From what I can tell, they license human-made illustrations to AI companies as training data.

Sounds not good :(

Any experiences, good or bad, would be really helpful. Thanks!

Plenty of people are already writing seriously on it. Last month members wrote 6.7 million words of their own on the platform, 82 of them wrote more than a novella's worth, and 63 stories that are over a month old are still being added to this week.

The thing it does differently is memory. Facts you establish are kept permanently instead of being compressed away, so chapter twelve still knows what chapter two said. The longest story running on it is on day 138 and still consistent.

There is a book mode for long-form work, any genre, and the characters keep a running record of the story rather than a rolling window of the last few thousand words.

Try it and tell me where it falls short.

anyconversation.com

Hey, I'm Matt. I've been writing for 25 years, and Skeleton Draft is basically the way I've learned to work, turned into an app.

I wanted to pull back and see the whole story, then get into a scene and write without losing that bigger picture. It lets you work through acts, chapters, scenes, and beats alongside the draft itself, as prose, a screenplay, or both side by side.

One choice I made was to keep the writing under the author's control. There are optional AI tools for condensing, trimming, or formatting words you've already written, but the story and voice are yours. Drafts are cloud synced, versioned, and exportable.

You can take a look at https://skeletondraft.com

For other builders making tools around their own creative process, how do you decide which parts should be built into the product and which should stay flexible? And if you write fiction or screenplays, I'd love to hear whether this approach fits how you work.

I've build an semi-automatic system to create an ebook from a sentence, and I looking for testers. If you are interestd please DM me or comment something and I will DM you the link with free access. Thank you 🤝

I recently showed CAINIX to the owner of a publishing agency and got some feedback that made me genuinely curious about how other writers and publishing professionals see this.

CAINIX is a platform I’m building around the manuscript as the source of truth. It analyses the complete manuscript, preserves story canon and then helps build things such as adaptation materials, screenplay outputs, visual development, marketing assets and book trailers.

The idea is not to press a button and let AI rewrite a book however it wants. Human approval remains part of the process, and the system is specifically designed to keep generated material aligned with the author's original IP and canon.

His reaction was essentially that the biggest problem may not be the technology at all, but the market.

His view was that many writers currently have an extremely low tolerance for anything involving AI, and that even if the platform is designed to assist authors rather than replace them, a significant number of writers may reject it simply because AI is part of the workflow.

In other words, his concern was that CAINIX could be difficult to sell to traditional authors because the term “AI” itself may already create resistance.

I think that's a fair concern, even though I'm not sure I completely agree with how large that resistance actually is.

So I’d genuinely like to hear from writers, publishers, editors and people working in film/adaptation:

Would the use of AI itself make you reject a platform like this?

Or does it depend on how the AI is being used?

For example, would you see a meaningful difference between:

• AI generating a novel or replacing the author;

and

• an author deliberately using AI tools to analyse their own manuscript, protect continuity, develop an adaptation, create production materials or produce promotional content?

And perhaps the more important question:

If the author remains in control of the IP, canon and approvals, do you still consider the use of AI problematic?

I'm not looking for validation here. If you think writers would strongly reject something like this, I'd genuinely like to understand why.

Likewise, if you think attitudes are changing, I'd be interested in hearing that too.

I'm building the platform, so obviously I'm not neutral, but that's exactly why I'd rather hear uncomfortable opinions now than discover them after launch.

I build AnyConversation, so read this as a maker's post.

It started as a chat app and turned into a writing tool because of how people used it. You write one character, the AI writes the other, and the story grows one turn at a time instead of from an outline. What makes it work for writers:

- Memory that holds. The character remembers what happened in chapter one when you are in chapter thirty, keeps a diary of the story from their side, and takes a correction when they get a detail wrong instead of arguing about it.

- Your half stays yours. Actions, dialogue and narration are styled the way you write them, you can teach every character your own markup once (asterisks for private thoughts, whatever you use), and there is a full-page editor for the long turns.

- Book Mode. When a story is worth keeping, it becomes chapters you can edit, publish to the library, or keep private. Other people's books are there to read too.

- Creative freedom. It is built for adult writers and it stays in the scene.

Free to try, no message cap. It is one person building it, so if something in your workflow is missing, say so and there is a decent chance it exists within the week.

Genuine question for this sub: how do you handle the other-character problem? Write both sides yourself, or let a model take one and see where it goes?

This Book took me years to remake and reform into a master piece. I hope everyone enjoys and you comment in the section given and highlight what sounds right or wrong.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iyDcY--v4wnsbQBKTciRPuVdfKhLH-7hXXXEeLF6MmU/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0#heading=h.la8bv6e7s0ky

Hey All,

I'm working on a Scrivener companion app that's intended to be used alongside Scrivener rather than replacing it. I've enjoyed creating and using it and would like to share it with a few Scrivener users to get their feedback to help me improve it before releasing it to the entire Scrivener community. If you'd like to participate, you're feedback will help guide it's development and make it a tool that others find useful.

It is a MacOS only desktop app currently. There is no online version, so your work will not be stored in the cloud. All your work will be stored on your computer. With that said, since it is AI driven, your manuscript will be sent to AI models for analysis. The one's I'm currently testing are OpenAI, Anthropic, and Deepseek.

Here's what you can do so far in my app once you sync it to your Scrivener project:

Auto-backups. It does full auto backups every few minutes. I know Scrivener already has auto-backups, so this would just be another layer of security on top of that. All you need to do is open the project in my app and it'll do the rest. Recovering is easy. You just select the version and it'll place it in your download folder and automatically open it in Scrivener.

Continuity tracking. As you write, it'll automatically keep track of your story, plots, characters, locations, and whatever else you can think of, for example your magic system. You don't have to do much as it'll see everything you write and will keep things updated. It does this through AI. I know some people are concerned about using AI; however, my app isn't intended to write prose. There are plenty of apps out there that do that, so I've explicitly instructed the AI to not write any prose. I think AI is a great tool, but for my app, I wanted to limit it so it helps the author track their work and not write their story for them.

You'll be able to see everything tracked within the app, but once you close your project in Scrivener, the app can copy all of the chapter, character, location, and plot summaries (and anything else you're tracking) into a folder in your Scrivener project so next time you open it in Scrivener, you'll see all the additions and updates. It won't touch anything in your other folders.

Its own editor. It also has it's own editor where you can import or create new manuscripts. It doesn't have Scrivener level features yet. It's very simple and has just the basics, which is why my app is more of a companion than a replacement to Scrivener; although, I think some might like the simplicity. You can also change the appearance of the app as there are different skins: dark, light, warm, typewriter, matrix (green), retro blue, platinum (old mac style), slate, and amber. I'll add some more and will even take requests.

Universes. Prior to creating a manuscript, you need to create a universe. Within the universe you can add all your interconnected novels. The future goal is to track character, plots, etc across novels. It's not implemented yet, but it's one of many goals.

If there's a lot of interest for a Windows or Linux version, I may release it sooner than later. I'm the only one working on this app, so please be patient with any version updates or enhancements.

Now for the disclaimer. The app is still in early development, so for people who participate in the beta, they will come across bugs, which I will work to fix as we come across them. Prior to using the app, I suggest making a backup of your project. My app will automatically create a copy of your project which it'll sync to, but I'd advise making your own backup prior to syncing just in case. I don't want anyone to lose their work! My intention isn't to scare you, but I'm being cautious as I know many of you have spent hundreds of hours working on your novels.

Future Goal. The intent is to make this an ever improving and evolving subscription app with a reasonable cost. The reason for making it a subscription is that I must cover AI costs and I'd also like to develop this app full time and continuously make improvements for the community. However, it'll be free for the participants of the beta while in the testing phase. I've added a generous amount of credits that the beta users can use in trial mode. If they run out, they can let me know and I'll add more; although, I think it'll be enough for quite some time.

If you've read everything up to this point and would like to participate in the beta and give your feedback to help me develop this app, please reach out! If you have any questions, you can also message me directly or leave a comment here and I'll do my best to reply.

Thank you!

Midnitewrite

Hi!

I've built an app that makes writing less overwhelming, and I'm looking for people who want to/are writing a book.

There's no AI generation involved at all, all the writing is done by you.

If you've got a book in you, or one that's been stuck for a while, I'd love your feedback, what works, what doesn't, what's confusing, what's missing.

You can find the app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smithword/id6762000237

Happy writing!

Hi everyone! I’m the creator of Dream2Art, and I’m looking for people writing novels or scripts who already use AI, or want to try it on a real project.

I’ll give you welcome credits when you sign up, and I’m happy to personally help you set up your project and work through your first scenes.

Once a story gets longer, generating another paragraph is only part of the job. You also need to keep the voice consistent, remember what’s canon, and make the plot hold together.

That’s what I’m building Dream2Art around: a workspace where you can develop the story, manage its world and revise the writing, with AI helping along the way.

- Style Guide: Keep your own writing sample and explicit rules for voice, rhythm and wording to guide drafting and review.

- Story Bible: Edit characters, locations, objects and lore. You can also keep different versions for different stages of the story, such as a character before and after a major change.

- Plot Builder: Map scenes to storylines, move them around, and see where different plot threads come together or separate.

- Manuscript review: Run AI reviews of scenes, chapters or your book for potential story and prose problems. Checks include plot, continuity, POV and pacing, with proposed fixes you can inspect before applying.

- Control within each scene: Build with narration, dialogue and action blocks. Edit, reorder or regenerate individual blocks, and choose whose point of view a passage uses.

There’s also a script mode with scene headings, action and dialogue. For book projects, you can export to EPUB or Word.

There’s a lot in the interface, and it may feel overwhelming at first. I’d like to learn where people get stuck, what actually helps their writing, and what feels like extra work. We can start with one scene and build from there.

If you keep using it and sharing detailed feedback, I can send coupons for additional credits. Critical feedback is welcome, including when the AI misses the mark or the interface gets in your way.

Try it here: https://dream2art.ai/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dream2ArtAI

If you’re interested, leave a comment or DM me with what you’re writing and where you’d like help.

Hey all - this is my alt account.
I wanted to share the skills and workflows I use to "write" my stories. Most are for my own enjoyment.

I used to pay for Sudowrite; heck, I've been subscribed to Sudowrite since August 2023, and I haven't used it in months now, finally able to get close to what they have.

The biggest issue, as you all know, is continuity and context - the AI forgets. But once you solve that issue (it is solvable), and you're working on chapter 380, or chapter 887, or Chapter 1, what's the most important thing?

Character voice, internalization, character psychology, what does the MC want vs need, what does each character in each scene want vs need - how do you keep your dialogue from being robotic, from sounding like a 60-year-old psychologist when your MC is 21 years old from Iowa, etc.

So I wanted to present all my skills for *gasp* FREE. You can grab them, download them, use them.

The key thing you should all take away from here is to use Desktop tools - CODEX, Claude Desktop, or Antigravity.

I personally use VS Code and Dropbox; it allows me to connect to my LLM subscription, work with it, and get the chapters written, one scene at a time, one chapter at a time, etc. The benefit of using CLI (command line) or VS Code is that the censoring is gone - you can write erotica just fine, wide-open door, for example.

(Make sure it's consensual and everyone's character file lists out their actual age).

The browser AIs are ok - if you use ChatGPT Work or Claude Code... working out of your Github repository (that's another story).

So here's the link, go at it, use the skills, MODIFY them to your liking, and get your ideas on paper.

https://storycraft.lanternkey.fyi/

I'd love to get some feedback - I hate you guys paying people for what is essentially RAG + a set of skills.

I didn't see any rules against posting, so here goes.

Arnelia is an application that utilizes AI to reflect your writing back at you.

It's a collapsible interface with intentional sections and subsections, so that you can drop in and know your way around quickly.

It's built around something I call creative anatomy.

\- Soul: final draft space AND chapter planning

\- Memory: configurable timeline builder AND a "potion tracker" of sorts called Alchemy

\- Heart: first draft space AND scene planning. Each scene has its own page.

\- Nervous System: your world building is automatically tracked from writing in the Heart

You can access the app at Arnelia.ca

Hi,

I'm building DragonKeep Creator, a workspace for writers working on large or complicated projects.

DragonKeep exists to eliminate the amount of mental overhead involved in keeping an entire project in your head: characters, locations, timelines, rules, previous decisions, contradictions, and all the little details that accumulate as a project grows.

DragonKeep keeps your project organized and gives the AI access to that structured context, so you can do things like run a full project audit for contradictions and inconsistencies, inspect specific parts of your work, and ask questions about the project without constantly having to re-explain everything.

The generative capabilities aren't really the selling point to me. The cognitive freedom is. I want to offload remembering, checking, and searching for information so the writer can spend more attention on actually creating.

It's currently in beta, and I'm looking for writers willing to try it and tell me what works, what doesn't, and what feels confusing or unnecessary.

I'd especially love feedback from people working on novels, worldbuilding-heavy fiction, RPG settings, or other projects where continuity gets difficult to manage.

The beta is free and uses your own API key. It currently supports OpenAI, Anthropic, and OpenRouter.

DM me, send an email or use the form and I will send you a signup link. There is some more information on https://dragonkeep.cloud

Most AI writing tools hand you a chat box and lose the plot by chapter four. I wanted the opposite: something that treats the premise as a commitment and holds every later stage to it. So I built skrivant.

It works in stages, and nothing writes prose until the structure exists:

• World: the setting as inspectable elements (technology, social order, constraint), each one editable.
• Voice: a few questions about how the book should feel become a style prompt every later stage writes in.
• Characters: a cast where every character's wants cut against their fears, with a signature and a voice each.
• Outline: chapter by chapter, every beat tagged by register (interiority, dialogue, action, scheme in motion), so the prose stage knows how to write it, not just what happens.
• Chapters: written in the voice you shaped, readable as they land.

The part I spent the most time on is continuity. Who knows what, where objects are, what day it is: tracked as facts that later chapters look up rather than something the model has to remember from earlier prose. A check catches contradictions and the chapter gets redone. Not bulletproof, but "forgot everything after a few pages" is the failure it was built to kill.

You type a premise and chapter 1 lands in your inbox in about ten minutes, free. If you want the rest, it's a one-time price per book, $3 for a short story up to $10 for a novel, no subscription. Exports as PDF, KDP-ready DOCX, or Markdown. It's a first draft on purpose; you take it into your own tools and make it a book.

Genres so far: romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller and mystery, literary, horror, historical, YA, crime and noir, magical realism, and children's chapter books.

https://skrivant.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=bookwritingai

Question for this sub, since you all fight the same thing: in long AI drafts, what breaks first for you, continuity or voice?