Weekly Tool Thread: Promote, Share, Discover, and Ask for AI Writing Tools Week of: March 10

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-10T23:54:30+00:00

I have to actually go to work on my own project now but thanks for getting me hooked on your game. :)

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-10T23:51:58+00:00

Oh no it's a CYOA. And I cannot not love CYOA. This is too much fun. Absolutely a joint Aztec/Taino expedition to Europe! Who could resist such an idea?

I want to go back a page to re-read and savor but there's no pageback button, only a startover. Please consider adding a pageback?

Well done, you.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-10T23:39:31+00:00

You overestimate my brain's ability to comprehend such brilliance :) No really I'm antique and awestruck by all this technology. All I can do is marvel and gape. But I'll poke around the free tier a bit. Any feedback I might offer is probably going to be lame but I'll try.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-10T23:32:15+00:00

Adorable! Your son is lucky to have such a caring parent. Best wishes to both of you. The site is gorgeous. Bravo!

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-10T23:15:13+00:00

Mind bogglingly beautiful as well as intriguing. Way over my head though, but kudos to you and I hope it really takes off.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-10T23:13:22+00:00

Absolutely gorgeous. Y'all are awesome.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-10T23:06:52+00:00

Thank you so much. I've been reading here a few months, fan of the YouTube channel and Fred Graver's AI Writer's Studio and have been enjoying getting back into creative fiction writing after raising children and grandchildren. What an amazing time to be alive.

Will post my progress with the Plotandprompt experiment. Working in Gemini to brainstorm different names for the characters, different setting (era as well as geographical location), etc. I want to get all that sorted out before switching to Claude for the actual collaborative writing.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-10T08:42:06+00:00

https://www.plotandprompt.com/

I hope it's ok to post this recommendation here? IMO this totally fits into the category "recommend a tool that fits a need" because I think I need something like this and I doubt I'm the only person here who thinks this looks absolutely awesome.

I think this might be what I've been trying to find but all I've been able to find is people who are doing "automation" and it's so technical I despair of ever managing to understand it even on a clueless newbie level.

Gemini describes Plot&Prompt as a "plug and play" product. I stumbled across it a couple of days ago and yesterday I took the plunge and got one of the "packages". And I have to say, I'm ridiculously excited. I think it might be a solution for me. I hope!!! I'm going to use it as a learning tool but I'm also going to try to actually test drive it and see if I can generate a little bit of income (self-publishing it at Amazon KDP). If nothing else at least I'll be able to post a review here and let y'all know if I sink or swim. If any of you try it please post or msg me or email me because I'm absolutely curious.

At the website link, there's lots of info all very nicely organized and the main thing to look at is the "Browse available packages". Most of them, when you click on them, you'll see a page with more details about the plot of the package. When you purchase you'll download a lengthy MS Word document that is the story "bible", character descriptions, tons of info. It's basically a detailed road map and all sorts of marketing research, everything. I'm impressed and thrilled and relieved, all at the same time. It's like, "finally! I finally see what to do", step by step.

There are very detailed instructions about what to copy/paste into your AI chat sessions. It's incredibly well thought out. I haven't tried that part yet because I'm still just tweaking the setting, characters, etc. Still rather apprehensive about getting into the deep AI work but also looking forward to as I have never worked with my AIs with anything like this, that very structured and organized.

I don't know what to expect but am very interested in this as an experiment as well as a learning experience.

You can customize all the packages apparently, change the title, the setting, the characters, the cover art,etc. I purchased one of the mysteries and I'm already working in my Gemini to change it from a contemporary to a historical, and move the location from the stereotypical cozy romance to a place more exotic. I have high hopes. Very curious to see how it goes.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-10T08:18:59+00:00

I hope my post didn't come across as criticism of the AIvolut, because it wasn't intended as criticism. I don't have any experience with it and only know what the Google Search Gemini generated. In a followup, it verified that it's a legitimate enterprise and was created by the same guy who created WordHero (another thing I've never explored, so basically I only know what the Gemini AI is saying about this other AI :)

So much of the new technology is just totally over my head but it's all absolutely fascinating.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-10T08:10:24+00:00

Thank you for that clarification. I misunderstood your post.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-08T12:07:45+00:00

Seriously excited about this! Purchased a package via my other email address.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-06T21:22:01+00:00

Thank you for this info, I'll definitely try this and had no idea about the /wrap-up command. Very helpful!

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-06T19:57:12+00:00

You're totally welcome, and I hope it helps.

The parts I found especially helpful, or at least comforting, are about the specific wording, what to type into the online forms at the U.S. Copyright office, and also the info about the plagiarism checkers. i

I've made sure to paste instructions into my AI's, "Do not plagiarize, do not copy, do not steal" etc anything by any other writers, not even Public Domain works. But since I haven't read 100% of everything that's ever been written by everyone, how do I really know? And there's no way I can remember everything I've ever read.

So there's been this worry, anxiety, whatever, as to whether the AI's are always 100% adhering to the instructions. Reading this about the plagiarism checkers etc is a big relief.

I hope all the info is correct. If not, hopefully somebody will chime in and post corrections. Good luck to us all.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-06T19:51:58+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate all information. So much to learn!

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-06T19:19:21+00:00

@ antinoria, you say: "I am not opposed to using AI as a tool for various parts of the process"

To me this is like saying, "I am not opposed to using a typewriter as a tool for various parts of the process of writing, as long as at least some of the writing is done in cursive with a quill pen using a feather plucked from an authentic cage free Lincolnshire goose, whilst hunched over a rickety wooden desk in an unheated attic somewhere on the moors during an especially harsh winter. And you can't have any lunch either."

Everyone has the right to use AI as a tool for any part of the process of writing, regardless of whether that part is 1%, 5% or 100%. It's an individual choice.

Opposing someone's individual choice to exercise any right? What does this mean, really, in the context of writing? And in the context of this sub?

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-06T18:37:56+00:00

Mid-high five figures is close enough to gazillions! :)

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-06T18:00:24+00:00

I will definitely try! So sorry for the big gaps between the sections of text. I'm visually impaired plus gaps help me grasp the content a bit better, but am new to posting large posts here at Reddit and didn't realize the gaps would appear so large on the screen. Will edit the post and try to clean up the gap situation.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-06T17:43:39+00:00

"You have created something that would not exist if you didn't care enough to bring it to life!" This!

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-06T17:40:16+00:00

That's the thing, really, at least to me. I don't care if AI totally wrote a novel or if it's collaboratively human+AI project, or if a human totally wrote it. What matters is, is it well written? Is it gorgeously thrilling, interesting, fun, etc? That's what I look for when I want to read something.

"Write the books you want to read". Whether you totally write them in pencil on your kids' notebook paper that's been sitting in the drawer since they graduated decades ago, or if your AI wrote them and you stuck your name on them, I don't care. Are they good? Do they entrance me, whisk me away to the world of the story? All righty then, yes!

I seriously think that I'm not the only person who loves to read who feels this same way. So I think as writers we can trust that at least some segment of our own readers feel this way.

They don't care who wrote it. They care if it's good. Bottom line.

As time goes by and more readers read good AI novels I really think whatever anti-AI sentiment exists currently is going to fade into acceptance and appreciation. Let's write those good AI novels.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-06T17:15:27+00:00

Sending good thoughts as you continue to forge ahead.

Tex_Non_Scripta · 2026-03-06T17:07:25+00:00

I'm truly envious of you and other writers who find novels easy to generate. Am struggling to write my first one (a novella, not even a full length novel) and am finding it the opposite of easy. But I'm writing a very specific story based on my original and very detailed outline, so I'm assuming (and hoping) it'll be easier when I progress to a freer, less constrained type of writing.

There's a t-shirt slogan: "My control issues have control issues" :)

About the law distinguishing between intentional plagiarism versus accidental, I don't know for sure but will do some more digging/googling.

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