STEP 3: THE OUTLINE

1. Dictate the story below and hit send.
2. It's really that simple.

Tip: Speak naturally, like you’re telling a friend. Don’t worry about perfection—we’ll clean it up and shape it into a beautiful chapter.

1. Open your Messages app and start a new message to the number you’ve been given.
2. Tap the text field (where you’d normally type).
3. On the keyboard, tap the microphone icon in the bottom-right corner (next to the space bar).
4. Start speaking clearly. The phone will transcribe your speech into text in real-time.
5. When you’re done, tap the keyboard icon to return to the keyboard.
6. Read over your message to make sure it makes sense. You can edit if needed.
7. Press Send.

1. Open your Messages app and start a new message to the number provided.
2. Tap the text input field to bring up your keyboard.
3. Tap the microphone icon on your keyboard (location may vary—usually near the space bar or top-right).
4. Speak clearly and steadily. Your words will be converted to text.
5. When finished, tap the keyboard icon or stop speaking.
6. Review and edit if needed, then press Send.

 Note: If the microphone isn’t showing, go to your keyboard settings and make sure “Voice Input” is enabled.

• Most people can speak 700–1,000 words in under 10 minutes—perfect for one chapter.
• No need to sit and type or stress over structure.
• Your natural storytelling voice shines through.

1. What is your earliest memory of feeling truly safe, loved, or joyful?
2. What are the most important lessons your parents or grandparents taught you—intentionally or not?
3. What moments or decisions most shaped who you are today?

1. Have you ever faced a moment that completely changed your life? What happened?
2. When in your life did you feel the strongest—mentally, emotionally, or spiritually?
3. What have been the hardest seasons of your life, and what got you through them?

1. Who has had the greatest impact on your heart, and why?
2. What does love mean to you now, and how has that changed over time?
3. Are there relationships you wish you could revisit, repair, or celebrate again?

1. What did you once believe that you no longer do—and what changed your mind?
2. What role has faith, spirituality, or purpose played in your life’s journey?
3. If you could speak to your younger self, what would you say?

1. What was a simple, beautiful moment you’ll never forget?
2. What do you want people to know about your life that they may not realize?
3. What does legacy mean to you—and what do you hope yours will be?

1. What was a simple, beautiful moment you’ll never forget?
2. What do you want people to know about your life that they may not realize?
3. What does legacy mean to you—and what do you hope yours will be?

Title: THROUGH FIRE AND FOG

Subtitle: A soldier’s story. A nation’s history. A family’s legacy.

By: James “Jimmy” Halvorsen

Born: 1923 — From: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Served: U.S. Army, 1942–1945 — Europe, WWII

• Describe the sights and sounds of a Minneapolis neighborhood in the 1930s.
• Daily life during the Depression: rationing, scarcity, and how the family made do.
• Key moments that defined his relationship with parents and siblings.
• Early signs of personal responsibility or resilience (odd jobs, helping neighbors).
• The first time he understood what “hard times” really meant.

• Describe summer afternoons on the ball field—what the game meant to him.
• Balancing school, chores, and farm work; the physical toll and pride in it.
• Introduce a first crush or innocent romance—what she looked like, where they met.
• Hopes and dreams as a teenager—before war, before duty.
• A moment of escape or peace that still stays with him.

• December 7, 1941. 
• Where he was and what he was doing when the news broke.
• The tone of the room, the look on his father’s face, the heaviness of the moment.
• The silent, immediate conviction: “I have to go.”
• How friends and neighbors reacted—some with fear, others with determination.
• A sense of life before and life after—something in him shifted that day.

• The decision to enlist and how his family responded—support, fear, pride.
• The night before leaving: what he packed, what he couldn’t say out loud.
• The last moment with his mother—her hug, her words, his internal promise.
• The bus ride: young men headed into the unknown, all pretending to be brave.
• Arrival at basic: uniforms, shaved heads, barking voices—and the beginning of transformation.

• The physical and mental challenges of training—what nearly broke him.
• First impressions of the men who would become lifelong brothers.
• Shared jokes, nicknames, pranks—finding joy in hard places.
• First moments of fear—realizing this was preparation for life and death.
• A night around a fire or in the barracks where something unspoken was understood: “We’ll look out for each other.”

This example shows the first 5 chapters of a 40-chapter outline. We draw from your answers to the 18 questions—along with any additional input you provide—to generate 4 to 5 strong chapter ideas, helping us build a rich and meaningful structure for your story.

1. What is this story really about beneath the surface?
2. What emotion or truth do you want the reader to walk away with?
3. Why are you the one to tell this story now?

1. Who is your protagonist, and what do they want more than anything?
2. What internal flaw, belief, or fear is holding them back?
3. How will they be different by the end of the story?

1. Where and when does your story take place—and what makes that setting feel real?
2. What is the “rule of life” in this world (spoken or unspoken)?
3. What would make a stranger say, “I’ve never seen a world like this before”?

1. What is standing in the way of your main character’s goal?
2. What happens if they fail—what’s truly at stake?
3. Who or what forces them to change?

1. Who helps or challenges your main character—and why are they important?
2. Which relationship will be the most emotionally charged?
3. Is there a character who reflects who the protagonist could become—for better or worse?

1. What must happen in the final chapter to make the story feel complete?
2. What should the reader feel when they turn the last page?
3. How does the ending reflect or transform the story’s original message or theme?

Title: MEIR

By: D.B.JENKINS

Born: 2000 — From: Jerusalem, Israel

• Meir Shepherd, 25, walks through a glass-walled atrium in his new architecture firm, noticing strange glows around people—especially children.
• In a mirrored elevator, he sees a boy’s reflection who isn’t there—eyes full of light.
• He shakes it off—“Just tired. First real job. Long days.”
• Meir recently graduated with honors in architecture. Brilliant but reserved. Deep feeler.
• Ends with a moment of reflection: “I see things I can’t explain. I always have.”

• Flashback: his adoptive parents, Jonathan and Ellen Shepherd, give him the note that was left with him in Jerusalem:
  “He brings light into the darkness.”
• He was found as a newborn at the gates of a hospital—abandoned at sunrise in a woven basket.
• His name, Meir, was kept. His parents gave him their surname, Shepherd.
• As a child, he would draw buildings surrounded by light… or shadow.
• Now, he draws structures no one else understands. Clients call them “feeling spaces.”

• Meir stops by a small local art and healing fair after work, pulled by an unfamiliar energy.
• He passes booths until one draws him in—a woman with calm eyes and warm energy. Her name is Sena (short for Senara, meaning “light-bringer” in poetic variation).
• Her sign reads: “Release What Was Never Yours – Subconscious Healing Sessions”.
• She touches his wrist to demonstrate muscle testing. Energy pulses through them both.
• Meir stumbles out, overwhelmed. Sena watches him leave—“He’s waking up.”

• Back at work, Meir visits an abandoned floor of the building—original blueprints left incomplete.
• Lights flicker. He senses something lingering in the air—grief, perhaps?
• Touches the wall. A breath escapes it.
• He leaves shaken, but inspired. Sketches an entirely new building concept that night, based on energy flow.
• When he submits the idea, his boss says, “Where did you learn this? This isn’t just architecture—it’s alive.”

• Flashback: young Meir studying sacred geometry, Fibonacci sequences, temples from different cultures.
• He was always drawn to structure—not just form, but meaning.
• He begins overlaying human energy fields onto blueprints, unsure why.
• A former professor visits and says: “You design like you’re seeing something we don’t.”
• Meir quietly replies: “Maybe I am.”

This example shows the first 5 chapters of a 50-chapter outline. We draw from your answers to the 18 questions—along with any additional input you provide—to generate 4 to 5 strong chapter ideas, helping us build a rich and meaningful structure for your story.