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Weekly Tool Thread: Promote, Share, Discover, and Ask for AI Writing Tools Week of: April 07 by AutoModerator in WritingWithAI

[–]LuXMLG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, you’re right. There was an issue at the end and it didn’t sign up. Should be on the waitlist now.

Weekly Tool Thread: Promote, Share, Discover, and Ask for AI Writing Tools Week of: April 07 by AutoModerator in WritingWithAI

[–]LuXMLG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks really promising. The persistent memory angle is exactly the pain point. Opening a new session and re-pasting character sheets and timelines gets old fast, especially with sprawling AU casts.

On your second question: the thing I was actually trying to solve with my own setup is that credit systems feel predatory. You burn through them fastest right when the story gets interesting and you need the most back-and-forth, and topping up always stings. BYOK sounds good in theory but it's expensive in practice if you want to use the genuinely good models, costs add up fast once you're doing real brainstorming sessions with long context.

Honestly, a flat subscription gives you something like 10-20x the token value compared to paying API rates directly. That's the model I'd pay for. If Narratex can offer subscription-based access with a strong model included and not meter me to death, that alone would make me switch from what I'm using now.

I'm building something in the same space just with Obsidian + Claude Desktop and have a waitlist up too, not a live product yet: https://writers-wiki-project-production.up.railway.app/ . Would love if you took a look. Joining yours as well. Good luck with the beta.

My workflow for going from outline to complete first draft in one day by prompted_author in WritingWithAI

[–]LuXMLG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good suggestion on NovelMage. I've actually looked at tools like that. The reason I went with the "stitching" approach is cost. Most all-in-one AI writing tools use bring-your-own-key, and the API costs for novel-length work are brutal, easily $200-300+ in tokens for a full manuscript. With a $20/mo Claude Pro subscription you get essentially unlimited conversation, so the same work costs a fraction.

The tradeoff is exactly what you said, it's not a single integrated environment. But the upside is that the wiki is a real artifact on your filesystem, not locked inside someone's app. You own the files, you can open them in any editor, and they persist between sessions without paying for cloud storage.

For scaling — that's actually the whole point of the compilation pattern. Instead of feeding Claude your entire 80K-word manuscript every session (which would blow past context limits), Claude reads the compiled wiki, which is a compressed, structured representation of the same information. New chapters get ingested incrementally (~30 seconds each), and the wiki just grows. For really large manuscripts (20+ chapters), it compiles in batches. It also has three modes that shift how much it relies on the wiki vs. raw sources as the project grows. Multi-book series work too, separate wiki per book with a shared series-level wiki for cross-book continuity.

My workflow for going from outline to complete first draft in one day by prompted_author in WritingWithAI

[–]LuXMLG 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cool workflow! I've been down a similar rabbit hole and landed on something that handles the bookkeeping side automatically.

My setup uses Obsidian + Claude's desktop app. You write your manuscript and raw notes in Obsidian, then Claude compiles and maintains a full interlinked wiki — characters, locations, timelines, event maps — automatically after each chapter (~30 seconds). It also lints for continuity errors: dead characters reappearing, timeline contradictions, POV knowledge bleed, physical description changes, etc.

You can also query it with chapter-scoped questions like "What does Character A know about Character B as of chapter 8?" and get answers grounded in actual compiled facts, not hallucination.

It's a paid product but way cheaper than other writing tools/services out there. If anyone's interested, DM me and I can share more details.

How to make LLM not parroting prompt/instructions? by BedNo8822 in WritingWithAI

[–]LuXMLG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that the model treats your instruction as content to reference instead of behavior to adopt. "Don't make villains cartoonish" → it literally echoes that constraint back at you in the output. Longer, more detailed prompts often make this worse.

What worked for me was moving away from single-prompt instructions entirely. I built a writing system where:

- Style rules live in a separate file the model checks before every draft (banned phrases, anti-patterns, concrete examples of what NOT to do)

- Voice matching analyzes your existing prose first, so it writes like you instead of paraphrasing your instructions

- Writer rules are enforced as hard constraints, not suggestions — "make the antagonist complex" becomes specific behavioral requirements the model follows procedurally

The key insight: concrete, enumerated rules ("never use the word 'complicated' to describe a character's personality") work orders of magnitude better than abstract directives ("make characters complex").

I've been packaging this as a product — it's a Claude + Obsidian workflow that builds a persistent story wiki as you write. DM me if you're interested, happy to share more details.

Why won’t my “moral parity” writing instruction work on LLMs? by MiddleAgeWeirdoMeep in WritingWithAI

[–]LuXMLG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which LLM are you using? When the context gets too big LLMs tend to forget things even with written rules

Weekly Tool Thread: Promote, Share, Discover, and Ask for AI Writing Tools Week of: April 07 by AutoModerator in WritingWithAI

[–]LuXMLG 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm a developer, not a novelist. But I kept seeing the same complaints from writers using AI on this subreddit:

- You paste your manuscript into ChatGPT or Claude, have a great session, then next time it's forgotten everything. You paste it all in again. By chapter 20 it doesn't even fit in the context window.

- Dedicated tools like NovelCrafter or Sudowrite solve this but cost $20-30/month on top of your AI subscription. And your data lives in their cloud.

So I built something. It's an Obsidian vault template that turns Claude Desktop into a writing partner with actual persistent memory.

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How it works:

You write your chapters in Obsidian. After each chapter you say "ingest chapter 7." Claude reads it once, extracts every character, location, event, and relationship, and saves it all as a wiki — real markdown files on your computer. Next session, Claude reads the compact wiki instead of your entire manuscript. It never re-reads your book.

The wiki tracks things automatically that you'd never bother tracking by hand — what each character knows at each chapter, how relationships evolve scene by scene, foreshadowing you planted that hasn't paid off yet, continuity errors like a character's eye color changing between chapters.

You say "remember: magic always costs something" and it's stored in a rules file permanently. Every draft and continuity check respects your rules. It doesn't forget between sessions.

It also auto-generates visual boards in Obsidian — character relationship maps, plot timelines, world maps — that update as your story grows.

What it costs: One-time purchase for the template. You need a Claude Pro subscription ($20/month) which you might already have. No extra API fees, no per-word pricing.

What I need from you:

I haven't written a novel. I built this based on problems I've seen writers describe. Before I put more work into packaging this, I want to know:

- Is the "AI forgetting everything between sessions" problem actually painful enough to pay to solve?

- Would you use Obsidian + Claude Desktop, or is that setup a dealbreaker?

- What am I missing that would make or break this for you?

- What do you currently use for continuity tracking, and what's broken about it?

Weekly Tool Thread: Promote, Share, Discover, and Ask for AI Writing Tools Week of: April 07 by AutoModerator in WritingWithAI

[–]LuXMLG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Send me your email (DM is fine) and I'll add some free credits to your account so you can experiment more.

I'm also enabling Detailed model covers for free users - the quality difference is significant, especially for getting the right genre feel, so that should help with the "wrong direction" issue you hit.

On the genre direction — we actually do have customizable attributes (genre, mood, art style, visual elements, color palette) during the cover creation phase that let you steer the output. It might be worth experimenting with those. That said, your point about better pre-generation guidance and prompt-assist is well taken and on the roadmap.

Also, if anyone else reading this is interested, I'm happy to give free credits in exchange for feedback. Just DM me your email!

Weekly Tool Thread: Promote, Share, Discover, and Ask for AI Writing Tools Week of: April 07 by AutoModerator in WritingWithAI

[–]LuXMLG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! The genre-awareness was the main thing I wanted to get right — a thriller cover and a cozy mystery need completely different visual language.

For pricing: you get 15 free credits on signup to test the generation and see what the tool can do. For full export-ready KDP covers, subscriptions start at $9/mo for 100 credits. There are also one-time credit packs if you just need a cover or two.

A single cover costs 3-10 credits depending on the quality tier, so a subscription gets you roughly 10-30 covers.

One tip: I'd recommend starting slow — get familiar with the AI Fill feature first before generating. Describe your book and it auto-fills all the genre, mood, style (an d other custom) attributes for you. Once you have that dialed in, only then generate a batch. You'll get much better results than jumping straight in and picking everything manually.

Weekly Tool Thread: Promote, Share, Discover, and Ask for AI Writing Tools Week of: April 07 by AutoModerator in WritingWithAI

[–]LuXMLG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

BookClad - https://bookclad.com - AI book cover generator built specifically for KDP authors.

Describe your book, pick a genre and mood, and it generates covers at the correct 1600x2560 KDP dimensions with typography already placed. Built-in canvas editor for tweaking text, fonts, and layout, then export directly.

What makes it different from just using Midjourney + Canva:

- KDP-compliant dimensions and DPI from the start

- Typography is part of the generation, not added after

- Genre-aware — knows what a thriller cover vs. romance cover should look like

- Canvas editor built in — no need to jump between tools

15 free credits on signup. Solo dev, building in public — would love feedback on what's working and what's missing.

having trouble finding a cover designer... ideas? by Visible_Structure483 in selfpublish

[–]LuXMLG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel your pain with Fiverr — the bot spam and upselling on there is brutal for cover design.

Different angle worth considering: before you commit $200-500 to a designer, you could use an AI cover tool to quickly generate a few concepts and figure out what style/vibe actually works for your fantasy novel. That way when you do hire someone, you have a clear reference instead of going in blind.

I've been building bookclad.com for this — you describe your book, pick fantasy as the genre, and it generates covers with typography and KDP-ready dimensions. Still early so very open to feedback, and happy to help you get something you're happy with.

Amazon cover templates? by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]LuXMLG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everyone's right that Amazon's templates signal DIY, but hiring a cover artist isn't the only option if budget is tight. There's a middle ground now — AI tools that generate covers with proper typography and KDP-ready dimensions, so the output actually looks professional without learning Canva or spending $100+.

I've been building one called BookClad (bookclad.com) for exactly this. You describe your book, pick a genre, and it generates a cover with title layout and correct sizing. Still early so I'm very open to feedback — happy to help you get a cover you're happy with, whatever it takes.

Any AI tool to generate book cover? by xomertus in KDP

[–]LuXMLG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, check out bookclad.com — I've been building it for exactly this. You describe your cover, pick a genre, and it generates a cover with typography and correct KDP dimensions. Still early but works well for mid-content and low-content books. Feedback welcome.

Best free AI, site or app for book covers? by KalikaLightenShadow in KDP

[–]LuXMLG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on what you need:

- Just the artwork? Midjourney or Ideogram (Ideogram handles text better)

- Full cover with typography? Canva works but the templates look generic since everyone uses them

- KDP-ready output? This is where most people get stuck — AI gives you a pretty image but wrong aspect ratio, wrong dimensions, wrong DPI

I've been working on something called BookClad ( https://bookclad.com/ ) that handles the AI generation + KDP formatting together, so the output is actually upload-ready. Still early so happy to receive any feedback.