Future Fiction Academy – How to Write a Novella with AI

This course will take you through all the steps to write a complete novella with AI

• Brainstorming with AI: Come up with the initial ideas for a story then refine these ideas.
• World Building with AI: Settings, cultures, magic systems, technology, and social structures.
• Creating Characters with AI: Create backstories, fill out character sheets, wounds, & characters arcs.
• Plotting with AI: Bring together the components to build an outline for the novella.
• Generating Short Bits of Prose: Generate smaller bits of prose, for pantsers or to pick bits of AI writing to blend with your own.
• Generating Longer Sections of Prose: Generate entire scenes or chapters of prose for your story.
• Organizing Components in Notion: Master Notion for your story information.
• Cohesion with AI Across One Story, One Series, etc.: Keep all the details of the story correct when using AI.

What You’ll Learn In How to Write a Novella with AI

Welcome! Here & Raptor Write Access

• Welcome to How to Write a Novella with AI
• Get Access to Raptor Write – Free Writing Software

121 – Brainstorming with AI

• READ: Lab Notes for Class 121
• WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction
• WATCH: Part 2 – Pros and Cons of Using AI to Brainstorm
• WATCH: Part 3 – Layering Prompts for Brainstorming Ideas
• WATCH: Part 4 – Being Specific in Prompts for Better Outlines
• WATCH: Part 5 – Using Advanced Prompting to Bring the Ideas Together
• WATCH: Part 6 – Iterating the Idea and Next Steps
• HOMEWORK: Brainstorm Your Story Components

122 – World Building with AI

• READ: Lab Notes for Class 122
• WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction
• WATCH: Part 2 – The Role of World Building in Fiction
• WATCH: Part 3 – AI Assisted World Building Techniques
• WATCH: Part 4 – Cultivating Cultures & Societies
• WATCH: Part 5 – Crafting Histories & Backstories
• HOMEWORK: Build Your World

123 – Creating Characters with AI

• READ: Lab Notes for Class 123
• WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction
• WATCH: Part 2 – Creating a Character Backstory with a Character Sheet
• WATCH: Part 3 – Follow Up Prompts to the Character Sheet
• WATCH: Part 4 – Interviewing the Character
• HOMEWORK: Meeting Your Characters

124 – Plotting with AI

• READ: Lab Notes for Class 124
• WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction to Plotting with AI
• WATCH: Part 2 – Prompt for the Basic Outline Using a Story Synopsis
• WATCH: Part 3 – Deepening the Basic Outline
• WATCH: Part 4 – Creating the Chapter Briefs
• HOMEWORK: Creating the Outline

125 – Generating Short Bits of Prose

• READ: Lab Notes for Class 125
• WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction to Generating Prose
• WATCH: Part 2 – Setting Up the Prompt and Generating in GPT 4 vs Claude
• WATCH: Part 3 – Generating and Rewriting in Claude
• WATCH: Part 4 – Using Specificity in Prompts for Better Prose
• WATCH: Part 5 – Incorporating Prose into Your Story
• HOMEWORK: Writing!

126 – Generating Long Sections of Prose

• READ: Lab Notes for Class 126
• WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction to Job Types: Baker & Architects
• WATCH: Part 2 – Enhancing the Chapter Briefs
• WATCH: Part 3 – Let’s Talk Prompting
• WATCH: Part 4 – Troubleshooting & Conclusion
• HOMEWORK: Generating Scenes and Chapters

127 – Organizing Components with Notion

• READ: Lab Notes for Class 127
• WATCH: Part 1 – It All s with Pages in Notion
• WATCH: Part 2 – Duplicating a Page and the Notion Interface
• WATCH: Part 3 – All About Blocks in Notion
• WATCH: Part 4 – Using Databases in Notion
• WATCH: Part 5 – Notion AI Features
• WATCH: Part 6 – Templates in Notion

128 – Cohesion with AI Across One Story, Series, etc.

• READ: Lab Notes for Class 128
• WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction
• WATCH: Part 2 – Identifying Key Details
• WATCH: Part 3 – Construction the Story Blueprint in Claude and GPT 3.5 16k
• WATCH: Part 4 – Plot
• WATCH: Part 5 – Additional Elements
• WATCH: Part 6 – Using Your Story Blueprint
• HOMEWORK: Put It All Together