I've just started focusing on using Claude specifically, and woooow, it's so good. Just like you said, it's _phenomenal_ for overcoming blocks. I can just whine and say "I don't know what else should happen when he visits this medieval town" and it gives me a bunch of fantastic options. It filled out bald patches in my outline with ideas that made me go "Ah! Perfect, why didn't I think of that? Of course he would struggle with rejoining society at this point!" I'm a loner type of writer, so I've never had co-writers, but I imagine this is what it must be like to have a great one you mesh with. Thanks for all the explorations of AI tools you come out with! I enjoy them, even when a particular tool is not for me. And I've found so many cool things, and learned a lot, that I wouldn't have otherwise! :D
Thanks for doing this, Jason. I was curious about how Projects would help in my writing. I really enjoyed seeing your workflow and your discovery of how Projects can work for you in this story.
GPTs do come with there own custom instructions. Claude is great but I'm sure adding more files and using the context window burns up usage. I run into the message limit very fast. In 2 years of using gpt4, I've run into the limit only once. With Claude for writing, i would use the API. But then you don't get the projects and artifacts.
Claude 3.5 has severe limitations when passing the 100 k token range, I have a story Bible for my novel I uploaded 127 k tokens, it confuses sections forgets things doesn’t see all the flaws and inconsistencies. Sad.
At 30mins he asks Claude for help in fleshing out a character arc for Mina, but he has not loaded the Mina character profile into the Project Knowledge area. So Claude is commenting based on scant character knowledge from the draft outline? Surely the character profile should be loaded in and then ask Claude to help with the arc? Then at 40mins she is pasting in the arc to the Project Knowledge but not the full character profile - why? Sorry, I am new to using AI and trying to learn.
@@TheNerdyNovelist from the outline? You had a character profile in another window in Novel crafter but you had only fed two outline docs into Claude Project. That is powerful if it can help with character arcs based on just an outline.
I had this vision of loading written chapters into projects so I could stop having to remind Claude of plot points. You didn't load in chapter, and I wonder why not. Also, since you're layering products with this like Novel Crafter, it's harder to get my arms around how valuable Projects are on their own. That said, I think I'll experiment on my own and see for myself.
I've just started focusing on using Claude specifically, and woooow, it's so good. Just like you said, it's _phenomenal_ for overcoming blocks. I can just whine and say "I don't know what else should happen when he visits this medieval town" and it gives me a bunch of fantastic options. It filled out bald patches in my outline with ideas that made me go "Ah! Perfect, why didn't I think of that? Of course he would struggle with rejoining society at this point!" I'm a loner type of writer, so I've never had co-writers, but I imagine this is what it must be like to have a great one you mesh with.
Thanks for all the explorations of AI tools you come out with! I enjoy them, even when a particular tool is not for me. And I've found so many cool things, and learned a lot, that I wouldn't have otherwise! :D
Thanks for doing this, Jason. I was curious about how Projects would help in my writing. I really enjoyed seeing your workflow and your discovery of how Projects can work for you in this story.
I'd be interested in your thoughts on how this shapes up compared to Notebooklm.
GPTs do come with there own custom instructions. Claude is great but I'm sure adding more files and using the context window burns up usage. I run into the message limit very fast. In 2 years of using gpt4, I've run into the limit only once. With Claude for writing, i would use the API. But then you don't get the projects and artifacts.
So true.
Claude Projects look a little like Custom GPTs, where you can also upload your own files, called ‘My Knowledge’.
2 years using something 1 year old ? 🫡
Would love to see you do a video on scrivener. See if it integrates with AI at all.
It doesn’t. And I’d be surprised if it ever does given that it’s not connected to the web.
You never disappoint.
Now for the Claude Projects Masterclass.
thanks for the info
if we are accessing Claude from inside of NovelCrafter isn't that the same model? not Projects but Sonnet and other Claude's
Yes
Claude 3.5 has severe limitations when passing the 100 k token range, I have a story Bible for my novel I uploaded 127 k tokens, it confuses sections forgets things doesn’t see all the flaws and inconsistencies. Sad.
At 30mins he asks Claude for help in fleshing out a character arc for Mina, but he has not loaded the Mina character profile into the Project Knowledge area. So Claude is commenting based on scant character knowledge from the draft outline? Surely the character profile should be loaded in and then ask Claude to help with the arc? Then at 40mins she is pasting in the arc to the Project Knowledge but not the full character profile - why? Sorry, I am new to using AI and trying to learn.
When I mentioned the name of Mina it automatically brought in information about her.
@@TheNerdyNovelist from the outline? You had a character profile in another window in Novel crafter but you had only fed two outline docs into Claude Project. That is powerful if it can help with character arcs based on just an outline.
Not happy burns through tokens 5/10
45:00 most people have vices, not addiction. The difference is how harmful it is to your life.
I define addiction as something that is difficult to give up and usually involves lots of “relapses”.
@@TheNerdyNovelist Yes. I am addicted to sugar but my vice is defined by police... :)
I had this vision of loading written chapters into projects so I could stop having to remind Claude of plot points. You didn't load in chapter, and I wonder why not. Also, since you're layering products with this like Novel Crafter, it's harder to get my arms around how valuable Projects are on their own. That said, I think I'll experiment on my own and see for myself.