14. Novelcrafter Style Guide

Creating a Style Guide for AI-Generated Prose

Introduction to Style Guides

• The tutorial introduces the concept of creating a style guide to ensure that AI-generated prose aligns with the user's writing style.

• A prompt is provided as a template for generating a style guide, emphasizing that it should not reference specific characters or locations.

Practical Application in Novel Crafter

• The tutorial demonstrates using "The Call of the Wild" as a prose sample within the Novel Crafter platform.

• It highlights the current emptiness of snippets and chats in the account, indicating that users need to build their own content from scratch.

Creating Codex Entries

• Users are guided on how to create entries in Codex, including selecting 'style guide' and filling out necessary fields like description and references.

• Two checkboxes are explained: one for always including this entry in AI context and another for tracking by name.

Duplicating Style Guides

• Instructions are given on creating an additional style guide entry named "JL style guide," which stands for Jack London, mirroring previous steps.

• The process involves ensuring both entries have similar structures before deleting the original "Pro style guide."

Generating Prose Using the Style Guide

• A new chat thread is created titled "make style guide," where users input prompts based on their prose samples.

• After generating the style guide, relevant parts are copied into Codex under JL's entry, preparing it for use in future writing tasks.

Summary of Steps Taken