A writing studio, not a shortcut

Finish the book stuck in your notes app.

Literify carries teen writers from an idea to a finished, published book — twenty minutes at a time. Nobody writes it but you.

Start your book

Free for 7 months. No card required.

A sample wall of finished Showcase covers made by Literify writers. Two are unlocked and shown in full color; two are dimmed and marked locked, illustrating that a cover only reveals in color once its book is finished.

Sample Showcase cover: Tide of Ash by Dev Patel, age 15, illustrative example, not a real book
Sample Showcase cover: The Ninth Door by Ruth Alvarez, illustrative example, not a real bookUnlocks on ship day
Sample Showcase cover: Marrow Orchard by Iona Wren, illustrative example, not a real book
Sample Showcase cover: Halfmoon Station by Sam Oyelaran, illustrative example, not a real bookUnlocks on ship day

The idea was never the problem.

Most books don't die from a bad idea. They die quietly, in one of four predictable places.

Chapter three

The idea was clear. Then the plot needed a decision, and the notes app went quiet.

The silence

No one asked how the book was going, so there was no reason to open it again.

The doubt

100 pages in, it stopped feeling like a real book and started feeling like a diary.

The last mile

A finished draft still needs an editor, a cover, and a way to actually publish it.

How the studio works

1 guided sitting at a time.

Literify plans the next twenty minutes, sits with you while you write, and keeps every character and rule straight so you never have to re-explain your own story.

Writing Session · 20 minChapter 7

Today's brief

Mira has to decide whether to trust the note. Show what she's afraid of before she opens the door.

310 / 500 words
Lose the thread? Get three ways to open the next line.Stuck? Ask
Sample screen of a Literify Writing Session: a twenty-minute sitting on Chapter 7, showing today's scene brief, a word-count progress bar at 310 of 500 words, and a way to ask for help if stuck.

Story Bible

Every character, place, and rule you've set gets remembered, so page 140 never contradicts page 12.

  • Mira — 16, cartographer's apprentice
  • The Static only speaks at dusk

Editor notes

Choose how direct your editor is, chapter by chapter.

GentleStraightRuthless

Note: Mira agrees to open the door too quickly here — give her one more beat of hesitation.

Outline that bends

Start from a shape, not a cage. Change your mind in chapter 9 and the outline catches up with you, not the other way around.

Sample finished Showcase cover: Where the Static Sings by Maya Okonkwo, an illustrative example generated for a finished manuscript
Cover unlocked — manuscript complete
A sample Showcase cover shown in full color because the manuscript behind it is marked finished. Covers stay dimmed until that point.

Shipping day

Finishing the book unlocks the cover — and the file.

The cover was made for this exact manuscript and stays dim until it's finished. The day it unlocks, Literify also builds the files you actually need to publish.

EPUB & print PDF

Formatted, proofed, and ready for e-readers or a print run.

A Showcase page

One shareable page with the cover, the blurb, and a way to read it.

If you choose to self-publish from there, the files are yours — Literify walks you through the storefronts, but doesn't sell your book for you or take a cut.

Pricing

Free for 7 months. Long enough to actually finish.

From signup

7 months

Free

No card to start. Generous daily limits, stated in the Studio.

After 7 months

$12/month

The Plan

Bought by the grown-up behind the sign-in. Cancel any time — finished books and exported files stay downloadable forever.

  • The full Studio: Story Bible, Writing Sessions, and the Editor
  • Daily writing help and editorial passes, on a generous free allowance
  • A finished cover, EPUB, and print-ready PDF on shipping day
  • A free public Showcase page for every finished book

No teen's book is ever sold by Literify, and no money is ever collected on a writer's behalf.

For the grown-up behind the sign-in

You're not the writer. You're the reason it gets finished.

Literify is free for the first 7 months — long enough for the screen time you already allow to produce an actual book, not just a certificate.

A monthly progress email

You'll hear how the book is coming along without reading over a shoulder — and get the billing conversation there too, at month seven.

You keep every cent

If your teen chooses to self-publish, Literify walks you both through uploading to Amazon KDP. It never sells the book or takes a cut.

The manuscript stays theirs

The Editor returns notes, never rewrites. It's their name on the cover because it's their sentences on the page.

Twenty minutes from now, chapter 3 could exist.

Free for 7 months. No card required. Nobody writes it but you.

Start your book