diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 704c16e..e34a1a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ it when you need to submit, upload, print, or email resumes in specific formats.
     fluentcv BUILD r1.json r2.json TO out/rez.html out/rez.md foo/rez.all
     ```
 
+- `new` creates a new resume in FRESH or JSON Resume format.
+
+    ```bash
+    # fluentcv NEW <OUTPUTS> [-f <FORMAT>]
+    fluentcv NEW resume.json
+    fluentcv NEW resume.json -f fresh
+    fluentcv NEW r1.json r2.json -f jrs
+    ```
+
 - `convert` converts your source resume between FRESH and JSON Resume formats.
 Use it to convert between the two formats to take advantage of tools and services.
 
diff --git a/src/core/empty-fresh.json b/src/core/empty-fresh.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..347def5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/empty-fresh.json
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+{
+
+  "name": "",
+
+  "meta": {
+    "format": "FRESH@0.1.0",
+    "version": "0.1.0"
+  },
+
+  "info": {
+    "label": "",
+    "characterClass": "",
+    "brief": "",
+    "image": ""
+  },
+
+  "contact": {
+    "website": "",
+    "phone": "",
+    "email": "",
+    "other": []
+  },
+
+  "location": {
+    "address": "",
+    "city": "",
+    "region": "",
+    "code": "",
+    "country": ""
+  },
+
+  "social": [
+    {
+      "label": "",
+      "network": "",
+      "user": "",
+      "url": ""
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "employment": {
+    "summary": "",
+    "history": [
+      {
+        "employer": "",
+        "url": "",
+        "position": "",
+        "summary": "",
+        "start": "",
+        "keywords": [],
+        "highlights": []
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+
+  "education": {
+    "summary": "",
+    "level": "",
+    "degree": "",
+    "history": [
+      {
+        "institution": "",
+        "url": "",
+        "start": "",
+        "end": "",
+        "grade": "",
+        "summary": "",
+        "curriculum": []
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+
+  "service": {
+    "summary": "",
+    "history": [
+      {
+        "flavor": "",
+        "position": "",
+        "organization": "",
+        "url": "",
+        "start": "",
+        "end": "",
+        "summary": "",
+        "highlights": []
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+
+  "skills": {
+
+    "sets": [
+      {
+        "name": "",
+        "skills": []
+      }
+    ],
+
+    "list": [ ]
+  },
+
+  "samples": [
+    {
+      "title": "",
+      "summary": "",
+      "url": "",
+      "date": ""
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "writing": [
+    {
+      "title": "",
+      "flavor": "",
+      "date": "",
+      "publisher": {
+        "name": "",
+        "url": ""
+      },
+      "url": ""
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "reading": [
+    {
+      "title": "",
+      "flavor": "",
+      "url": "",
+      "author": ""
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "recognition": [
+    {
+      "flavor": "",
+      "from": "",
+      "title": "",
+      "event": "",
+      "date": "",
+      "summary": ""
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "name": "",
+      "flavor": "",
+      "private": true,
+      "contact": [
+        {
+          "label": "",
+          "flavor": "",
+          "value": ""
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "testimonials": [
+    {
+      "name": "",
+      "flavor": "",
+      "quote": ""
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "languages": [
+    {
+      "language": "",
+      "level": "",
+      "years": 0
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "interests": [
+    {
+      "name": "",
+      "summary": "",
+      "keywords": []
+    }
+  ]
+
+}
diff --git a/src/core/empty.json b/src/core/empty-jrs.json
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/empty.json
rename to src/core/empty-jrs.json
diff --git a/src/core/fresh-resume.js b/src/core/fresh-resume.js
index fafe024..fb647ef 100644
--- a/src/core/fresh-resume.js
+++ b/src/core/fresh-resume.js
@@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
     delete this.employment;
     delete this.service;
     delete this.education;
-    //delete this.awards;
-    delete this.publications;
-    //delete this.interests;
+    delete this.recognition;
+    delete this.reading;
+    delete this.writing;
+    delete this.interests;
     delete this.skills;
     delete this.social;
   };
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
   Get the default (empty) sheet.
   */
   FreshResume.default = function() {
-    return new FreshResume().open( PATH.join( __dirname, 'empty.json'), 'Empty' );
+    return new FreshResume().open( PATH.join( __dirname, 'empty-fresh.json'), 'Empty' );
   }
 
   /**
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
     //   return( a.safeDate.isBefore(b.safeDate) ) ? 1
     //     : ( a.safeDate.isAfter(b.safeDate) && -1 ) || 0;
     // });
-    this.publications && this.publications.sort( function(a, b) {
+    this.writing && this.writing.sort( function(a, b) {
       return( a.safe.date.isBefore(b.safe.date) ) ? 1
         : ( a.safe.date.isAfter(b.safe.date) && -1 ) || 0;
     });
diff --git a/src/core/jrs-resume.js b/src/core/jrs-resume.js
index b7fed04..b7bfba3 100644
--- a/src/core/jrs-resume.js
+++ b/src/core/jrs-resume.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Definition of the JRSResume class.
   */
   JRSResume.prototype.stringify = function() {
     function replacer( key,value ) { // Exclude these keys from stringification
-      return _.some(['meta', 'warnings', 'computed', 'filt', 'ctrl', 'index',
+      return _.some(['imp', 'warnings', 'computed', 'filt', 'ctrl', 'index',
         'safeStartDate', 'safeEndDate', 'safeDate', 'safeReleaseDate', 'result',
       'isModified', 'htmlPreview', 'display_progress_bar'],
         function( val ) { return key.trim() === val; }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Definition of the JRSResume class.
   Get the default (empty) sheet.
   */
   JRSResume.default = function() {
-    return new JRSResume().open( PATH.join( __dirname, 'empty.json'), 'Empty' );
+    return new JRSResume().open( PATH.join( __dirname, 'empty-jrs.json'), 'Empty' );
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/fluentcmd.js b/src/fluentcmd.js
index 2a329ba..b836d5d 100644
--- a/src/fluentcmd.js
+++ b/src/fluentcmd.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
 
       var theFormat = _fmts.filter(
         function( fmt ) { return fmt.name === fi.fmt.pre; })[0];
-      MKDIRP.sync( path.dirname(fOut) ); // Ensure dest folder exists;
+      MKDIRP.sync( path.dirname( fOut ) ); // Ensure dest folder exists;
       theFormat.gen.generate( rez, fOut, _opts );
     }
     catch( ex ) {
@@ -227,6 +227,20 @@ module.exports = function () {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+  Create a new empty resume in either FRESH or JRS format.
+  */
+  function create( src, dst, opts, logger ) {
+    _log = logger || console.log;
+    dst = src || ['resume.json'];
+    dst.forEach( function( t ) {
+      var safeFormat = opts.format.toUpperCase();
+      _log('Creating '.useful +safeFormat.useful.bold+ ' resume: '.useful + t.useful.bold);
+      MKDIRP.sync( path.dirname( t ) ); // Ensure dest folder exists;
+      FLUENT[ safeFormat + 'Resume' ].default().save( t );
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
   Display help documentation.
   */
@@ -275,6 +289,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
       build: generate,
       validate: validate,
       convert: convert,
+      new: create,
       help: help
     },
     lib: require('./fluentlib'),
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index bb4b5f9..b5dd466 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -59,17 +59,14 @@ function main() {
   var splitAt = _.indexOf( params, 'to' );
   if( splitAt === a._.length - 1 ) {
     // 'TO' cannot be the last argument
-    logMsg('Please '.warn + 'specify an output file'.warnBold +
-      ' for this operation or '.warn + 'omit the TO keyword'.warnBold + '.'.warn );
+    logMsg('Please '.warn + 'specify an output file'.warn.bold +
+      ' for this operation or '.warn + 'omit the TO keyword'.warn.bold +
+      '.'.warn );
     return;
   }
 
   var src = a._.slice(1, splitAt === -1 ? undefined : splitAt );
   var dst = splitAt === -1 ? [] : a._.slice( splitAt + 1 );
-
-  // Preload our params array
-  //var dst = (a.o && ((typeof a.o === 'string' && [ a.o ]) || a.o)) || [];
-  //dst = (dst === true) ? [] : dst; // Handle -o with missing output file
   var parms = [ src, dst, opts, logMsg ];
 
   // Invoke the action
@@ -86,6 +83,7 @@ function getOpts( args ) {
   noPretty = noPretty && (noPretty === true || noPretty === 'true');
   return {
     theme: args.t || 'modern',
+    format: args.f || 'FRESH',
     prettify: !noPretty,
     silent: args.s || args.silent
   };
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ function handleError( ex ) {
         Object.keys( FCMD.verbs ).map( function(v, idx, ar) {
           return (idx === ar.length - 1 ? 'or '.guide : '')
             + v.toUpperCase().guide;
-        }).join(', '.guide) + ") to get started.\n\n".guide + FS.readFileSync( PATH.join(__dirname, 'use.txt'), 'utf8' ).info.bold;
+        }).join(', '.guide) + ").\n\n".guide + FS.readFileSync( PATH.join(__dirname, 'use.txt'), 'utf8' ).info.bold;
         break;
       //case 4: msg = title + '\n' + ; break;
       case 5: msg = 'Please '.guide + 'specify the output resume file'.guide.bold + ' that should be created in the new format.'.guide; break;
diff --git a/src/use.txt b/src/use.txt
index 1072347..69249c3 100644
--- a/src/use.txt
+++ b/src/use.txt
@@ -2,21 +2,23 @@ Usage:
 
     fluentcv <COMMAND> <SOURCES> [TO <TARGETS>] [-t <THEME>]
 
-<COMMAND> should be BUILD, CONVERT, VALIDATE, or HELP. <SOURCES> should
+<COMMAND> should be BUILD, NEW, CONVERT, VALIDATE, or HELP. <SOURCES> should
 be the path to one or more FRESH or JSON Resume format resumes. <TARGETS>
 should be the name of the destination resume to be created, if any. The
 <THEME> parameter should be the name of a predefined theme (for example:
-COMPACT, MINIMIST, MODERN, or HELLO-WORLD) or the relative path to a
-custom theme.
+COMPACT, MINIMIST, MODERN, or HELLO-WORLD) or the relative path to a custom
+theme.
 
     fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/resume.all
+    fluentcv NEW resume.json
     fluentcv CONVERT resume.json TO resume-jrs.json
     fluentcv VALIDATE resume.json
 
 Both SOURCES and TARGETS can accept multiple files:
 
     fluentCV BUILD r1.json r2.json TO out/resume.all out2/resume.html
+    fluentCV NEW r1.json r2.json r3.json
     fluentCV VALIDATE resume.json resume2.json resume3.json
 
-See https://github.com/fluentdesk/fluentCV/blob/master/README.md
-for more information.
+See https://github.com/fluentdesk/fluentCV/blob/master/README.md for more
+information.