AcademyThe Letopis Academy
For forty years I have written stories down. I’ll teach you too
14 lessons right in the studio: the chronicler lights up what to press and reads aloud, and “Next” lights up only once the step is done.14 lessons right in the studio. The chronicler lights up what to press and reads each lesson aloud, and “Next” lights up only once the step is done. About an hour and a half — and you know the whole studio.
The chronicler🔈 reads aloudGreetings, apprentice. Today you will write your first story — about an old lighthouse and its secret.Greetings, apprentice. For forty years I have written down stories in which the reader chooses the way. Today you will write your first — about an old lighthouse and its secret.
Lesson 1 · BasicsStep 4 of 11The scene needs a way out. Press “Next → new scene” — the studio adds a choice and the next scene.Waiting for you…Next
Lessons are taken in the studio on a computer. Here you can pick one and send yourself the link.
The practice book
The lessons run on “The Old Lighthouse Treasure”
A shore, an abandoned lighthouse, an iron-bound chest and a keeper who knows more than he says. Your own projects stay untouched meanwhile.
How a lesson goes
Next → new sceneThe chronicler showsThe right button or field lights up right in the studio — nothing to hunt for.
NextNextYou do it yourself“Next” lights up only once the step is done, so the lesson never runs ahead of you.
Listen or readThe chronicler reads every step aloud. The voice is made by AI — turn it off with the speaker icon.
LessonsThe road of 14 lessons
About an hour and a half · in any orderPart IBeginningsLessons 1–5 · 29 minutes
- 1Basics7 minScenes, choices, links, an ending and playtest
- 2The hero6 minStats, outcomes, the character sheet
- 3Not for everyone5 minConditions and locked choices with hints
- 4Living text6 minA name in the text, conditional paragraphs, variants and word forms
- 5Fate5 minAutomatic transitions, chance and the hero's death
Part IIDeeperLessons 6–10 · 38 minutes
- 6A big book8 minActs, chapters, search and checks
- 7Reader view6 minA picture, what the reader sees, a hidden stat
- 8Translation6 minA second language, translation problems, searching translations
- 9Bonds and secrets9 minFlags, relationships, factions, a nickname, OR, groups and NOT
- 10The cast9 minA character and a faction: a secret name, notes, relationship and reputation in words, Who’s here
Part IIIMasteryLessons 11–14 · 30 minutes
- 11Your own media7 minYour own pictures and sound, tidying the vault, the studio set, parallax, split screen, atmosphere
- 12The reader’s journey8 minEpigraph and title music, a question to the reader, chapter cards, a roll of fate, the map
- 13The author’s desk10 minStatus and tags, the filter, the way to a scene, the branch, trash, to do, versions, the plan, a goal
- 14The workshop5 minA backup and restoring it, a new book
Beginnings
Deeper
Mastery
“Every chronicle begins with one clean page. Turn it”
Start the first lesson