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How to Write a Novella with AI

From Premise to Prose

Taking You Through All the Steps to Write a Complete Novella with AI

You'll learn how to build all the parts of a story...

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.

Stay on track with our community!

We don’t want this to be another course that you watch (or mean to watch), but never put into action.

In addition to the video lessons, lab notes, and homework assignments, this course also comes with our private Discord community.

You’ll join our instructors and members of the Future Fiction Academy Labs to ask questions, talk about the latest trends in AI and what’s working in their publishing careers.

Pricing Information

This course is priced at $199, and we offer payment plans through Klarna as well!

Step-by-Step Video Guides

With over 4 and a half hours of video lessons, we walk you through every step of the process for creating a novella using AI assistance.

Notes, Transcripts, and Downloads

Every section comes with lab notes that you can copy and refer back to as you need. Forget a prompt? Check the lab notes!

Discord Community

Have questions while going through the course? You’re not alone! We’re offering exclusive access to our Future Fiction Academy Discord Community, formerly only open to our Lab Pass Members!

Curriculum

We offer a Free Email Coaching Companion to this Course!

121 – Brainstorming with AI

READ: Lab Notes for Class 121
WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction (1:05)
WATCH: Part 2 – Pros and Cons of Using AI to Brainstorm (5:04)
WATCH: Part 3 – Layering Prompts for Brainstorming Ideas (8:43)
WATCH: Part 4 – Being Specific in Prompts for Better Outlines (7:00)
WATCH: Part 5 – Using Advanced Prompting to Bring the Ideas Together (9:23)
WATCH: Part 6 – Iterating the Idea and Next Steps (3:46)
HOMEWORK: Brainstorm Your Story Components

122 – World Building with AI

READ: Lab Notes for Class 122
WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction (1:09)
WATCH: Part 2 – The Role of World Building in Fiction (2:10)
WATCH: Part 3 – AI Assisted World Building Techniques (9:39)
WATCH: Part 4 – Cultivating Cultures & Societies (6:22)
WATCH: Part 5 – Crafting Histories & Backstories (6:11)
HOMEWORK: Build Your World

123 – Creating Characters with AI

READ: Lab Notes for Class 123
WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction (4:31)
WATCH: Part 2 – Creating a Character Backstory with a Character Sheet (9:17)
WATCH: Part 3 – Follow Up Prompts to the Character Sheet (6:44)
WATCH: Part 4 – Interviewing the Character (7:28)
HOMEWORK: Meeting Your Characters

124 – Plotting with AI

READ: Lab Notes for Class 124
WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction to Plotting with AI (5:59)
WATCH: Part 2 – Prompt for the Basic Outline Using a Story Synopsis (9:08)
WATCH: Part 3 – Deepening the Basic Outline (13:46)
WATCH: Part 4 – Creating the Chapter Briefs (9:34)
HOMEWORK: Creating the Outline

125 – Generating Short Bits of Prose

READ: Lab Notes for Class 125
WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction to Generating Prose (8:31)
WATCH: Part 2 – Setting Up the Prompt and Generating in GPT 4 vs Claude (11:13)
WATCH: Part 3 – Generating and Rewriting in Claude (8:36)
WATCH: Part 4 – Using Specificity in Prompts for Better Prose (6:33)
WATCH: Part 5 – Incorporating Prose into Your Story (3:11)
HOMEWORK: Start Writing!

126 – Generating Long Sections of Prose

READ: Lab Notes for Class 126
WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction to Job Types: Baker & Architects (3:40)
WATCH: Part 2 – Enhancing the Chapter Briefs (6:04)
WATCH: Part 3 – Let’s Talk Prompting (13:44)
WATCH: Part 4 – Troubleshooting & Conclusion (5:29)
HOMEWORK: Generating Scenes and Chapters

127 – Organizing Components with Notion

READ: Lab Notes for Class 127
WATCH: Part 1 – It All Starts with Pages in Notion (1:22)
WATCH: Part 2 – Duplicating a Page and the Notion Interface (2:46)
WATCH: Part 3 – All About Blocks in Notion (6:47)
WATCH: Part 4 – Using Databases in Notion (4:48)
WATCH: Part 5 – Notion AI Features (6:21)
WATCH: Part 6 – Templates in Notion (10:17)

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

READ: Lab Notes for Class 128
WATCH: Part 1 – Introduction (2:13)
WATCH: Part 2 – Identifying Key Details (2:59)
WATCH: Part 3 – Construction the Story Blueprint in Claude and GPT 3.5 16k (8:13)
WATCH: Part 4 – Plot (6:04)
WATCH: Part 5 – Additional Elements (4:04)
WATCH: Part 6 – Using Your Story Blueprint (12:04)
HOMEWORK: Put It All Together

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