FAQ for writers

• Desk — where you write: loose scraps, binder shelf, rituals.
• Academy — motivation wall (talks, reels, workshops, notes).
• Coffee Shop — daily prompt, community shelf, polls, bridge back to your manuscript.

Open any hub from the header or by swiping left/right in the app shell.

On the desk, swipe up through levels: Start (quick compose) → Resume (where you left off) → Binders (shelf) → tap a book to enter Binder (full workspace). Swipe right from a binder to hop to Academy without losing your place.

Tap the gear (top right) anywhere in the app for ritual & rewards, Listen voice, API keys, themes, and account. Help & guide is its own page — linked from Settings, The Academy, or *How this desk works* on the desk.

Open Settings → Hear it out loud → Listen cast. Pick a binder or series book, then assign a device voice to each Character tab. Suggest voices for cast fills empty slots. The same cast appears in the binder sidebar when you are writing.

In the binder sidebar, open Salvage bin. Drop an exported chat file (.json or .txt from ChatGPT or Claude), enter keywords like character names or themes, and the app pulls matching passages into Exhumed Drafts on your device — or into scrap hold on your open page. Nothing is uploaded to the cloud.

Workshop always offers House Tutor — a built-in model that rotates (Lantern, Ember, …) in your browser, no key. Add only the cloud keys you use in Settings; each unlocks its chip (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini). With two or more keys, Compare asks them side by side.

House Tutor is Love JMT’s built-in tutor — small open models that rotate so a free lane stays available. It runs in your browser (WebGPU), private, no API bill. Good for questions, outlines, and light structural notes; it will not rewrite your story for you.

On the desk spread (or list view), click the top-right corner of any page paper to fold it down — that dog-ears the page for The Atelier (Dog-eared pages row) and adds a gold corner on the spread. While writing, use Bookmark page in the page bar or the corner control above include/scrap pages.

Drag page tiles so they overlap on the desk spread — that is one pile. Open any page in the pile and they open together in order: Page 1, a dashed line, Page 2, and so on. Use the Type on chips (or click a page block’s header) to choose which page you type in the editor below while you read the whole stack. + Page to pile adds a new numbered page on top of the same desk spot. Drag tiles apart when you only want one page at a time.

While you're on a manuscript tab (chapter, page, section), click any reference tab in the sidebar — Character, Outline, Setting, Goal, etc. It opens in the Clipboard beside your writing instead of replacing it. Use Side for a split cart, Full for a focused reference view, or Main to jump there. Click another reference to swap what is pinned.

Love JMT won't dead-end your session. If a cloud key hits a credit wall, Workshop quietly answers with House Tutor on your device instead — same story brief, no pop-up that kicks you out of the book. Add billing to your provider when you want the power engine back; until then, keep writing.

Yes — in a binder, open Tools → Story sweep. Type a phrase (balloon, a character name, etc.). Flag all highlights every match on every page and draft; Replace all renames in one pass (undo with ⌘Z). Click any hit in the list to jump there.

Before each workshop answer, Love JMT builds a story brief from your binder: project title, genre, vision, goal/outline/character/setting/timeline tabs, a map of other chapters, review post-its on this page, and the passage you highlighted. Cloud keys and House Tutor both receive it, with instructions to go easy, keep your voice, and only suggest redoing or trying options when you ask — not ghostwrite the book.

Yes — speech-to-text is already on your device. On the phone, tap a text field and use the keyboard mic (Apple/Google dictation) to put words on the page. On the web, any manuscript toolbar also has 🎙 Dictate (same idea — free on-device speech-to-text, no Whisper credits). Tap ■ Stop when you are done.

Audio records a voice memo, stores the file on your phone (`LoveJMT/media` inside the app), and links it on the page so the scrap stays light and you can play it back anytime — it does not turn speech into typed words. Use Add to… on the memo (or Save at the bottom) to file the catch to Library or a binder. Want words in the draft? Use your keypad dictation mic while typing. Photos attach to the scrap; reading text out of photos comes in a later update.

Start a blank page when inspiration strikes. In the companion app, Home capture can add photos, drawings, and linked voice memos; type or use keypad dictation for words. File into a binder when you know where it belongs.

Papers, linked voice memos, and photos before they have a home. Drag or bind them into a manuscript when you are ready.

Binders and series on the desk shelf. Open a binder to draft, review, capture, and hear pages aloud while you edit.

Home is for catching sparks fast.
• Words — type, or use keypad dictation (the mic already on your keyboard). That is speech-to-text.
• Audio — records a voice memo, keeps the file on your phone, and links it on the page (play anytime; scrap stays light). It does not type words for you.
• Photo — attach a picture to the scrap (draw on it if you like). Reading text out of photos comes in a later update.
• Drawing — sketch and keep it with the scrap.

+ New scrap on the desk header opens a blank page to start writing. Copy Drop is where you file pages on purpose. From your pocket holds on-the-go captures to review. The Atelier is your bench — see what is out and choose what to work on; check pages in Copy Drop to show them here. Set due-by dates on loose pages (in the page header) or binders (cover settings) and filter or sort by deadline on the Atelier.

The Copy Drop is central intake — every loose page lands there before you file it. The Registry is the master sheet: all loose pages in one spread or table so you can sort, check what appears on The Atelier, and drag toward The Pulp Mill.

The last stop before a permanent delete. Pages and binders you set aside wait here for 30 days — restore while the clock runs, or pulp for good early when you are sure (no undo). After 30 days they are removed automatically. Sending something to The Pulp Mill only hides it from the active desk until then.

Chapters, sections, numbered pages, characters, outline, setting, goal, timeline, sources, sandbox scraps, and more. Use + Add · manage in the sidebar to add, rename, or remove tabs without a wall of duplicate + chips.

The page board is your desk spread inside the book — drag tiles, overlap them into piles, bookmark corners, set word limits. Double-click or open a tile to drop into the editor for that page. Toggle back to the board when you want to see the whole chapter at once.

Include pulls material from elsewhere in the binder into the flow (research, a poem, a cut scene). Scrap pages are sandboxes — try a voice, test a paragraph, then promote or leave them off the official stack.

Yes — on the desk shelf, open cover settings for hue, mood wheel, and marks. Covers help you spot projects at a glance; they sync with your binder metadata on this device.

Add a Sources tab, enter books and links, pick a citation style (MLA, APA, Chicago, …). Insert citations from the toolbar; footnotes and bibliography stay tied to the page footer. Sync bibliography when you add or remove sources.

While revising, drop post-its and stickers on the page board or draft — craft notes, pacing flags, or Listen marks. They feed the tutor’s story brief so workshop answers know what you already flagged.

Yes — binders autosave to local storage on this browser/device as you type. Export or sync to the cloud when those lanes are wired; until then, stay on the same device/browser you wrote on.

Listen reads your writing aloud with Love JMT voice — dialogue, scraps, binder pages, and Academy cards. Each line gets a subtle tone cue so you can hear rhythm and mood, not just words.

Listen reads mood from your prose — not a separate tag. Put the feeling beside the line: attribution (Lori said happily), a gesture (she smirked), or state (he was mad). If a quoted line has no cue nearby, the mood bar shows Mood cue needed so you know to add one before you trust the read.

Highlight the line or paragraph you want to hear, then click ♪ Listen. If nothing is selected, Listen starts from your cursor or the top of the page. You have about one second to reach the controls before playback begins.

♪ Listen floats in the bottom-right corner on the desk, in binders, Academy, and Coffee Shop. While it plays, the panel above it handles pause, ±10 seconds, post-it, and fix-in-place.

Press Space to pause or resume when you are not typing in a note field. While a post-it or other text box is focused, Space is only for your note — use Play when you are ready. The player also has −10s, Again, +10s, and Close when you are done.

While Listen is playing, the three buttons on the player act on the word you hear now:

• Flag here — pauses and circles this word on the page.
• Post-it — pauses; note tethered to this word (drag on the draft).
• Fix here — pauses; selects the word and opens the tutor (starter question filled in — you submit; nothing auto-fixes until you accept a suggestion).

Yes. On a draft post-it, tap Minimize — it collapses to a small tab above the word you marked (Listen Post-it and highlighted text keep that tether). Tap Expand on the tab to open your note again. Dragging the post-it moves it freely and unlocks the tether.

Turn off Use Love JMT voice in Settings → Hear it out loud. The app will stay out of the way of VoiceOver, NVDA, or your system reader.

Yes. Settings → Hear it out loud: pick a Narrator voice, turn on Cast voices for dialogue, then use Listen cast in the same section to assign each character. You can also set voices per Character tab in the binder sidebar. Quoted lines attributed to that name use their voice; unrecognized dialogue uses Other speakers (minor voice). Up to six distinct cast voices per binder. No speech bubbles — one flowing audiobook.

No — Workshop is a scaffold. For blog posts or admin copy, freer AI drafting can be fine; for your story, stay for every word and accept or dismiss suggestions. Read the Academy course Keep the Pen at /academy/courses/keep-the-pen (also in Start here).

Yes. Use Easy reading in Settings (OpenDyslexic + spacing), voice dumps into scraps, Listen to hear rhythm, and fenced tutor questions on text you already wrote. The point is a kind guide so your vision stays clear — not a machine that replaces your voice.

Ask — questions about craft, plot, or a highlighted passage.
Revise — workshop pass on selected text (structure, clarity, optional spelling fix).
Compare — with two or more API keys, see answers side by side.

Nothing rewrites until you accept a suggestion.

Use Cleanup agent in the editor toolbar — it fixes spelling and grammar straight in your draft (Undo anytime). Margin notes are for organization, ASL flow, and craft — not typos.

In Workshop → Margin notes, run Hear what is wonky (or Find the thread — it may add listen notes too). The margin flags lines that might stumble when read aloud — loops, ASL word order, long zigzags. Tap Listen to this to hear that passage with Love JMT voice before you edit.

If you and the tutor talk about a name often (e.g. Bill), Love JMT may suggest adding a Character tab so notes stay organized. Dismiss a suggestion or tap to create the tab from the sidebar shelf.

A running log of tutor sessions on this device — workshop passes, spell-check, listen-fix seeds — so you can see what was asked and when. Helpful for transparency, not grading.

Yes. Today’s words grow when you add new text in an open binder (existing draft text does not inflate the first day). Light ritual only marks that you showed up — it does not fake minutes. Badges unlock from real milestones (first words, three-day streak, weekly sessions, late-night writing).

• Daily ink — minutes estimated from words written today.
• Words on the page — raw word count toward your daily target.
• Touch the manuscript — weekly sessions when you write on distinct days.

Tune targets and toggles in Settings → Ritual & rewards.

Small badges (First Quill, Three Candles, Potion Stirred, …) earned from your rhythm — tap an earned mark on the desk shelf to read its hint. They are delight, not homework.

Community and starter cards: videos, TED-style talks, workshops, one-line pep. Filter by All, Videos, TED & talks, Workshops, Motivation, or My saves (only what you added).

Tap + Add inspiration — paste a YouTube/TikTok/Reel link, a workshop date, or a short motivation line. AI moderation checks posts before they land; writing fuel only.

Only you. Notes on a card are private craft reminders — what landed, a move to steal, a prompt before you write.

Pin favorites to the top. Hide removes items from your stream (restore from Archive). Search titles, tags, and notes when the wall grows long. Flag content that is not about writing or crosses the line — peer moderation applies.

A guided first tour of Love JMT — desk, binders, Listen, and Workshop — so you start writing instead of hunting controls. It is rolling out on The Academy page.

Structured lessons that drop into your binder stack beside your manuscript are coming soon. Today the Academy motivation feed is live; your draft still lives on the desk.

A daily photo prompt and affirmation — check in, respond, and browse warm reactions. It resets with the calendar day so the shop feels alive.

Pinned posts and polls you care about — including polls you create (auto-pinned). Browse stations around the shop for different moods.

Use Bridge to desk on a post — Love JMT carries the spark into a scrap or hold on your open binder so you can draft from the café conversation.

Same spirit as the Academy: writing community, zero tolerance for porn and gore. Flag items; repeated flags remove posts. Serious violations can suspend a poster pending review.

No — House Tutor works without keys. Add OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini keys only if you want those engines; keys stay on this device in settings (never committed to git).

Open the gear → Love JMT account when signed in. You’ll see your username, email, and Account ID (Firebase uid). Cloud sync uses that account — not a separate local writer ID.

Yes — cream, moody, extra-moody, and two monotone themes (white or inverted) in Settings. Moody themes increase contrast for long night sessions.

Open Help & guide at /help — linked from Settings, The Academy (header and guides section), and the desk under *How this desk works*. /academy/guides adds the Academy learner walkthrough beside the same FAQ.

Open the gear → Legal & membership for Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Apple EULA, and subscription renewal info. You can also visit /terms and /privacy on the website. A legal strip appears at the bottom of desk and hub pages.

Love JMT membership is billed through the Apple App Store (auto-renewable subscription). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase; renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Refunds are handled by Apple. See Terms of Use for full details.