Sonnet 3.5 is my favorite for writing prose from my beats, however when I put my latest book into Autocrit to edit it (which I do three chapters at a time)-holy moly, Sonnet 3.5 used the word ‘SLIGHTLY’ a whopping 112 times in the first 3 chapters. Everything my characters did-they did it SLIGHTLY. It was so damn funny, but aggravating, too. It really overloaded the amount of revisions I had to do to fix it. I definitely need to tweak Sonnet’s word usage penalty especially since I had included instructions to omit adverbs!
I consider myself 'pretty good' at this, by now, but I still learned a few new things from watching this video. I've been putting the "long" data at the end of the prompt (shame) and not been using the documents like I should. Also I've never played with the tool for prompt engineering. Also I'd never heard of fractal prompting. Jolly good :P
How to use Claude/other AIs to replace editors in the book writing process? Editing is the key series of tasks in fiction book writing I need to solve: Editorial Assessment/Content Editing, Copy Editing, Proofreading, and maybe even Fact-Checking (for non-fiction). How to handle 60k-100k word novels for the higher level editing of plot/character-arc analysis when limited to chapter by chapter uploads? Would the prompt start with "Imagine you are a top New York publishing house editing team ... "
Great video again. Thanks! So, a question about Projects. Does the chat reference ONLY the uploaded text or is the uploaded text AND Claude's own wider database?
Love the synergy aspect. Allows me to be more creative, with an "assist button". Feed it a rough draft and have it evaluate what I wrote for emotion, clarity, etc. I read the responsed, sort through and pick the best suggestions and rewrite those to get the improvement I'm looking for. I am synergizing Claude efforts with mine to get a combined result. Love that.
Hi Jason, I subscribed earlier this year and i'm enjoying your vids on AI, thank you. I started my first project with Claude and a funny thing happened. Later I began a new chat and Claude acted dumb, never heard of my project or any project and suggested I might be thinking of another AI. It was annoying, I'd uploaded several files and wondered if they were lost. Once I found the problem, it was obvious - I hadn't begun a new chat - IN THE PROJECT. I think 'Projects' should be a visible window rather than one revealed on hover, unless I'm the only dumb user in the universe. Something I still don't know how to do is to connect Claude to your recommended Novelcrafter, have you got a vid on that subject? Thanks again
I have been using Claude 3.5 sonnet a lot lately to write my first novel. I have found a way that works really well. Only issue I have is hitting the limit on the pro plan and it not wanting to write certain things like violence.
Claude would NOT work because it will not generate any sort of violence, military or other parts they deem negative actions, as needed. So many screenplays have violence. Any suggestions what I can use.
So claude 3.5 Sonnet is not the most advanced Claude model, that would be Opus, but they are both extremely advanced and most recent version of models designed to accomplish different things. Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Well-suited for a variety of enterprise applications where a balance of performance, speed, and cost-effectiveness is needed. It's also ideal for tasks involving code generation, reasoning, and safety-critical applications. Claude Opus: Best suited for highly complex tasks that demand deep understanding, advanced reasoning, and the ability to generate nuanced content. It's perfect for research, creative writing, and tackling challenges that require exceptional comprehension and fluency. While I have tested both for my writing and would not choose either, if you must choose between only them, then I would choose Opus. Also, in my experience, I would never use any of the free versions of anything if you plan on publishing what you are writing. They are not using the same version of a particular model for the free versions. Basically no matter whether you are in the claude tree or not, the free versions are generally going to be horrible. You definitely get what you pay for. The way I write, I am pushing vast amounts of text through any model constantly, and I need consistent tone, with text that I don't have to remove large quantities of adjectives or exposition. That is going to push you to Gemini Advanced which is currently using 1.5 Pro. I would add that if you intend on translating your book and don't have the $2500 per language to pay for it, Gemini is excellent at translation. I wish they would use it for Google Translate. I don't recommend constantly switching between types of models, nor is is wise to have it write something, and then pick and choose which parts you will improve. Readers will definitely think multiple writers wrote it. I was in a meeting recently with several prolific readers and it was one of their biggest complaints about many ebooks, actually it was full derision. It's best to fully write what you are going to write, then have the AI take over. If you want changes, you need to collaborate with the AI to make those changes so the whole thing doesn't become schizophrenic. The only exception to this I would make are love scenes. If you are doing love scenes, AI in all its forms is horrible at this. You will want to do the extra work of transitioning in some way to the love scene, and then fully write the love scene yourself. The best thing will be to switch to first person, this usually effectively masks the fact that you have entirely changed from a collaborated voice to a single voice. AI are also censored to the point where they are going to turn it into a Victorian nightmare anyway.
@@blakeceres Not for writing. Don't get me wrong, both of them are like asking a second year English major to write for you. It may depend on your depth and style of writing. i.e. specifically what you are asking it to do.
@@ariesmarsexpress You're the first person I've heard make this claim. To be clear, I DEFINITELY expect 3.5 Opus to be better, when it is released, but unless something changed in the last 72 hours I don't think that has happened yet. Can you give an example of something 3.5 Sonnet is worse at than 3.0 Opus? I can go try it for myself :)
@@LucTaylor I may run my entire manuscript through Opus 3.5 to see what it does. I am unlikely to switch to it, but I like to keep up with them because I am also an IT architect that works on creating different forms of AI models (not LLMs). Sonnet is an LLM that we will likely start using in production soon. We have to see just how consistent it really is.
I love Claude! I use MaxAI and have them all at my fingertips but Claude is my go to. Gemini and chat gpt both refused to translate an Arabic RUclips video title. The entire video was in English but it refused bc it determined it to be inflammatory. This will make the language models under Biden's command not much better than Google search.
I get that you love Novel Crafter, and every video you make on writing novels with Claude seems to include an ad for it. I think your viewers would benefit from benefit from you highlighting and drawing out the full potential of Claude instead pivoting to the beloved Novel Crafter. Maybe it's an inefficient use of your efforts. Maybe Projects are losing proposition for novel writing - a trap. I don't know, but since no one has taken it on and proven the value other than for small bodies of work, I wonder. Certainly, I've not see any attempt to Project 75,000 words, if that's even possible. Have you considered using Projects with novel writing to see if it's viable? Everyone goes straight to blog posts and I find that annoying when I am feeling a Novel is a project more so than a blog post is. And - yes, I am aware of the storage limits within Projects. I feed Claude Projects chapters six, seven, eight 3,000-word chapters, and character biographies, the world setting, outlines, etc., aiming for giving Claude a way to keep my story straight without having to refeed it chapters in repetition. I give it special instructions. It's not bad. I wonder if using projects is keeping my usage limits down too - unsure. My challenge to you: I'd like to see you do a video that does a deep dive into Projects that shows writers how to maximize the results using just Claude, build on what I'm doing without using Novel Crafter, openrouter.ai or other tools. I ask for this because you have your finger of the pulse of this product and are well positioned flesh out Claude + Projects to get the most of it with novel without confusing the viewer with extraneous visits/ comparisons and sidebars into other products. ...stay on point, without the tangents into other products. I'm too easily confused, need things tied into a bow. Anyway, I love your content, and I am subscribed, etc. ~regards
This video is for total Claude newbies. If you haven't seen other Claude videos you'll be happy with this video.
Sonnet 3.5 is my favorite for writing prose from my beats, however when I put my latest book into Autocrit to edit it (which I do three chapters at a time)-holy moly, Sonnet 3.5 used the word ‘SLIGHTLY’ a whopping 112 times in the first 3 chapters. Everything my characters did-they did it SLIGHTLY. It was so damn funny, but aggravating, too. It really overloaded the amount of revisions I had to do to fix it. I definitely need to tweak Sonnet’s word usage penalty especially since I had included instructions to omit adverbs!
Just wanted to let you know, you are one of the main reason I got pro in Claude, well, it's also a great program. Keep up the great work.
Currently Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Haiku chatbot on the free plan has been offline for almsot 24 hours (due to high demand, apparently)
Claude Opus completely shuts me down after a few chats, and I'm a Pro paying subscriber!
I consider myself 'pretty good' at this, by now, but I still learned a few new things from watching this video. I've been putting the "long" data at the end of the prompt (shame) and not been using the documents like I should.
Also I've never played with the tool for prompt engineering.
Also I'd never heard of fractal prompting.
Jolly good :P
How to use Claude/other AIs to replace editors in the book writing process? Editing is the key series of tasks in fiction book writing I need to solve: Editorial Assessment/Content Editing, Copy Editing, Proofreading, and maybe even Fact-Checking (for non-fiction). How to handle 60k-100k word novels for the higher level editing of plot/character-arc analysis when limited to chapter by chapter uploads? Would the prompt start with "Imagine you are a top New York publishing house editing team ... "
Love you're content. Can you please do a master class/ full course video on how to use and take full advantage of Draft to Digital? Please 🙏🏼🥺🙏🏼
I’ve got it on my list don’t worry. Might be a while as a few others take priority.
Great video again. Thanks! So, a question about Projects. Does the chat reference ONLY the uploaded text or is the uploaded text AND Claude's own wider database?
This is absolutely awesome and you are gorgeous. Thank you for presenting this much needed.😊
How you created book cover shown here as examples?
Love the synergy aspect. Allows me to be more creative, with an "assist button". Feed it a rough draft and have it evaluate what I wrote for emotion, clarity, etc. I read the responsed, sort through and pick the best suggestions and rewrite those to get the improvement I'm looking for. I am synergizing Claude efforts with mine to get a combined result. Love that.
Hi Jason, I subscribed earlier this year and i'm enjoying your vids on AI, thank you. I started my first project with Claude and a funny thing happened. Later I began a new chat and Claude acted dumb, never heard of my project or any project and suggested I might be thinking of another AI. It was annoying, I'd uploaded several files and wondered if they were lost. Once I found the problem, it was obvious - I hadn't begun a new chat - IN THE PROJECT.
I think 'Projects' should be a visible window rather than one revealed on hover, unless I'm the only dumb user in the universe. Something I still don't know how to do is to connect Claude to your recommended Novelcrafter, have you got a vid on that subject? Thanks again
I have been using Claude 3.5 sonnet a lot lately to write my first novel. I have found a way that works really well. Only issue I have is hitting the limit on the pro plan and it not wanting to write certain things like violence.
Having the same issue with the violence part. I can't find a work around
as I'm paying for it, which one would you recommend for writing? Sonnet 3.5 or Opus?
Does the prompt generator also work with other LLMS?
Thanks! But is the claude $5 free trial offer gone?
Claude would NOT work because it will not generate any sort of violence, military or other parts they deem negative actions, as needed. So many screenplays have violence. Any suggestions what I can use.
What would you say are some key differences in prompting techniques from Claude different from ChatGPT?
Awesome. Thank you! Can I use totally use Claude as a standalone novel writing tool or do I really need novelcrafter?
Stand alone
I have pro, I get times out several times a day. Teams is $30 per person, minimum of 5 people. So not a real choice
So claude 3.5 Sonnet is not the most advanced Claude model, that would be Opus, but they are both extremely advanced and most recent version of models designed to accomplish different things.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Well-suited for a variety of enterprise applications where a balance of performance, speed, and cost-effectiveness is needed. It's also ideal for tasks involving code generation, reasoning, and safety-critical applications.
Claude Opus: Best suited for highly complex tasks that demand deep understanding, advanced reasoning, and the ability to generate nuanced content. It's perfect for research, creative writing, and tackling challenges that require exceptional comprehension and fluency.
While I have tested both for my writing and would not choose either, if you must choose between only them, then I would choose Opus. Also, in my experience, I would never use any of the free versions of anything if you plan on publishing what you are writing. They are not using the same version of a particular model for the free versions. Basically no matter whether you are in the claude tree or not, the free versions are generally going to be horrible. You definitely get what you pay for.
The way I write, I am pushing vast amounts of text through any model constantly, and I need consistent tone, with text that I don't have to remove large quantities of adjectives or exposition. That is going to push you to Gemini Advanced which is currently using 1.5 Pro. I would add that if you intend on translating your book and don't have the $2500 per language to pay for it, Gemini is excellent at translation. I wish they would use it for Google Translate.
I don't recommend constantly switching between types of models, nor is is wise to have it write something, and then pick and choose which parts you will improve. Readers will definitely think multiple writers wrote it. I was in a meeting recently with several prolific readers and it was one of their biggest complaints about many ebooks, actually it was full derision. It's best to fully write what you are going to write, then have the AI take over. If you want changes, you need to collaborate with the AI to make those changes so the whole thing doesn't become schizophrenic. The only exception to this I would make are love scenes. If you are doing love scenes, AI in all its forms is horrible at this. You will want to do the extra work of transitioning in some way to the love scene, and then fully write the love scene yourself. The best thing will be to switch to first person, this usually effectively masks the fact that you have entirely changed from a collaborated voice to a single voice. AI are also censored to the point where they are going to turn it into a Victorian nightmare anyway.
3.5 Sonnet is more advanced than Opus as of right now.
@@blakeceres Not for writing. Don't get me wrong, both of them are like asking a second year English major to write for you. It may depend on your depth and style of writing. i.e. specifically what you are asking it to do.
@@ariesmarsexpress You're the first person I've heard make this claim. To be clear, I DEFINITELY expect 3.5 Opus to be better, when it is released, but unless something changed in the last 72 hours I don't think that has happened yet.
Can you give an example of something 3.5 Sonnet is worse at than 3.0 Opus? I can go try it for myself :)
@@LucTaylor I may run my entire manuscript through Opus 3.5 to see what it does. I am unlikely to switch to it, but I like to keep up with them because I am also an IT architect that works on creating different forms of AI models (not LLMs). Sonnet is an LLM that we will likely start using in production soon. We have to see just how consistent it really is.
I love Claude! I use MaxAI and have them all at my fingertips but Claude is my go to. Gemini and chat gpt both refused to translate an Arabic RUclips video title. The entire video was in English but it refused bc it determined it to be inflammatory. This will make the language models under Biden's command not much better than Google search.
I get that you love Novel Crafter, and every video you make on writing novels with Claude seems to include an ad for it. I think your viewers would benefit from benefit from you highlighting and drawing out the full potential of Claude instead pivoting to the beloved Novel Crafter.
Maybe it's an inefficient use of your efforts. Maybe Projects are losing proposition for novel writing - a trap. I don't know, but since no one has taken it on and proven the value other than for small bodies of work, I wonder. Certainly, I've not see any attempt to Project 75,000 words, if that's even possible.
Have you considered using Projects with novel writing to see if it's viable? Everyone goes straight to blog posts and I find that annoying when I am feeling a Novel is a project more so than a blog post is. And - yes, I am aware of the storage limits within Projects.
I feed Claude Projects chapters six, seven, eight 3,000-word chapters, and character biographies, the world setting, outlines, etc., aiming for giving Claude a way to keep my story straight without having to refeed it chapters in repetition. I give it special instructions. It's not bad. I wonder if using projects is keeping my usage limits down too - unsure.
My challenge to you: I'd like to see you do a video that does a deep dive into Projects that shows writers how to maximize the results using just Claude, build on what I'm doing without using Novel Crafter, openrouter.ai or other tools.
I ask for this because you have your finger of the pulse of this product and are well positioned flesh out Claude + Projects to get the most of it with novel without confusing the viewer with extraneous visits/ comparisons and sidebars into other products. ...stay on point, without the tangents into other products. I'm too easily confused, need things tied into a bow. Anyway, I love your content, and I am subscribed, etc. ~regards