After adding your characters, its time to set up your story idea.

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Need to make changes to the star of your story? Click on "Edit character."

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You'll have the option to edit their name and appearance.

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Click on "Change" to select a different art style.

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Want to add story friend? Click on "Describe someone."

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Or let Scrively invent a friend.

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Hover over the story friends image to get a closer look.

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If you'd like to make changes to the story friend click on "Edit character."

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Click on "More options."

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There you can decide if the story friends should be included on the book cover.

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Want to add more story friends? Upgrade to the Plus plan to add two more friends or four with Pro.

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Tell Scrively what you’d like your book to be about, and we’ll help bring it to life.

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Need a little inspiration? Click on "Generate ideas."

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Scrively will generate six story ideas. 

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Select an idea. Head over to our guide [here](https://support.scrively.com/hc/learn/articles/1781036038-how-to-create-your-book-cover) to learn more about creating your book cover.

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