The Only 7 Prompts AI Authors Need to Write Their First Book 1. Brainstorming Prompt: Used to generate ideas, especially focusing on a premise and an ending for the story. It can take various forms, and the author emphasizes the importance of knowing where the story is going. Give me 10 ideas for the Premise for a novel about [whatever] Give me 10 ideas for the ending for a novel about [whatever premise you picked] 2. Synopsis Prompt: This prompt helps in creating a detailed synopsis for the story, often using a traditional three-act structure. It builds on the premise and ending, providing a roadmap for the story. Given the following premise and story information, give me a highly detailed synopsis for a [genre] story in the tradition of three-act structure. Each act should be clearly labeled and should build toward an ending I've described 3. Outlining Prompt: This prompt is used to create a detailed outline of the story, breaking it down into parts or chapters. It can be tailored to a specific outlining method, such as the 24-chapter novel outline. Using the following synopsis, create a detailed summary of the story, flushing out additional details and breaking it into Parts using the [outline method of choice eg, Heros jorney] 4. Character Prompt: This prompt is used to write character profiles, including details about the protagonist, antagonist, or mentor. It can include physical descriptions, backstories, and other character-specific information. Write a character profile about the protagonist of the novel [Insert synopsis] Here's what we know so far about the character: [ Insert current summary of character ] Include the following elements: [ insert desired elements here] 5. Story Beats Prompt: This prompt helps in developing the story beats for each chapter, providing a detailed action plan for the script. It emphasizes specificity and the use of proper nouns. Take the following chapter summary and generate a list of 12 highly detailed action beats for a script with additional [story information]To fully flesh out the chapter. make sure to always use proper nouns instead of pronouns. [ Add chapter 1 etc. etc] 6. Style Prompt: This prompt is more personalized and can vary widely. It helps in defining the writing style, including aspects like point of view, dialogue, verbs, conflict, and description. It can be crafted to include or exclude specific writing techniques. First person past point of view of[ insert character name] show don't tell deep point of view. realistic dialogue. strong verbs. lots of conflict/drama and description. Avoid mushy descriptions/dialog. (you can put this under the Custom instructions in chat GPT) 7. Constructing the Prose Prompt: The final prompt is used to construct the prose of the story. It can include details like genre, tone, key characters, and specific story beats to cover. It's used to write the actual text of the chapters, guided by the previous prompts. Write 1,000 words of a chapter using the following details: Genre: Tone: point of view: Setting: Key characters: Story beats to cover: (give it 2 or 3 at a time) 180Vault.com best way to backup your writing.
@@kaoline4172I find it much easier to read summaries of most youtube content than having to watch the full video, which is often loaded for length or format. Also, in this particular case, it is useful to have the prompts in written form
00:00 🧠 Brainstorming prompt is crucial for starting a book; it should include a premise and an ending to guide the AI. 02:17 📝 The AI can provide style notes along with a premise, adding depth to the brainstorming process. 04:37 📑 A detailed synopsis prompt helps outline the story, specifying genre and structure (e.g., three acts). 06:03 🗂️ Outlining prompt refines the synopsis into a detailed chapter-by-chapter outline, using a preferred method (e.g., 24 chapters). 07:39 🎭 Character prompt aids in creating well-defined characters by providing AI with specific information about them. 09:45 📖 Story beats are essential for guiding the AI in creating specific actions within each chapter; proper nouns should be used. 11:37 🖋️ Style prompt helps define the writing style you want, including elements like point of view, dialogue, and description preferences. 15:43 ✍️ Constructing prose involves providing the AI with genre, tone, character names, and detailed story beats to generate writing. This process may require additional editing for polish.
Here are the seven prompts that the author argues for in the video "The Only 7 Prompts AI Authors Need to Write Their First Book": 1. **Brainstorming Prompt**: Used to generate ideas, especially focusing on a premise and an ending for the story. It can take various forms, and the author emphasizes the importance of knowing where the story is going. 2. **Synopsis Prompt**: This prompt helps in creating a detailed synopsis for the story, often using a traditional three-act structure. It builds on the premise and ending, providing a roadmap for the story. 3. **Outlining Prompt**: This prompt is used to create a detailed outline of the story, breaking it down into parts or chapters. It can be tailored to a specific outlining method, such as the 24-chapter novel outline. 4. **Character Prompt**: This prompt is used to write character profiles, including details about the protagonist, antagonist, or mentor. It can include physical descriptions, backstories, and other character-specific information. 5. **Story Beats Prompt**: This prompt helps in developing the story beats for each chapter, providing a detailed action plan for the script. It emphasizes specificity and the use of proper nouns. 6. **Style Prompt**: This prompt is more personalized and can vary widely. It helps in defining the writing style, including aspects like point of view, dialogue, verbs, conflict, and description. It can be crafted to include or exclude specific writing techniques. 7. **Constructing the Prose Prompt**: The final prompt is used to construct the prose of the story. It can include details like genre, tone, key characters, and specific story beats to cover. It's used to write the actual text of the chapters, guided by the previous prompts. These prompts are designed to guide the entire process of writing a book, from brainstorming ideas to constructing the final prose. The author emphasizes the iterative nature of working with these prompts and the importance of adding a human touch to the AI-generated content.
I left your custom instruction in by mistake when getting ChatGPT to debug a SQL query I was working on. The response was hilarious! "Certainly, Mike. I knew I had to focus on the task at hand, updating the SQL query to include another custom field "...". My fingers moved swiftly over the keyboard, changing the code. I felt the pressure of getting this right, making sure the database query included both the ... and ... With careful precision, I crafted the revised function:" [gives revised function] "The intensity of making the changes gave way to satisfaction as I saw the new code. The modified SQL query now included the second custom field "...", and the post-processing of the result adjusted accordingly. I leaned back in my chair, feeling content with the successful update, realizing that the code was now poised to function precisely as needed." Thanks ChatGPT lol! Great video :)
I’m interested in how you would use either chatgpt and/or claude for prose. From my knowledge I think you slightly got into it but I’m sure there’s so much more possibilities. I attempted prose in chatgpt yesterday and it did a pretty great job, imo. I literally had to tell the AI mostly everything though. I’d want to experiment with pulling in my writing style into the AI and see if it can imitate it along with other writing styles. The only thing I didn’t experiment with was dialogue which I’ve been told is best to do in Claude. Maybe I’ll try later bc I feel like I’ve been toying with chatgpt and writing for hours and need a break lol.
Once again Jason, you've excelled at helping us mortals to overcome the hurdles and obstacles that beset the long and winding road to literary greatness. Thank you.
AI will simply add more options. If anything we can bring back the story magazine of the month/week like in the 20s-60s when writing was first becoming a viable career😊bring back the Asimov magazine on the shelvs of convenience stores and newspaper stands😊
Wow. Although I had to try a few times with extra detailed commands to get a good result on a weaker model (Haiku) the first prompt already works really well to give me a good starting location, after about 3 tries, with 6/10 possible directions I would be willing to consider. I don't even have to watch the rest of the video to know the rest of the prompts will be just as good. Edit: This just feels like cheating magic. I don't even need to frikkin use sonnet and am getting way better quality everything. Edit: I cannot figure out how to get the story beats part to not go past what I ask for, if I also want to include additional important details it tends to forget.
Think of it this way: ACT > Chapter > Scene > Beat. You can have one or more "beats" per scene. DEFINITION: A story beat is a shift in the narrative. Story beats can be emotional turns, incidents or events, actions, and reactions, or realizations. They can even be small shifts in narrative tone or a character's emotional arc. Essentially, beats are small moments that move the story forward. Scenes are made up of many beats.
Hi Nerd, please how can use AI to develop a storyline that can span about 2000 episodes like what we have on platforms like Novel Dragon, Babel novels and the rest. Please I'd like you share your expertise on this Thanks
When you edit your custom instructions, they are only available in a new chat. If you continue how shown in the video, the edits to the instructions will be ignored.
I want prompt that remain consistent like Mc has ability to blink. Ability to heal wounds In other chapter Mc doesn't need a potion since he has healing skill
? - When I use the prompt to get prose, even though I only give it one action beat, it basically narrates 3-4 beats, and then rephrases that same prose when I try the next action beat. Any thoughts?
This is really awsome and worthy and valuable for me, Jason!!!!. Thanks for sharing your SIKILLS with us. I would like to ask you about a prompt for generating good descriptions for illustrations. Do you have one? I've developed a midjourney formula prompt in CHATGPT (I can share with all of you if are interested) but i need a prompt which captures the setting, atmosphere, theme or whatever other variables related with visuals in writing fiction. I think you as an expert author you can define those variables better than me for that prompt. I would be very grateful if you could make a video about my request.
I don't have a prompt for that currently (although I've dabbled with it before). That's great to hear that you've developed one! I'll put it on the list of videos to do :)
As These steps are more or Less similar to the steps in sudowrite Story engine: from your experience: where do U geht better Results? Or which Combination of Chat gpt and Story engine is Most promising? Great Video (as always)
I have a video coming out about this soon. Basically I tend to use ChatGPT or Claude for most of the legwork, but then put all that information into Sudowrite and use it to generate the final prose.
Why not a book system for kids...that teaches them maths and language and subjects...and they grow with it and it adapts to their age and interwines a story based around their current interests into adulthood whilst continually educating them...and it's their book???
Great job! Short and to the point! I do need to go back and rewatch your videos on voice and charecter development. Also, need to check for world building. I like LOVE purple prose even though it's un-American. Gen get quite dreamy and good for imagination development of the reader.
are there really Authors who want to work like THIS? outlining, ideas, creating something are the best parts for me to making a book. i like the brainstorming with AI for new monsters or cities... yet i still get enough own ideas... and so on i hate making the drafts and overworking... THAT should/could be done by AI.
@@TheNerdyNovelist in my opinion it seems to me like a weak reason. it is a big way of taking the easy path on the most important point. You get only an idea, most of the other creativ work and someway the annoiying part getting done by another (no ghostwriter, but AI)
Okay, I've been chewing on this for a couple hours, debating if I wanted to say anything, and at the risk of developing a reputation as "that person," I'm not sure that ending is really the morally ambiguous thought experiment the AI wants it to be. If the protagonist is half-dragon, that implies that at least SOME dragons are sentient. A dragon at some point coupled with a (presumably) human to make a baby that grew up to be Thalrik, right? Then the parent dragon is sentient, and if we assume that there's more than one sentient dragon in the world, nobody ought to be deciding to cull them for the purposes of maintaining some sort of "balance" between humans and dragons. Humans cull animal populations to maintain healthy eco-systems. We don't cull the populations of beings we know are sentient. (Unless we're committing war crimes or something, I guess.) So, if the whole book leads to a realization where the protagonist decides that he's going to be the moral authority determining which members of a sentient species have to die "for good of both species" that just sounds like a guy with a god complex being set up as a villain, not a morally ambiguous hero with a compelling problem. Why is he in a position to decide what the appropriate "balance" is between humans and another sentient species? If the dragons are "evil" and aggressively hunting humans, I'd buy it, but that's not morally ambiguous. If we're aiming for moral ambiguity where there is no black and white "evil" happening and the dragons just *exist,* I'd say this is a villain origin story--or at least a really dark anti-hero story. (Which is not necessarily a bad thing.) I am aware that this is just some random thing you generated in ten minutes and there's no reason I have to think this hard about it, but it's stuck in my head now, sorry.
No worries. I appreciate how you're always being aware (and helping me be aware) of these things. This is a good example of something that I would probably have figured out after working with it for a while. Doesn't necessarily mean I would change it, but at the very least, it would become an issue in the book that the characters deal with. But yeah, I'm not actually going to write this.
lol, yeah, I knew you weren't going to write it, and I was like, "It doesn't matter, Rose, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter..." but it kept bugging me. Stuff like this has actually led me a couple of really interesting short stories where the villain is the protagonist. Because the AI has a really shallow grasp on ethics, and will come up with motivations and premises that it thinks sound heroic but are actually like Y I K E S! As long as the text frames the situation as something less than heroic, they make good ideas--but you really have to watch it when you ask an LLM for anything "morally gray," because it doesn't understand the nuances of an ethical issue and tends to spit out a lot of stuff that would have been acceptable 100 years ago but not today. Like "of course it's the human character's job to control the dragon population..." could easily have been a conclusion drawn in an adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, if he'd written about fantasy heroes.@@TheNerdyNovelist
@@GenderPunkJezebelle999 it's funny how you zeroed in on that and nagged yourself about it until you pointed it out. i bet you have a tough time enjoying a lot of movies lol
I mean, I have a complicated relationship with most media. I have a "superpower" that I can figure out the plot of most stories within the first chapter or fifteen minutes of screen time. So, mainly I watch for character development and learn to ignore the plot. This one bugged me because it's about the character, and I think also because Jason and I have an ongoing dialogue about ethics and bias in AI. I'm glad he's a good sport about it.@@penoyer79
could you make a video like this but instead of making a book, write a short story?. I think is better for beginners who are just starting out like myself. a short story I mean a 10 pages, 3,000-5,000 words story something like that. I'm applying what you did here to a short story and I'm getting results but perhaps you have a better approach when writing a short story. thanks in advance and your channel is awesome.
Adding an extra page at the beginning of my future novels. It will say "This book was not written by an A.I. chat platform or any other automated system." or "A human wrote this book without assistance from any A.I. or any source that scrapes the internet for ideas and word or prose use from other authors."
That is actually a complete ripoff from my book that I am writing with editing help from ChatGPT 4. Started on the book a long time ago, now it gives it to you... sigh... Coincidence? Hardly. Edit: not a 100% ripoff, but very close.
Maybe, but not to dismiss your book idea or anything, but this was a pretty generic plot that it gave me, very much like many of the other dragon-based fantasy books out there. It's read everything and knows all the major tropes, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if there were similarities. You have to really go the extra mile in the brainstorming phase to get something truly original.
@@TheNerdyNovelist I know. Thing is this is my very first book and I just started to watch your videos. What are the odds for this? Weird and spooky as you are the only one I follow that use topics for books. (I just followed you for like 2 weeks or so max). I do have a unique setting though, which sets it apart with some twists here and there ofcourse. But in general it looks very similiar. I know about that genre's cliches, so I am determined to give my book a twist as much as possible. There are so many fantasy books on the marked now (traditional fantasy) that every subject is a re-use or a ripoff in some sense or the other. Even GRR Martins is a ripoff in some way or other with cliches. I do hope my book will set it apart as it's setting is very rare (don't even think there are any books like this that I am writing), and that is a bit strange that it's not used more, or anything at all. Well, time will show. KUTGW.
It’s a human book. The same as a book written in Microsoft Word or using a keyboard or dictation are also human books. It’s just another tool for getting it out of our heads.
Lol you couldn't be more wrong, I'm still reading my @ss off, because that is the most exciting time to read. We are now entering an age, were anybody no matter how smart, intelligent, wise or even slow you are, you can create a book, get your ideas out on paper. This is the most insane time ever to read, were going to see wild perspective, insanely coherent, and even incoherent storylines. Bro I'm already crazy enough, there are people out here worst than me, this will be exciting😂
There will always be naysayers. A wise woman once told me, "Only take advice from people who are where you want to be." Whiners are not where I want to be. Also, how would this be RIP to indie authors? Who do you think is using it? 😂
There is no such thing as an “AI Author.” If AI wrote it, then you’re not the author. Even the AI isn’t the author! All it does is search the internet to glean off other people’s work and Frankenstein them together. To call yourself an author after doing something like this is shameful. Write the book yourself.
This makes me sad. AI is not a author it puts real authors out of jobs they desperately need. Art is going to die writing anything is going to die. Why promote the end of art everything will be a amalgamation of authors that AI steals from. This means there will be no more original art or writing it will be all copies of what was once in history rewrote again by AI mash together and called new 😢 oh I know why …. you want to make money …….sad
The Only 7 Prompts AI Authors Need to Write Their First Book 1. Brainstorming Prompt: Used to generate ideas, especially focusing on a premise and an ending for the story. It can take various forms, and the author emphasizes the importance of knowing where the story is going. Give me 10 ideas for the Premise for a novel about [whatever] Give me 10 ideas for the ending for a novel about [whatever premise you picked] 2. Synopsis Prompt: This prompt helps in creating a detailed synopsis for the story, often using a traditional three-act structure. It builds on the premise and ending, providing a roadmap for the story. Given the following premise and story information, give me a highly detailed synopsis for a [genre] story in the tradition of three-act structure. Each act should be clearly labeled and should build toward an ending I've described 3. Outlining Prompt: This prompt is used to create a detailed outline of the story, breaking it down into parts or chapters. It can be tailored to a specific outlining method, such as the 24-chapter novel outline. Using the following synopsis, create a detailed summary of the story, flushing out additional details and breaking it into Parts using the [outline method of choice eg, Heros jorney] 4. Character Prompt: This prompt is used to write character profiles, including details about the protagonist, antagonist, or mentor. It can include physical descriptions, backstories, and other character-specific information. Write a character profile about the protagonist of the novel [Insert synopsis] Here's what we know so far about the character: [ Insert current summary of character ] Include the following elements: [ insert desired elements here] 5. Story Beats Prompt: This prompt helps in developing the story beats for each chapter, providing a detailed action plan for the script. It emphasizes specificity and the use of proper nouns. Take the following chapter summary and generate a list of 12 highly detailed action beats for a script with additional [story information]To fully flesh out the chapter. make sure to always use proper nouns instead of pronouns. [ Add chapter 1 etc. etc] 6. Style Prompt: This prompt is more personalized and can vary widely. It helps in defining the writing style, including aspects like point of view, dialogue, verbs, conflict, and description. It can be crafted to include or exclude specific writing techniques. First person past point of view of[ insert character name] show don't tell deep point of view. realistic dialogue. strong verbs. lots of conflict/drama and description. Avoid mushy descriptions/dialog. (you can put this under the Custom instructions in chat GPT) 7. Constructing the Prose Prompt: The final prompt is used to construct the prose of the story. It can include details like genre, tone, key characters, and specific story beats to cover. It's used to write the actual text of the chapters, guided by the previous prompts. Write 1,000 words of a chapter using the following details: Genre: Tone: point of view: Setting: Key characters: Story beats to cover: (give it 2 or 3 at a time)
The Only 7 Prompts AI Authors Need to Write Their First Book
1. Brainstorming Prompt: Used to generate ideas, especially focusing on a premise and an ending for the story. It can take various forms, and the author emphasizes the importance of knowing where the story is going.
Give me 10 ideas for the Premise for a novel about [whatever]
Give me 10 ideas for the ending for a novel about [whatever premise you picked]
2. Synopsis Prompt: This prompt helps in creating a detailed synopsis for the story, often using a traditional three-act structure. It builds on the premise and ending, providing a roadmap for the story.
Given the following premise and story information, give me a highly detailed synopsis for a [genre] story in the tradition of three-act structure. Each act should be clearly labeled and should build toward an ending I've described
3. Outlining Prompt: This prompt is used to create a detailed outline of the story, breaking it down into parts or chapters. It can be tailored to a specific outlining method, such as the 24-chapter novel outline.
Using the following synopsis, create a detailed summary of the story, flushing out additional details and breaking it into Parts using the [outline method of choice eg, Heros jorney]
4. Character Prompt: This prompt is used to write character profiles, including details about the protagonist, antagonist, or mentor. It can include physical descriptions, backstories, and other character-specific information.
Write a character profile about the protagonist of the novel [Insert synopsis]
Here's what we know so far about the character: [ Insert current summary of character ]
Include the following elements: [ insert desired elements here]
5. Story Beats Prompt: This prompt helps in developing the story beats for each chapter, providing a detailed action plan for the script. It emphasizes specificity and the use of proper nouns.
Take the following chapter summary and generate a list of 12 highly detailed action beats for a script with additional [story information]To fully flesh out the chapter. make sure to always use proper nouns instead of pronouns. [ Add chapter 1 etc. etc]
6. Style Prompt: This prompt is more personalized and can vary widely. It helps in defining the writing style, including aspects like point of view, dialogue, verbs, conflict, and description. It can be crafted to include or exclude specific writing techniques.
First person past point of view of[ insert character name] show don't tell deep point of view. realistic dialogue. strong verbs. lots of conflict/drama and description. Avoid mushy descriptions/dialog. (you can put this under the Custom instructions in chat GPT)
7. Constructing the Prose Prompt: The final prompt is used to construct the prose of the story. It can include details like genre, tone, key characters, and specific story beats to cover. It's used to write the actual text of the chapters, guided by the previous prompts.
Write 1,000 words of a chapter using the following details:
Genre:
Tone:
point of view:
Setting:
Key characters:
Story beats to cover: (give it 2 or 3 at a time)
180Vault.com best way to backup your writing.
BUT THIS IS A COPY OF WHAT THE NERDY NOVELIST VIDEO SAID? WHY REPEAT IT HERE? DOES THIS COME FROM YOU?
Thank you for doing it! old hearing..Words easier on the eyes!
@@kaoline4172I find it much easier to read summaries of most youtube content than having to watch the full video, which is often loaded for length or format. Also, in this particular case, it is useful to have the prompts in written form
Thanks so much I rather read the summy then sit throughout the vid lol
@@kaoline4172 ctrl + c ctrl + v
00:00 🧠 Brainstorming prompt is crucial for starting a book; it should include a premise and an ending to guide the AI.
02:17 📝 The AI can provide style notes along with a premise, adding depth to the brainstorming process.
04:37 📑 A detailed synopsis prompt helps outline the story, specifying genre and structure (e.g., three acts).
06:03 🗂️ Outlining prompt refines the synopsis into a detailed chapter-by-chapter outline, using a preferred method (e.g., 24 chapters).
07:39 🎭 Character prompt aids in creating well-defined characters by providing AI with specific information about them.
09:45 📖 Story beats are essential for guiding the AI in creating specific actions within each chapter; proper nouns should be used.
11:37 🖋️ Style prompt helps define the writing style you want, including elements like point of view, dialogue, and description preferences.
15:43 ✍️ Constructing prose involves providing the AI with genre, tone, character names, and detailed story beats to generate writing. This process may require additional editing for polish.
thanks--this should have been a 5 min video
Here are the seven prompts that the author argues for in the video "The Only 7 Prompts AI Authors Need to Write Their First Book":
1. **Brainstorming Prompt**: Used to generate ideas, especially focusing on a premise and an ending for the story. It can take various forms, and the author emphasizes the importance of knowing where the story is going.
2. **Synopsis Prompt**: This prompt helps in creating a detailed synopsis for the story, often using a traditional three-act structure. It builds on the premise and ending, providing a roadmap for the story.
3. **Outlining Prompt**: This prompt is used to create a detailed outline of the story, breaking it down into parts or chapters. It can be tailored to a specific outlining method, such as the 24-chapter novel outline.
4. **Character Prompt**: This prompt is used to write character profiles, including details about the protagonist, antagonist, or mentor. It can include physical descriptions, backstories, and other character-specific information.
5. **Story Beats Prompt**: This prompt helps in developing the story beats for each chapter, providing a detailed action plan for the script. It emphasizes specificity and the use of proper nouns.
6. **Style Prompt**: This prompt is more personalized and can vary widely. It helps in defining the writing style, including aspects like point of view, dialogue, verbs, conflict, and description. It can be crafted to include or exclude specific writing techniques.
7. **Constructing the Prose Prompt**: The final prompt is used to construct the prose of the story. It can include details like genre, tone, key characters, and specific story beats to cover. It's used to write the actual text of the chapters, guided by the previous prompts.
These prompts are designed to guide the entire process of writing a book, from brainstorming ideas to constructing the final prose. The author emphasizes the iterative nature of working with these prompts and the importance of adding a human touch to the AI-generated content.
Thanks for spelling that out.
Thanks bro !!!
or you can call it "how do i let a computer do all the funwork, cuz i am not creative" ?
@@alfredocalzoni8161 imo you have to be MORE creative to get good material out of llm’s, and it reduces a lot of the leg work.
@@SDGwynn maybe naiv? yet it seems, we are gonna used for almost every part of making a book (or somethingels of art)
I''m really enjoying attending The Nerdy Novelist Academy. Please keep positing. It's very useful for revising my final draft.
That's the plan!
I left your custom instruction in by mistake when getting ChatGPT to debug a SQL query I was working on. The response was hilarious!
"Certainly, Mike. I knew I had to focus on the task at hand, updating the SQL query to include another custom field "...". My fingers moved swiftly over the keyboard, changing the code. I felt the pressure of getting this right, making sure the database query included both the ... and ... With careful precision, I crafted the revised function:"
[gives revised function]
"The intensity of making the changes gave way to satisfaction as I saw the new code. The modified SQL query now included the second custom field "...", and the post-processing of the result adjusted accordingly. I leaned back in my chair, feeling content with the successful update, realizing that the code was now poised to function precisely as needed."
Thanks ChatGPT lol! Great video :)
I’m interested in how you would use either chatgpt and/or claude for prose. From my knowledge I think you slightly got into it but I’m sure there’s so much more possibilities. I attempted prose in chatgpt yesterday and it did a pretty great job, imo. I literally had to tell the AI mostly everything though. I’d want to experiment with pulling in my writing style into the AI and see if it can imitate it along with other writing styles. The only thing I didn’t experiment with was dialogue which I’ve been told is best to do in Claude. Maybe I’ll try later bc I feel like I’ve been toying with chatgpt and writing for hours and need a break lol.
I'll be doing videos on this in the near future.
Once again Jason, you've excelled at helping us mortals to overcome the hurdles and obstacles that beset the long and winding road to literary greatness. Thank you.
No, thank YOU!
What outlining methods are there? Has anyone made an exhaustive list, or asked a llm to list the ones it knows?
AI will simply add more options. If anything we can bring back the story magazine of the month/week like in the 20s-60s when writing was first becoming a viable career😊bring back the Asimov magazine on the shelvs of convenience stores and newspaper stands😊
Not gonna lie; I’m distracted by the beheaded stormtrooper.
It’s okay. He made a very good meal for some Ewoks I know.
Wow. Although I had to try a few times with extra detailed commands to get a good result on a weaker model (Haiku) the first prompt already works really well to give me a good starting location, after about 3 tries, with 6/10 possible directions I would be willing to consider.
I don't even have to watch the rest of the video to know the rest of the prompts will be just as good.
Edit: This just feels like cheating magic. I don't even need to frikkin use sonnet and am getting way better quality everything.
Edit: I cannot figure out how to get the story beats part to not go past what I ask for, if I also want to include additional important details it tends to forget.
Please elaborate more on SETTING (14:06). Also, me being a noob, what are "beats"?
Think of it this way: ACT > Chapter > Scene > Beat. You can have one or more "beats" per scene. DEFINITION: A story beat is a shift in the narrative. Story beats can be emotional turns, incidents or events, actions, and reactions, or realizations. They can even be small shifts in narrative tone or a character's emotional arc. Essentially, beats are small moments that move the story forward. Scenes are made up of many beats.
The first video I saw that actually lived up to its title. Thanks.
I tried but it doesnt work but it really help in keep track consistent when i chat with my storry and do rephase
Hi Nerd, please how can use AI to develop a storyline that can span about 2000 episodes like what we have on platforms like Novel Dragon, Babel novels and the rest. Please I'd like you share your expertise on this
Thanks
Am I able to use these prompts in text-generator-webui on my PC? I using the ChatGPT model.
When you edit your custom instructions, they are only available in a new chat. If you continue how shown in the video, the edits to the instructions will be ignored.
Can we do this for memoir, too?
Thank you. Can I assume the same applies to poetry?
I want prompt that remain consistent like
Mc has ability to blink. Ability to heal wounds
In other chapter
Mc doesn't need a potion since he has healing skill
I’ve just started a Sudowrite trial, so this will be helpful.
? - When I use the prompt to get prose, even though I only give it one action beat, it basically narrates 3-4 beats, and then rephrases that same prose when I try the next action beat. Any thoughts?
It seems like once you have certain details set in stone, it may be best to set a great deal of it into the "Custom Instructions' feature.
When I use the first prompt, it never generates any Style Notes. Since this is not specifically requested, why does it generate this for you?
Poor Thalrik is going to hurt himself sharpening his sword in a dimly lit room...
Haha!
This is really awsome and worthy and valuable for me, Jason!!!!. Thanks for sharing your SIKILLS with us. I would like to ask you about a prompt for generating good descriptions for illustrations. Do you have one? I've developed a midjourney formula prompt in CHATGPT (I can share with all of you if are interested) but i need a prompt which captures the setting, atmosphere, theme or whatever other variables related with visuals in writing fiction. I think you as an expert author you can define those variables better than me for that prompt. I would be very grateful if you could make a video about my request.
I don't have a prompt for that currently (although I've dabbled with it before). That's great to hear that you've developed one! I'll put it on the list of videos to do :)
i just go in and start experimenting. you'd be surprised at what you may find/come up with.
Would love you to post yours, Maribel.
Hmm. I had never thought of going straight to the ending. Thanks.
My workflow is quite a bit different, but I still gleaned some great tips from this video. Thanks.
Cool. What if I already have a premise and characters I want to add to the prompts?
That makes it easy! Just insert them yourself, no need to go through the steps to create them.
As These steps are more or Less similar to the steps in sudowrite Story engine: from your experience: where do U geht better Results? Or which Combination of Chat gpt and Story engine is Most promising? Great Video (as always)
I have a video coming out about this soon. Basically I tend to use ChatGPT or Claude for most of the legwork, but then put all that information into Sudowrite and use it to generate the final prose.
Thanks, that's a comprehensive guide. :)
Glad it was helpful!
If I already have a summary of my story what are the steps to reuse it's prompts
Knowing that I have the first chapter of my story, a synopsis, main characters, secondary but I don't have the end of the story for the moment..
Then I would brainstorm the ending.
For these, do you think GPT-4 or GPT4 with code interpreter is better? Or is it pretty much the same? Tks!
I’m found GPT 4 to be better at some things in the process like the outline. But Claude is very good at prose and a few other things.
For me, I have noticed that the code interpreter seems to have a larger context window. You can also give it the previous chapters as files.
Would be fun to put the prompts in the description.....
Why not a book system for kids...that teaches them maths and language and subjects...and they grow with it and it adapts to their age and interwines a story based around their current interests into adulthood whilst continually educating them...and it's their book???
What an awesome idea!
It’s called life of fred however the stories suck and it’s for math
Once again 'on point' thank you 👍😀
Very welcome
Great job! Short and to the point! I do need to go back and rewatch your videos on voice and charecter development. Also, need to check for world building. I like LOVE purple prose even though it's un-American. Gen get quite dreamy and good for imagination development of the reader.
Awesome, thank you!
How well does the various AI programs handle the instructions "End each chapter on a cliffhanger"?
It usually does okay, although it helps to know what the cliffhanger is before hand or what it gives you isn’t great.
Geeat Video. Are These 7 Prompts Somewhere That i Can Copy Edit and Paste for Use?
Log into our Discord. We put together a doc there.
@@TheNerdyNovelist ok I'm in. Which Section is it in? And Thank You 😁
the best explain...thank you so much
Great video - very useful. Will try it out on a new story idea I have tomorrow.
Have fun!
You're awesome, thank you!
are there really Authors who want to work like THIS? outlining, ideas, creating something are the best parts for me to making a book. i like the brainstorming with AI for new monsters or cities... yet i still get enough own ideas...
and so on i hate making the drafts and overworking... THAT should/could be done by AI.
Everyone has the areas that they love or hate and it’s different for everyone. I say use AI wherever the biggest pain point is.
@@TheNerdyNovelist in my opinion it seems to me like a weak reason. it is a big way of taking the easy path on the most important point. You get only an idea, most of the other creativ work and someway the annoiying part getting done by another (no ghostwriter, but AI)
Why did you use ChatGPT for this when you prefer Claude II otherwise?
Totally wonderful and helpful.
Interesting , thanks !
Okay, I've been chewing on this for a couple hours, debating if I wanted to say anything, and at the risk of developing a reputation as "that person," I'm not sure that ending is really the morally ambiguous thought experiment the AI wants it to be. If the protagonist is half-dragon, that implies that at least SOME dragons are sentient. A dragon at some point coupled with a (presumably) human to make a baby that grew up to be Thalrik, right? Then the parent dragon is sentient, and if we assume that there's more than one sentient dragon in the world, nobody ought to be deciding to cull them for the purposes of maintaining some sort of "balance" between humans and dragons. Humans cull animal populations to maintain healthy eco-systems. We don't cull the populations of beings we know are sentient. (Unless we're committing war crimes or something, I guess.)
So, if the whole book leads to a realization where the protagonist decides that he's going to be the moral authority determining which members of a sentient species have to die "for good of both species" that just sounds like a guy with a god complex being set up as a villain, not a morally ambiguous hero with a compelling problem. Why is he in a position to decide what the appropriate "balance" is between humans and another sentient species? If the dragons are "evil" and aggressively hunting humans, I'd buy it, but that's not morally ambiguous. If we're aiming for moral ambiguity where there is no black and white "evil" happening and the dragons just *exist,* I'd say this is a villain origin story--or at least a really dark anti-hero story. (Which is not necessarily a bad thing.)
I am aware that this is just some random thing you generated in ten minutes and there's no reason I have to think this hard about it, but it's stuck in my head now, sorry.
No worries. I appreciate how you're always being aware (and helping me be aware) of these things. This is a good example of something that I would probably have figured out after working with it for a while. Doesn't necessarily mean I would change it, but at the very least, it would become an issue in the book that the characters deal with. But yeah, I'm not actually going to write this.
lol, yeah, I knew you weren't going to write it, and I was like, "It doesn't matter, Rose, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter..." but it kept bugging me.
Stuff like this has actually led me a couple of really interesting short stories where the villain is the protagonist. Because the AI has a really shallow grasp on ethics, and will come up with motivations and premises that it thinks sound heroic but are actually like Y I K E S!
As long as the text frames the situation as something less than heroic, they make good ideas--but you really have to watch it when you ask an LLM for anything "morally gray," because it doesn't understand the nuances of an ethical issue and tends to spit out a lot of stuff that would have been acceptable 100 years ago but not today. Like "of course it's the human character's job to control the dragon population..." could easily have been a conclusion drawn in an adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, if he'd written about fantasy heroes.@@TheNerdyNovelist
@@GenderPunkJezebelle999 it's funny how you zeroed in on that and nagged yourself about it until you pointed it out. i bet you have a tough time enjoying a lot of movies lol
I mean, I have a complicated relationship with most media. I have a "superpower" that I can figure out the plot of most stories within the first chapter or fifteen minutes of screen time. So, mainly I watch for character development and learn to ignore the plot. This one bugged me because it's about the character, and I think also because Jason and I have an ongoing dialogue about ethics and bias in AI. I'm glad he's a good sport about it.@@penoyer79
@@GenderPunkJezebelle999 I actually love reading stories where the villain is the protagonist.
You know what? You are currently the best in this field. Your expertise and skills are unparalleled!
Thanks!
Thanks for the awesome vids, brotha! 💪🏾
could you make a video like this but instead of making a book, write a short story?. I think is better for beginners who are just starting out like myself. a short story I mean a 10 pages, 3,000-5,000 words story something like that. I'm applying what you did here to a short story and I'm getting results but perhaps you have a better approach when writing a short story. thanks in advance and your channel is awesome.
Oh you lucky dog. I literally just recorded one of these. Look for it a week from today.
@@TheNerdyNovelist awesome! thank you, another question: is it worth it to upgrade to Chat GPT 4 if I'm only writing fiction?
Adding an extra page at the beginning of my future novels. It will say "This book was not written by an A.I. chat platform or any other automated system." or "A human wrote this book without assistance from any A.I. or any source that scrapes the internet for ideas and word or prose use from other authors."
That is actually a complete ripoff from my book that I am writing with editing help from ChatGPT 4.
Started on the book a long time ago, now it gives it to you... sigh...
Coincidence? Hardly.
Edit: not a 100% ripoff, but very close.
Maybe, but not to dismiss your book idea or anything, but this was a pretty generic plot that it gave me, very much like many of the other dragon-based fantasy books out there. It's read everything and knows all the major tropes, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if there were similarities. You have to really go the extra mile in the brainstorming phase to get something truly original.
@@TheNerdyNovelist I know.
Thing is this is my very first book and I just started to watch your videos. What are the odds for this? Weird and spooky as you are the only one I follow that use topics for books. (I just followed you for like 2 weeks or so max).
I do have a unique setting though, which sets it apart with some twists here and there ofcourse. But in general it looks very similiar. I know about that genre's cliches, so I am determined to give my book a twist as much as possible.
There are so many fantasy books on the marked now (traditional fantasy) that every subject is a re-use or a ripoff in some sense or the other. Even GRR Martins is a ripoff in some way or other with cliches.
I do hope my book will set it apart as it's setting is very rare (don't even think there are any books like this that I am writing), and that is a bit strange that it's not used more, or anything at all.
Well, time will show.
KUTGW.
Thanks, nice video. I learn a lot from you and your writing skills.
This was incredible!
very helpful video... the plan doen't translate completely for non-fiction
brilliant
You have no IDEA how much time you saved me!!! 😂
You can write so called "book" this way. And you will be the only reader.
Exactly what I was thinking. Filling Amazon with A.I. generated books will only hurt real writers.
Is it ethical to still call one’s self an author of an Ai written book?
Yes, assuming you're still guiding it along and adding your own human flair, which you kind of have to do to get anywhere near decent results.
sure writing it with ai sounds fun but i aint reading an ai book.
It’s a human book. The same as a book written in Microsoft Word or using a keyboard or dictation are also human books. It’s just another tool for getting it out of our heads.
Nobody will read anymore when all the books have AI plots. RIP literature and indie authors.
Nah ai will enhance the literature and if it's good book everyone will read it atleast book lovers.
You need human input to make it worth anything.
What if that can be improvised with human touch after the author got the idea
Lol you couldn't be more wrong, I'm still reading my @ss off, because that is the most exciting time to read. We are now entering an age, were anybody no matter how smart, intelligent, wise or even slow you are, you can create a book, get your ideas out on paper. This is the most insane time ever to read, were going to see wild perspective, insanely coherent, and even incoherent storylines. Bro I'm already crazy enough, there are people out here worst than me, this will be exciting😂
There will always be naysayers. A wise woman once told me, "Only take advice from people who are where you want to be." Whiners are not where I want to be.
Also, how would this be RIP to indie authors? Who do you think is using it? 😂
Human made books will have their own platform. AI will be rejected by the discerning.
There is no such thing as an “AI Author.” If AI wrote it, then you’re not the author. Even the AI isn’t the author! All it does is search the internet to glean off other people’s work and Frankenstein them together. To call yourself an author after doing something like this is shameful. Write the book yourself.
This makes me sad. AI is not a author it puts real authors out of jobs they desperately need. Art is going to die writing anything is going to die. Why promote the end of art everything will be a amalgamation of authors that AI steals from. This means there will be no more original art or writing it will be all copies of what was once in history rewrote again by AI mash together and called new 😢 oh I know why …. you want to make money …….sad
The Only 7 Prompts AI Authors Need to Write Their First Book
1. Brainstorming Prompt: Used to generate ideas, especially focusing on a premise and an ending for the story. It can take various forms, and the author emphasizes the importance of knowing where the story is going.
Give me 10 ideas for the Premise for a novel about [whatever]
Give me 10 ideas for the ending for a novel about [whatever premise you picked]
2. Synopsis Prompt: This prompt helps in creating a detailed synopsis for the story, often using a traditional three-act structure. It builds on the premise and ending, providing a roadmap for the story.
Given the following premise and story information, give me a highly detailed synopsis for a [genre] story in the tradition of three-act structure. Each act should be clearly labeled and should build toward an ending I've described
3. Outlining Prompt: This prompt is used to create a detailed outline of the story, breaking it down into parts or chapters. It can be tailored to a specific outlining method, such as the 24-chapter novel outline.
Using the following synopsis, create a detailed summary of the story, flushing out additional details and breaking it into Parts using the [outline method of choice eg, Heros jorney]
4. Character Prompt: This prompt is used to write character profiles, including details about the protagonist, antagonist, or mentor. It can include physical descriptions, backstories, and other character-specific information.
Write a character profile about the protagonist of the novel [Insert synopsis]
Here's what we know so far about the character: [ Insert current summary of character ]
Include the following elements: [ insert desired elements here]
5. Story Beats Prompt: This prompt helps in developing the story beats for each chapter, providing a detailed action plan for the script. It emphasizes specificity and the use of proper nouns.
Take the following chapter summary and generate a list of 12 highly detailed action beats for a script with additional [story information]To fully flesh out the chapter. make sure to always use proper nouns instead of pronouns. [ Add chapter 1 etc. etc]
6. Style Prompt: This prompt is more personalized and can vary widely. It helps in defining the writing style, including aspects like point of view, dialogue, verbs, conflict, and description. It can be crafted to include or exclude specific writing techniques.
First person past point of view of[ insert character name] show don't tell deep point of view. realistic dialogue. strong verbs. lots of conflict/drama and description. Avoid mushy descriptions/dialog. (you can put this under the Custom instructions in chat GPT)
7. Constructing the Prose Prompt: The final prompt is used to construct the prose of the story. It can include details like genre, tone, key characters, and specific story beats to cover. It's used to write the actual text of the chapters, guided by the previous prompts.
Write 1,000 words of a chapter using the following details:
Genre:
Tone:
point of view:
Setting:
Key characters:
Story beats to cover: (give it 2 or 3 at a time)
a million thanks for this!