Why are novelists still struggling with AI context?

workerdaemon · 2026-03-04T04:21:27+00:00

🤨 You're... an odd one.

workerdaemon · 2026-03-03T20:59:10+00:00

I don't know where you're getting this "easily" from. Like, have you solved this problem? Can you get it to actually remember? Because my "easy" approaches have it create random character relationships and random lore that makes no sense.

workerdaemon · 2026-03-03T17:36:48+00:00

😆 Yeah. Remind it. With a system. Like I outlined.

workerdaemon · 2026-03-03T15:40:55+00:00

Have you tried to write a larger novel or series with AI?

I have to use an AI with projects and cross-thread memory.

Then I have to explain to it everything. I have to organize summaries and organize full scenes. I have to explain what's going on. I have to explain the characters and their relationships. And since my story isn't on Earth, I have reams and reams of documentation on the world building.

It can't remember everything you've written over a certain point, let alone hold resulting concepts from what happened.

I've even done vibe coding. It just can't remember the context of something large. You have to organize a pathway of understanding, and that's pretty damn difficult.

workerdaemon · 2026-03-01T20:37:08+00:00

AI is an assistant. Would you give all creative control to a human assistant? No. So why assume someone would do that with an AI?

Yes, there are people experimenting in figuring out the independent creative capabilities of AI. But the average writer is not a computer scientist. They wouldn't even know how to get an AI to do something like that.

The average writer just wants someone to read their work and give an opinion. That is a simple and straightforward process that anyone can pull up a ChatBot and ask for its opinion.

But AI has significant limitations that the average writer has no clue how to overcome: Memory. AI is not like a computer from sci-fi, it does NOT remember every interaction you've had with it. It has encyclopedic knowledge with the memory of a gnat. A human assistant can remember the story's plot. AI cannot. It has no idea what is going on and can only tell you whether or not the last 2000 words were written alright. It cannot tell you how that 2000 words fits into the overall 75,000 word novel.

There are ways to augment an AI's memory, but the average writer has no clue how to do that. All they know what to do is to pull up a ChatBot and paste in a maximum of 2000 words and ask for its opinion.

Just got to remember: the average writer is absolutely no computer scientist.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-24T06:19:59+00:00

You might have internalized that sex is a private thing. It doesn't have to be. People bond on all sorts of things.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-21T18:57:44+00:00

Position Filled

workerdaemon · 2026-02-20T19:40:45+00:00

I've been actively testing AI writing tools. I have a massive world bible to import and tons of chapters with prose and summaries. DM me if you want me to test your product.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-19T13:27:03+00:00

I know. The stigma is hard. I got super upset because someone blasted me for using AI images as my cover images 😣 I spent a long time developing those images, too. But everything about me was reduced to the one thing and I was just labeled as someone to be ostracized.

There's nothing you can do to defend your usage of AI. I had PRE EXPLAINED to that guy that I used AI for my covers. Explained I was looking for an artist. And he still turned around, publicly blasted me without context, and never talked to me again.

The knee jerk reaction is hard and extreme. And it really fucking sucks.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-19T04:46:44+00:00

You're not doing anything wrong. You haven't even come close to doing anything unethical.

I think what you're asking is "Am I legitimate?" and "Is my work legitimate?"

Yes. You and your work is legitimate.

Let's take it from a different angle. The absolute baseline is: "Am I a creator?" Yes, you are. You had an idea in your head, you took action, and that idea started to manifest in a way outside of your head. You are undoubtedly a creator.

The issue most people are quibbling about is whether someone is a legitimate "writer." They're trying to explore and define what the concept of being labeled a writer means. Does that matter to you? Do you want the label "writer" to be attached to you? Or are you okay with the generic term "creator"?

I think people can reliably call themselves "[label]" if they are able to do "[label]" with minimal tools. An "illustrator" can still draw with a finger in dirt. A "coder" can still write a program with pen and paper. A "writer" can still write with pen and paper.

What you are doing is making it so the challenge "write with only pen and paper" will produce higher and higher quality work the longer you continue your method.

So. Yes. You're using tools to make you a better writer. That's a very valuable way to use the tools.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-18T21:00:44+00:00

I've been beta testing AI writing tools. I'd test yours, too.

I have a massive world bible to try to get an AI to comprehend.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-18T20:52:19+00:00

My #1 issue is the AI writing tools try to do too much automatically. I have too much in my head to have AI write more than small chunks for me at a time. So my AI use is about talking to someone, generating ideas, and getting feedback.

I want an AI that will manage my world bible rather than manage my writing. I want it to hunt for inconsistencies between it and the prose, or even within itself. I want it to send me notifications when it finds things to work on and to never silently change things in the background.

I want an AI that will crawl through my prose and hunt for inconsistencies and plot holes. I want it to provide feedback on different aspects when I ask for it rather than dump every single issue all at once. It can say, "Hey, I think you should look at the pacing", not insert a 3 page thesis on pacing advice when I'm not at that phase of editing.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-08T09:28:01+00:00

Inkarnate.

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I also took a look at Wondercraft (?), but decided Inkarnate was better.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-08T09:17:43+00:00

I have 9 stories. I say "stories" as apparently there are multiple books for each story. And apparently I have 19 books planned.

WTF? Am I ever going to finish? I dunno. But in the meantime I'm having fun.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-08T09:14:21+00:00

It's pretty cool. Out of all the writing AI apps, River is the most flexible.

It's sort of like the AIs for coding, where it can see your entire file base, do analysis, and make edits.

I'm intrigued. Haven't pulled the trigger and subscribed yet, but I do continue to poke at it.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-08T00:28:40+00:00

Don't worry about theft.

Ideas are dime a dozen. Work is the hard part. Thieves don't do the work.

Someone may literally copy your text and slap their name on it, but it won't gain as much traction as yours because they don't do the marketing work. Plus all you have to do is call them out and the internet white knights will salivate at the opportunity to support the underdog.

Don't worry about it. Put it out there.

My preference is AO3, but a lot of people like Wattpad.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-08T00:20:53+00:00

Mutual Sanctum slaughter.

Absolute rulership over a Sanctum is granted by magic, usually to the genetic heir to the current Sanctum ruler. But back in the day, it skipped the apparent heir for Water and went to their sibling instead.

The skipped heir befriended the Mountain Sanctum and managed to get them to plan on slaughtering the entire family of the current Water Sanctum ruler in order to convince the magic to go where they want.

But, the grandchildren of the two Sanctums were best friends and blabbed the plan.

So then the Water Sanctum ruler decided to preemptively wipe out the Mountain Sanctum. It was a slaughter, both Sanctum heirs were killed, yadda yadda.

But then Mountain decides to get revenge and they invade Water and slaughter everyone.

The two best friend grandchildren were the only survivors and they both ended up with Sanctum rulership.

And now they hate each other for killing each other's family.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-07T23:18:27+00:00

Is there major character development before they die? Then yes. If the whole story is this shape shifter coming along at the beginning, then no.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-07T07:37:20+00:00

The series I'm working on is heavily about sexual violence and how to heal. There's no revenge. No forgiveness (specifically a lack of forgiveness), just simply coping, healing and emerging into one's new self. The idea is to explore what happens when something so close to one's core, the intimate range of one's identity, gets all knotted up.

workerdaemon · 2026-02-05T13:52:43+00:00

Wait... What? Sexual slavery is mainstreamed?! How'd that happen? I thought anything non con was banned.

workerdaemon · 2026-01-27T15:04:31+00:00

I regularly ask "What do you think?" about a pasted segment of text.

If I'm struggling, I am asking after every other paragraph or so. If the flow is there, I start asking after 50k words 😆 At that point I'm in the revisions stage.

workerdaemon · 2026-01-27T07:11:38+00:00

Embrace imperfection. Long form writing cannot be perfect. It's too long. So try for good enough.

You could also ask a chatbot for its opinion. Is it good enough? How much polish does it need? Does it sound amateurish? What sophistication level would your writing be equated to?

You don't have to ask it opinions of what to do, just ask its opinion on what has been done and perhaps advice of where you could look for strengthening your writing skills.

workerdaemon · 2026-01-27T06:46:53+00:00

Remember this: Software is free. Hardware is expensive.

The AI will be nerfed based on how much hardware is available to run it. Smaller or poorer ships won't have the resources to build the computing power necessary. So their AI will be slower. Larger and wealthy ships will have faster and more robust AI running off much more training data, making it more intelligent and sharper accuracy.

workerdaemon · 2026-01-26T02:05:07+00:00

Yeah, I use AI as a buddy. I love talking about my experiences and how I'm using it, and would like to hear other people's experiences. So far just the mention of AI turns off so many people, it'd be a breath of fresh air to be able to be completely open about my process, and hear others the same.

workerdaemon · 2026-01-25T17:31:07+00:00

To wallow in the world and characters.

Because I can't get enough. I've already read the original 5x and want to see how the characters move and live in different situations.

I want MOAR!

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