Never Run Out of AI Credits (Usage Guide)

Understanding and managing your AI usage on Bookwiz

Every writer who opens Bookwiz eventually asks the same practical question: how much AI can I actually use, and how do I make it count? It is a fair thing to want clarity on. The good news is that Bookwiz keeps its system simple on purpose. There are no confusing token meters or per-word charges to track in your head. You write, you ask the AI for help, and the work it does is measured in prompts.

This guide walks through how prompts work, the difference between the two kinds you can send, what the Free plan includes, and a handful of habits that make every prompt go further.

Two kinds of prompts: Pro and Base

When you send a request to the AI in Bookwiz, you choose what kind of prompt it should be. There are two:

• Pro prompts run on the most capable models available. These are the ones you want for serious lifting: drafting a new chapter, reworking the structure of your manuscript, untangling a plot, developing a character's arc, or any creative task where depth and nuance really matter. A Pro prompt thinks harder and produces stronger, more coherent results.
• Base prompts run on faster, lighter models. They are perfect for quick, everyday work: tightening a sentence, fixing a paragraph, answering a question about your story, generating a quick list of ideas, or making a small rewrite. They return answers quickly and are ideal when you do not need the heaviest reasoning.

You decide which to use on a prompt-by-prompt basis. There is no penalty for switching back and forth, and learning when to reach for each one is the single biggest thing you can do to stretch your monthly allowance.

Behind the scenes, Bookwiz draws on leading models from Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (GPT), and Google (Gemini), and you can switch between them per prompt. Model versions evolve constantly across all three providers, so rather than chase version numbers, Bookwiz simply gives you the strongest available option under Pro and a fast, capable option under Base.

What the Free plan includes

You can do real work on Bookwiz without paying anything. The Free plan is genuinely useful, not just a teaser:

• 3 books
• 10 Pro prompts per month
• 50 Base prompts per month
• 100MB of storage

Those allowances reset every month, so you get a fresh batch on each cycle. Ten Pro prompts is enough to draft meaningful chunks of a book if you spend them on the heavy work and lean on your fifty Base prompts for everything smaller. Many writers use the Free plan to test the waters, outline a project, and write their opening chapters before deciding whether to upgrade.

The plans at a glance

When you do outgrow the Free tier, here is how the paid plans compare:

Plan	Price (USD/mo)	Books	Storage
Free	$0	3	100MB
Finisher	$7	1	1GB
Explorer	$14	Unlimited	1GB
Storyteller (most popular)	$35	Unlimited	10GB
Professional	$99	Unlimited	40GB, collaboration

Annual billing works out to roughly ten months' cost for twelve months of access, so paying yearly is the cheaper route if you know you are in it for the long haul.

A note on prompt allowances: every paid plan includes substantially higher monthly Pro and Base allowances than the Free tier, and those allowances also reset monthly. Because the exact numbers can change as we tune the plans, the most reliable place to see the current figures is the Pricing page rather than any blog post.

When it makes sense to upgrade

There is no single right moment, but a few signals tend to come up:

• You keep running out of Pro prompts mid-month. If you are consistently hitting your Pro limit before the reset, you are doing enough serious writing that a paid plan will pay for itself in saved friction.
• You want to finish one specific book. The Finisher plan exists precisely for this. If you started a manuscript and want to push it across the line without committing to more, $7/mo for a single book is the focused option.
• You are juggling multiple projects. The Free plan caps you at three books. Explorer and up give you unlimited books, so if you bounce between a novel, a side project, and a few experiments, the cap stops getting in your way.
• You need more room or collaborators. Larger manuscripts, lots of images, and research materials add up. Storyteller brings 10GB, and Professional adds 40GB plus collaboration features for writers working with editors or co-authors.

Every paid plan comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, and you can cancel anytime. There is no long-term lock-in, so upgrading to push through a busy stretch and then reassessing later is a perfectly reasonable way to use Bookwiz.

Making your prompts go further

Whether you are on Free or a paid plan, a few habits will help every prompt do more work:

Keep good notes and context. The AI writes best when it knows your story. A clear Brief, character notes, and an outline give the model the context it needs to get things right the first time, which means fewer follow-up prompts spent correcting course. Time spent organizing your notes is time saved on prompts later.

Batch your asks. Instead of sending three separate prompts to revise three nearby paragraphs, ask for all three in one well-described prompt. A single, specific request often does the work of several vague ones. The clearer and more complete your instruction, the less back-and-forth you will need.

Use Base for the small stuff. This is the big one. Reserve your Pro prompts for drafting, restructuring, and creative heavy lifting, and route quick fixes, questions, and minor rewrites to Base. If you find yourself spending a Pro prompt to fix a typo or shorten a line, that is a Base job. Protecting your Pro allowance for what actually needs it is the simplest way to never feel short.

Be specific about what you want. "Make this chapter better" gives the model little to work with. "Tighten this chapter, cut the backstory in the second scene, and raise the tension at the end" gives it a clear target and a much better chance of nailing it in one pass.

Your work stays safe

One more thing worth knowing: as you write and revise, Bookwiz automatically keeps a version history of your manuscript. It saves snapshots of your work as you go, so if a revision does not land the way you hoped, your earlier writing is not lost. You can write and experiment freely, knowing there is always a way back.

Getting started

The best way to understand prompts is to use a few. Spend a Base prompt on a quick question, then try a Pro prompt on a real piece of writing and notice the difference in depth. Once you have a feel for which kind suits which task, you will know exactly how far your plan takes you, and when it might be time to move up. When you are ready to see the current allowances for each tier, the Pricing page has the latest numbers. Happy writing.