Drafting Your First Draft

The hardest part of writing is often the blank page. Muses gives you a few ways to get past it — and a way to keep momentum once you've started.

Three ways to start

Open My Articles, click New Article, and pick a starting point:

• From blank — a clean editor, ready when you are.
• From a topic — describe what you want to write, and AI gives you an opening to build on.
• From an import — turn a Word (.docx / .doc), text (.txt), or Markdown (.md) file into an editable article. (PDFs can't be imported as an article yet — convert to Word or Markdown, or paste the text in.)

Whichever you choose, your new article is automatically filed into a project, so your draft has a home from the start. For your very first try, from a topic is the fastest way to see words on the page.

Keep writing with Tab

Once you're in the editor, you don't have to type every word yourself. Place your cursor where you want to continue and press Tab — AI reads what's around it and suggests how to keep going.

• A preview of the suggested text appears.
• Press Space or Enter to accept it.
• Press Esc to dismiss it; just keep typing and it goes away on its own.
• Still thinking? While the suggestion is loading, Esc or any keystroke cancels the request.

If your cursor sits inside a paragraph that already has text, the suggestion continues that sentence. In an empty spot, it offers a fuller passage. Either way, nothing is added until you accept it.

When this beats the chat

Reach for Tab when you're in flow and want to keep the rhythm without switching to a side panel — finishing a sentence, extending a thin paragraph, or bridging into the next idea. When you want a bigger change — an outline, a rewrite, research — that's a job for the AI chat instead.

A few tips

• Give your draft a rough shape first; Tab works best when there's some context to build on.
• If a suggestion isn't right, dismiss it and nudge your sentence a few words further — the next suggestion follows your lead.

Where to go next

• Letting AI Rewrite Your Draft — polish what you've written, with you approving each change.
• Finding Sources & Images with AI — back up your draft with facts and visuals.