatever writing tool you already trust.

What if my draft takes longer than planned?

Pace extends the plan. You give it a target (manuscript by December, 80k words, whatever) and it adjusts scope or schedule as you go.

Is this only for fiction?

Works for nonfiction, memoir, academic books, or a collection of essays. The 'long-horizon writing project' shape is the same whether it's a novel or a PhD thesis.