Composer

✍️ The Composer: Writing Your Lore

The Composer is where your work comes to life. After a proposal is accepted — or your competition synopsis gets the green light — the Composer is the tool you use to write the full piece, structure it into chapters, attach images and audio, and build the sidebar. Everything you assemble here is what eventually gets published on chain through the Lore canonization process.

This guide walks through the standard flow of writing a book or legend, start to finish: book details, structure, writing, sidebar, and preview. 🔑 Getting In

You don't open the Composer directly — you reach it from your proposal or competition entry. From a proposal, link your content using the + button in the proposal sidebar; that autosaves and drops you straight into the Composer. From a competition, an approved synopsis unlocks an Open Composer button.

You'll need to be signed in with your wallet, and you'll need to be the author (or a listed co-author/editor) of the piece to edit it.

The Composer on first open Screenshot 01 — The Composer when you first open it, showing the Table of Contents on the left and the editing area on the right. 1️⃣ Step 1 — Book Details 📖

The first screen is your book's Header — its metadata. This is the high-level information about your work: Title — the title of your piece. Author — your wallet ID, filled in automatically. You can't edit this. Author Name — your pen name, shown on the published work. Free text. Status — the current state of your piece (read-only; it reflects where you are in the proposal flow). Co-Author / Editor (and their names) — optional collaborators, editable by the author. Hide Title / Hide Author / Hide Preview — toggles that control what's shown publicly. Hide Preview keeps a work-in-progress hidden from non-members while you're still writing. Cover Image — upload the cover that represents your work.

Screenshot 02 — The Header panel with Title, Author, Author Name, Status, the Hide toggles, and the cover image. 2️⃣ Step 2 — Classification 🏷️

Classification tells the platform what kind of content this is and where it belongs in the library — and which Lore Contract is responsible for minting it. Choose your Type: Novel / Legend — long-form story content. You'll also set a Series and Arc (or name a new series). Compendium — reference/world entries. You'll set a Category and Subcategory. DAO Document and Animation are also available; they follow a slightly different setup (Animation, for example, is a single video upload with no chapters).

You can also add Tags to help your work surface in the right places.

The classification panel Screenshot 03 — The Classification section showing Type selected, the conditional Series/Arc (or Category/Subcategory) fields, and the Tag picker. 3️⃣ Step 3 — Introduction / Preface (optional)

Below the classification you'll find an optional Introduction / Preface editor — a lighter rich-text field for a few words about your work. It's saved with your piece and stored on chain. (Note: it isn't currently displayed on the published page, but it's preserved on chain for future use.)

The introduction / preface editor Screenshot 04 — The optional Introduction / Preface editor. 4️⃣ Step 4 — Structure Your Book (Table of Contents) 📑

The Table of Contents, on the left, is where you structure your work — up to two levels deep: chapters, and subchapters within them. Click the + at the top of the Table of Contents to add a chapter. Click the + inside an existing chapter to add a subchapter (numbered like 1.2, 1.3, and so on). Drag a chapter or subchapter by its handle to reorder it. Click the trash icon to delete a chapter (and its subchapters) or a single subchapter.

Chapter and subchapter titles aren't edited here — you set those in the Page Editor (next step).

The Table of Contents with chapters and subchapters Screenshot 05 — The Table of Contents showing chapters and nested subchapters, with the add (+), drag, and delete controls. 5️⃣ Step 5 — Write a Chapter (Page Editor) 🖊️

Click any chapter or subchapter to open the Page Editor — where you actually write. This is where the creator writes and adds the image or audio that will be published on chain. Title line — the editable field at the top sets the chapter/subchapter title. Body editor — a rich-text editor with a formatting toolbar: bold, italic, underline, links, bulleted and numbered lists, block types (paragraph, headings, quotes), and undo/redo. Image icon — add one associated image for this chapter/subchapter. Audio icon — add one associated audio file for this chapter/subchapter.

The Page Editor with the formatting toolbar Screenshot 06 — The Page Editor: the editable title line, the rich-text body, and the formatting toolbar.

The chapter media icons Screenshot 07 — The image and audio icons used to attach media to a chapter or subchapter. 6️⃣ Step 6 — Build the Sidebar

The Sidebar Builder lets you create and preview the content sidebar that publishes alongside your lore. Sidebar metadata and images are stored in the Lore Supplement contract — on-chain metadata bundled with the main Lore container. Open it with the Sidebar button.

A sidebar is made of groups, and each group can contain: A heading for the group. Rows of information — each a Label and Text pair (for example, "Location" → "The Drowned City"). Add rows with Add new row. An image with an optional caption. The image picker lets you choose from the images you've already added to your chapters.

Add as many groups as you need with Add a new group, and remove rows, images, or whole groups with their trash icons. The right-hand pane shows a live preview of how the sidebar will look when published.

The Sidebar Builder Screenshot 08 — The Sidebar Builder: the sidebar title, a group with its heading, label/text rows, and image controls. Live preview on the right.  7️⃣ Step 7 — Preview & Save 👀

At any point you can use the buttons in the top bar to check your work and save: Preview — opens the public view of your piece, exactly as a reader would see it. Save — saves your latest changes. Sidebar / Composer — switch between the editor and the Sidebar Builder. Back to proposal — returns to the proposal this content is linked to.

When your piece is ready, it moves on through review and ultimately to canonization — the step that publishes it on chain and bundles it into its Lore container.

The public preview of a book 💡 Tips & Notes Your work saves as you go. The Composer autosaves changes (and saves when you navigate between chapters), but use the Save button before leaving to be safe. One image and one audio file per chapter/subchapter — media is attached at the chapter level, not per paragraph. Once your piece enters council review, the Composer becomes read-only. Make your edits before it moves into review. Animation pieces are different: a single video upload (up to 100MB; MP4, WebM, or MOV) with no chapters or sidebar, and you can capture a frame from the video to use as the cover.