diff --git a/book.ts b/book.ts
index 3f886a1..173e3a5 100644
--- a/book.ts
+++ b/book.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,15 @@ Chapter summary: ${ch.summary}`;
   };
 };
 
+const getLastLine = (str: string): string => {
+  const lastLineIndex = str.lastIndexOf("\n");
+  if (lastLineIndex === -1) {
+    return str;
+  } else {
+    return str.slice(lastLineIndex + 1);
+  }
+};
+
 // https://pandoc.org/epub.html
 export const writeChapterScene = async (
   dirName: string,
@@ -213,7 +222,7 @@ Scene summary: ${scene} ${
         : ""
     }`;
 
-  const sceneInfo = await openai.createChatCompletion({
+  let sceneInfo = await openai.createChatCompletion({
     model: "gpt-3.5-turbo",
     messages: [
       {
@@ -223,12 +232,31 @@ Scene summary: ${scene} ${
     ],
   });
 
+  let prose = sceneInfo.data.choices[0].message?.content as string;
+
+  sceneInfo = await openai.createChatCompletion({
+    model: "gpt-3.5-turbo",
+    messages: [
+      {
+        role: "user",
+        content: prompt,
+      },
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        content: getLastLine(prose),
+      },
+      {
+        role: "user",
+        content: "Continue writing the story.",
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+
+  prose = (prose + "\n\n" + sceneInfo.data.choices[0].message?.content) as string;
+
   const fname = `ch-${chNum}-sc-${sceneNum}.md`;
 
-  await fs.writeFile(
-    `${dirName}/src/${fname}`,
-    sceneInfo.data.choices[0].message?.content as string
-  );
+  await fs.writeFile(`${dirName}/src/${fname}`, prose);
 
   console.log(`wrote chapter ${chNum} scene ${sceneNum}`);
 
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index b64f998..a599723 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -220,4 +220,24 @@ language: en-US
     console.log(await execa("pandoc", args));
   });
 
+program
+  .command("writeOneScene <dir>")
+  .description("write a single scene of the novel, useful for debugging the generation process")
+  .action(async (dir) => {
+    await fs.mkdir(`${dir}/src`, { recursive: true });
+
+    const summary: book.Summary = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(`${dir}/summary.json`, "utf8"));
+    const chapters: book.Chapter[] = JSON.parse(
+      await fs.readFile(`${dir}/chapterScenes.json`, "utf8")
+    );
+
+    const chNum = 1;
+    const sceneNum = 2;
+
+    const ch = chapters[chNum - 1];
+    const scene = ch.sceneDescriptions[sceneNum - 1];
+
+    await book.writeChapterScene(dir, openai, summary, ch, chNum, sceneNum, scene);
+  });
+
 program.parse();