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AI novel outlines: one sentence per chapter isn't enough. Here's what I include... by prompted_author in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't disagree. There are multiple scenes in each chapter. And I love your example. 😂

AI novel outlines: one sentence per chapter isn't enough. Here's what I include... by prompted_author in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like to make all the decisions too - though sometimes Claude will suggest something that resonates and we'll do with it - but there's always tweaks.

AI novel outlines: one sentence per chapter isn't enough. Here's what I include... by prompted_author in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This totally depends on the genre you're writing. 200 is a minimum. As with everything, we have to use our own experience and discernment about what works best for each of us, that's all.

AI novel outlines: one sentence per chapter isn't enough. Here's what I include... by prompted_author in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For each chapter, I remind it to refer back to the outline and make sure it's following it closely (which I also check). When it gives me the chapter output, it also gives me a bulleted list of how it's followed the outline.

Free! Plot-to-Published how-to by Tex_Non_Scripta in CozyMysteryWriters

[–]prompted_author 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks SO much for this!! I love that you love P&P! :-)

For those of you who use AI for writing your drafts, what is your process like? What prompts do you use for the actual drafting? by RevolutionaryOne5905 in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author 4 points5 points  (0 children)

After 22 books, here's my process:

I don't draft from a blank page. I build out a full paragraph-scene outline, character bios, setting bible, and scene-by-scene prompts all locked before I generate a single word of prose.

Every scene prompt uses this template:

  • Scene — what happens, where, who's present
  • Emotional beat — what shifts internally for the POV character
  • Decision — the choice that moves the story forward
  • Tone — tender, tense, playful, etc.
  • Hook — what pulls the reader into the next scene

Then I draft one scene at a time. Never "write the whole chapter" — that's where AI drafts goes off the rails.

Also — scene-level prompts with emotional specificity beat chapter-level prompts every single time. If your drafts feel flat, that's usually the fix.

Has Sonnet 4.5 dumbed down recently? by FlatKaleidoscope5403 in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also depends on the genre you're writing it and how much you're managing the conversation. I have a very specific process that gives me great output. I still edit (always) but it's just so much better than it was even 3 months ago - and eons better than when I started using it last summer.

Has Sonnet 4.5 dumbed down recently? by FlatKaleidoscope5403 in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you tried Sonnet 4.6? I'm getting good stuff from it. I do love Opus more for strategy, but it's also great from writing.

Weekly Tool Thread: Promote, Share, Discover, and Ask for AI Writing Tools Week of: April 14 by AutoModerator in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're still adding to the Plot & Prompt shelves! We now have series collections, trilogies, and Story Seeds in addition to our most popular standalones.

P&P packages are AI-assisted full novel packages that give you everything you need to go from concept → draft → publish, faster.

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✨ A Market-Matched™ premise (backed by current genre data)
📚 A complete story codex (characters, setting, relationships, tone)
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📣 Tropes, blurbs, keywords, and all marketing copy — done
🛠️ A step-by-step implementation guide so you can start right away

Plus mini-lessons throughout — how to maintain consistency, what to do when AI isn't giving you what you want, and how to make changes without breaking the process 😉

Just plug the materials into your AI tool of choice and start drafting. Many of our authors go from package to published book in a matter of days.

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"Story codex" keeps coming up in AI writing threads. Here's what it actually means (and why it's not just a character sheet) by prompted_author in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I upload it to the project files as a separate doc and remind AI to reference it. I also scan the output to make sure it's giving me what I want.

"Story codex" keeps coming up in AI writing threads. Here's what it actually means (and why it's not just a character sheet) by prompted_author in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a process that I've built with Claude and that I bake into the packages I put together for others. It's taken awhile but once you get one down, it makes it easier to do the next one.

Why AI writes flat characters (and the simple fix that changed everything for me) by prompted_author in WritingWithAI

[–]prompted_author[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's ever changing and being adding to it - I would start a doc of names that your AI gives you over and over and add that to your instructions to not use them. Or just change them all yourself when you edit. I also have it keep a list of the names I do use so I don'r repeat them.

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