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Father Gilroy vs. Cthulhu (or Dagon or any of the others)!

It’s cool to see that you’re not freaking out about AI. Obviously nobody should be using AI to write or structure their stories, as they’ll end up with oatmeal. But AI is, in fact, a useful tool for punching up things you’re already writing. Much of it will be cringe, but occasionally it’ll say something that sparks a new idea in your own creative imagination. And that’s one more idea that you didn’t have, before. AI is just another tool, people are acting like it’s inherently evil or anti-creative when, in fact, in the hands of a creative human, it allows an interesting and indeed *creative* way to get your own mind onto some new paths and off to the races with your own words. This is especially useful for people who have been writing a long time and have developed deep habits which can become ruts. I think of it as being akin to letting my intelligent but somewhat clueless mom read my draft. She’ll give me a bunch of comments that make me roll my eyes, but occasionally something she says hits, and i think either ‘that’s not a bad idea,’ or, ‘that’s a bad idea but if you did *this*, it would be a super cool idea.’

Your book looks absolutely adorable! I'll be looking for it. :) Thanks for the tutorial.

Is it possible to connect Claude to Obsidian the same way you've shown with ChatGPT here?

I kinda stopped caring about learning to use this hell of a tool bc i got very intrigued by your book, I REALLY REALLY want to read it!!! i hope it gets a release date soon

Thanks for the video. I couldn’t figure out how to do column canvas.

The endless social media marketing totally kills me. Glad I'm not the only one!

Can you save to the cloud, say if you want to work on different devices or have to migrate computers?

LOVE AND THANKX

I can attest to acquiring a specific taste for "real music" once more AI-infused music has come into the picture. It's so crucial that whatever the art form is, a human at least curated it. And the more obvious the human touch is, the more interesting the art is. This is to say--I at least have not experienced AI as a threat to human creativity. I think it's really just illustrating the importance of the human element now that we can see what happens when that is diminished by those using AI to pump out "content".

Quite a biased discussion and Julian was dishonest about the feedback he has received. The honest feedback has been overwhelmingly negative. Otherwise, he's mostly just being ignored.

Good to see you, Dominic, it’s been a while! Hope everything is well.

I prefer Fantasia Archive. It is free and offline

Thank you for this! 🙏🏻I am always getting back to my writing routines especially new content in fall season and it’s about that time! I am excited to write soon with this your video. Thank you! Again!

I have a theory about how video games have a set of storytelling tricks that really change how we engage with those stories and offer new opportunities for storytelling- preferably for the good, but we've seen it go bad, too. It's part of why people feel games influence them so much.

Very cool app

AI is clown behavior

Apart from the trashy AI art, cool stuff.

The snippet to change the format: can you apply to just one or several notes? Or is it universal? I want two types of notes: non-fiction notes with the default format; and fiction ones where I write chapters but with stylized format.

this was awesome man

I downloaded the file. How do I actually apply it to my Obsidian?

I was using a Microsoft whiteboard and an app of notes for so long ! This will be game changer ! JUST IMAGINE HOW HAPPY TOLKIEN COULD BE !

...I'm sold... this is happening. Au revoir, Google Docs... it's been fun :D

How do you get the cool icons for the left side bar? Like the ones for character, creature, location etc... I'm stuck with either a plain folder icon or no icon

I agree, replaying games is so much more relaxing than trying to learn a new one! I have several "deep" games that I hope will one day be good replays, but I have to overcome the hurdle of actually learning and getting through them the first time still.

What fonts did you use? Everything works for me except the fonts, so maby I could add them in myself?

The use of AI is a bit of a red flag, but this otherwise seems like great software. Obsidian doesn't scrape its users writings for AI generation, does it?

dude all good just get rid of chatgpt since it builds bad habits 👍🏻 its the same like grammar spelling or all those nonsense extras, it makes you lazy but Obsidian is definitely an interesting program for organising and we will see if Scrivener or Obsidian is better for certain tasks 😊

Looks like OneNote

I use Notion and hear about Obsidian and think: can it work for me... in the middle of your video I thought: "If this can use with Chat GPT it will be perfect..." and now I will do all my writing work with it. Thank u so much!

Wow, it seems like this works differently for different people. I just finished watching a list of tips that says you aren't supposed to "Pavlov" yourself. No offense to you, though; if it works, it works.

The hate against AI is ridiculous. I have aphentesia and I can’t mentally imagine character descriptions or landscape the scene is set, so AI helps me a lot. AI is like a weapon, gun or a knife, everything depends on the user.

Thank you for the video and sharing the template. I am looking forward to trying it out.

Super nice! Thanks for sharing your vault!

I get the stance against info dumping. But I think in some cases it’s necessary to convey information the reader needs to get some things and maintain a level of interest to continue the story. As long as there’s a balance and awareness, I think you should be fine. Remember you’re writing a book, not a movie screenplay. The reader is allowed to get more immersed in the story than a movie audience. Going the opposite way always making an effort to not release information can make your story a task to read and not enjoyable. Like you can have a great story but nobody finish the book or recommend it because they found navigating through it like work, instead of a delight. Idk just a counter argument. Maybe to do info dump well you have to create the conditions for it. Like if there’s no other way, create a character that has dementia and have another character remind them of the obvious things that the reader has no other way of knowing lol.

Hello! I am also an author writing in Obsidian. You have some interesting ideas for organization, thanks for sharing. Quick question: how did you tweak the kanban plugin to display larger cards like that?

Thank you! I was honestly overwhelmed and my notes were completely unorganized. I'm glad to have found this video and more so for your channel. ❤

not all heroes wear capes🫡thanks mate

SING WITH ME❗❗❗ AI IMAGES ARE NOT ART!! AI IMAGES ARE NOT ART!! AI IMAGES ARE NOT ART!! You are either for or against the cause. AI images and AI bros have done so much damage to the art community. You as an artist of writing should know what is harmful to our community. This isn't only about painting and drawing, this encompasses all of us authors, musicians animators, and actors aswell. Stay out of the gutter. This isn't a time to be "neutral". If you are "neutral" then you are basically allowing your fellow artists to be walked over by greedy corps and artist wannabes. They came for artists first, and soon they'll come for writing and other forms of art. You have to stand now as one or there will be no one to stand together with you when your community suffers.

Absolutely inspiring!

Have you done any testing with the plugin called Longform? I've found it immensely helpful in writing novels!

Thanks for taking the time to share your discovery of Obsidian, I am inspired by the way you are using it. I am just in the process of approaching using it and can see the potential when I finally get a workflow suited to my needs. Good work man, Winning!!!

Are you making a new vault - for each unique book that you're working on?

Am I the only one that can figure out how to use this?

Thanks a lot, very informative and inspirational video☺

How did you sort your Canvas files above the folders? Even in your template, folders always appear on top of everything else.

I really like Obsidian, but I fell in love with novelWriter for my novels. It may not be for you, but it's free and open source, so it won't cost anything to give it a try!

I came to the same conclusion after years using Scrivener. Obsidian is way better (Sorry Scrivener). Don't you use Longform plugin for the writing sessions themselves ?

Your story looks so cute just looking at the pictures and characters. This is such a cool setup I will have to see what I can do now.