From Market Signal to Manuscript · Masterclass 04
How to Write Paranormal Cozy Fiction with AI
Or, how to invite a ghost in for tea.
A ten-part masterclass connecting fair mystery logic, contained supernatural rules, community pressure and the restoration readers return for.
The governing principle
The ghost may raise the question. The solution must still earn the answer.
The supernatural creates an investigable problem; the murder gives it human stakes. Magic follows rules, pays costs, leaves traces and creates errors, so wonder still has to play fair.
The community makes every answer cost something. Clues change meaning, relationships carry pressure and the solution restores comfort because the truth has altered the town.
The complete series
Ten systems, one repeatable book promise.
Use the parts in order for a new series or enter through the visible problem in an existing draft. The full masterclass contains 132 working prompts.
- 01
The Cozy Paranormal Contract
The reading experience, emotional restoration, paranormal role and repeatable series promise.
- 02
The Sleuth
Access, capability, limits, personal stakes, investigative habits and long-term development.
- 03
The Murder
A concealed truth, social wound, credible culprit, implicated suspects and fourfold reveal.
- 04
Beyond the Ordinary
Supernatural triggers, range, limits, costs, traces, ethics and fair-play demonstrations.
- 05
Clues, Red Herrings & Revelations
A fair clue trail, double meanings, revelation ladder, false solution and final proof.
- 06
The Town, the Shop & the Social Web
Information routes, institutions, recurring cast, social costs and a credible community hub.
- 07
Tension, Tone & the Investigative Arc
An eight-stage arc, functional comfort beats, controlled danger and evolving questions.
- 08
Market Research
Signal classes, comps, reader language, KU assessment, confidence rules and evidence.
- 09
Covers, Titles & Blurbs
Promise stack, series grammar, title design, blurb and designer handoff.
- 10
Putting It All Together
Decision locks, the Book Structure Dossier, Revelation Spine, scene cards and revision passes.
What the complete workflow produces
Fair mystery. Rule-bound magic. Returnable comfort.
- Genre Promise Statement
- Sleuth and Series Stress Test
- Murder Structure
- Supernatural Rules Audit
- Clue and Revelation Ledgers
- Community Dynamics Ledger
- Evidence and Packaging Briefs
- Book Structure Dossier