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0:00To anyone who has been working with AI
0:01for a while, or for someone like an
0:03editor who probably reads AI writing and
0:05submissions all the time, the tells can
0:07be pretty obvious. And add to that the
0:08fact that AI writing [music] detectors,
0:10which have historically been pretty bad
0:12at making accurate detections, are
0:14actually getting better and better and
0:16being able to accurately identify AI in
0:18its writing. [music] And yes, these
0:19models are also going to get better and
0:22better, but passing an AI detector isn't
0:24actually the point here. The point is
0:26that we want the AI to sound like you,
0:28not like me, not like someone else, not
0:30like a robot, but like you. So, that's
0:33what we're talking about in this video,
0:34three different ways to make AI write
0:36like you. And I'll even show off a new
0:38feature we just added in Storyteller OS
0:41that will do this for you automatically.
0:42So, the first thing we need to talk
0:44about is the importance of actually
0:46writing. And this is going to sound a
0:47bit counterintuitive to a lot of people,
0:49especially the really pro-AI people out
0:51there. They think, well, if you've got
0:52AI to write for you, why do you actually
0:54need to do some real writing? And the
0:56answer is simple, it's because it
0:58doesn't matter how good AI gets, AI plus
1:01a skilled human is always going to be
1:03better. I found this is true. I recently
1:05started vibe coding recently, and I was
1:08able to do some cool things, but I
1:09eventually got to a wall where I knew
1:11that I really needed to actually be an
1:14expert in more advanced coding things
1:17and things like data analysis and stuff
1:19like that to really be able to take it
1:21to the next level. And because I wasn't
1:23an expert in those things, I couldn't
1:24actually go further and do more. But I
1:27could hand what I had done over to a
1:29developer who knew those things, and
1:31then they could use AI much more
1:33effectively than I could. The same is
1:35true of writing. The more you know about
1:36actual good writing, the more practice
1:39you get with writing, the better you
1:40will be able to guide these models, and
1:41the better you will be able to shape
1:43them to sound more like you.
1:45Additionally, later in this video, we're
1:46going to talk about creating style
1:47guides based on your writing, and in
1:49order to do that, you kind of have to
1:51have some writing to analyze. So, it's
1:53important to do some writing on the
1:55side. Now, it's okay because there are
1:57actually some You don't necessarily have
2:00to write whole novels by yourself to do
2:03this. Journaling is actually an
2:05excellent form of writing that can get
2:07you some practice actually putting words
2:09down on a page. In fact, I would argue
2:11that journaling is a more effective form
2:13of writing than if you were to type out
2:16a manuscript yourself. The reason being,
2:18there is tons of studies out there that
2:20talk about the benefits for your brain
2:22and like what parts of your brain are
2:24lighting up when you were writing things
2:26out by hand. So, I strongly recommend
2:28having some kind of written like manual
2:31written process.
2:31>> [music]
2:32>> That could be just to train you to train
2:34you as to be a better writer. You don't
2:36need to be doing that kind of writing in
2:38order to make money from writing or
2:40anything like that. Because AI can help
2:42with those things. But in order to
2:43improve our skills, some handwritten
2:46manuscripts or handwritten notes,
2:48journaling, whatever it is, can
2:49absolutely be a really valuable way to
2:52improve your own writing. Also, in my
2:53membership, we have this thing called
2:55the Writers of the Future Challenge.
2:56Writers of the Future is a short story
2:59competition that happens quarterly. And
3:00we've had a couple of people win
3:02honorable mentions, which if you know
3:04the volume of people that these
3:06competitions get, you'll know that
3:07that's pretty impressive. But what we do
3:09is we practice once a quarter writing a
3:11short story without the aid of AI. That
3:14way, we're not just focusing on getting
3:16better with the AI side of things, but
3:18also with ourselves. All right, the
3:20second thing that we need to talk about
3:21is choosing the right model. This one's
3:23actually, I think, overlooked these
3:25days. It used to be more of a big deal,
3:27but these days I feel like there are a
3:29lot of models out there and most of them
3:32have a tendency to repeat certain words
3:35and things just like any AI model. But
3:37there are some models that just do so
3:39much better. And there are also some
3:41models that adhere to your voice and any
3:44examples, like writing samples that you
3:46give it, much, much better.
3:47Additionally, we're finally getting to
3:49the point where there are AI models
3:51specifically designed for creative
3:53writing. Those are going to sound much
3:54more human overall and generally
3:57speaking will adhere to your writing
3:59style a bit more. Even mega models like
4:02Claude, which you know, everyone knows
4:04here on this channel that I love Claude,
4:06but Claude is known to have a lot of
4:08those AI-isms and it's really like the
4:11goal of all of these big companies is to
4:14appeal to more to like software
4:16developers and stuff like that. So
4:17they're looking more at code at helping
4:20you in your business. They're not caring
4:21so much about the quality of the
4:22writing. But there are smaller models
4:24that are also, funny enough, cheaper
4:26that are really useful for creative
4:29writing. And the ones that I recommend
4:31as of the recording of this video are
4:33Aether 2 and 3. Even though 3 is, you
4:36know, obviously a higher number, it
4:37doesn't necessarily mean it's more
4:39advanced than 2, but they are trained on
4:41two different models. They are
4:43fine-tunes of DeepSeek for Aether 2 and
4:47one of the GLM models for Aether 3. And
4:49that has just allowed them to fine-tune
4:52this to more of a creative writing
4:54output. It's really good for dialogue
4:56and stuff like that and also designed
4:58for things like being a dungeon master,
4:59you know, having some kind of ongoing
5:01RPG elements and stuff like that. So
5:04those are my favorites at the moment,
5:05but definitely make sure you are playing
5:07around with a lot of models to make sure
5:09you have one that matches the style that
5:11you're going for. All right, the third
5:13component that we must cover and this
5:14one is very important and that is the
5:16importance of creating a style guide.
5:19Now, the way I make a style guide, I
5:21have it in two parts. First, I have
5:23samples of my writing because I think
5:25it's just a good idea to have actual
5:26samples that an AI can reference. But
5:29then in addition to that, there's a
5:30second part where I strongly recommend
5:32you have a analysis done of those
5:35samples to kind of pinpoint what's
5:37actually going on on a
5:38sentence-by-sentence level. And you can
5:40use AI to create this second part where
5:43it is analyzing your samples. I'll give
5:44you an example here. In Claude, I
5:46actually created this style guide
5:48generator project and in the
5:49instructions we have everything that I
5:52wanted to look for and that includes
5:54things like narrative rhythm, close
5:55versus distant POV, formality, overall
5:57tone. We got everything from like
5:59dialogue style, sentence openings,
6:01clause structure and complexity,
6:03punctuation habits, emphasis and cadence
6:05tricks and so on and it goes through
6:07it'll take my work and actually run
6:09through and create a full style guide on
6:13that topic. And then when I combine that
6:15with the samples themselves, it gets
6:16much more closer to my actual voice. And
6:19just to see a little bit of what that
6:21looks like, we have here sample one. So
6:24this is a sample of my writing and I
6:26usually have it pull four to 500 words
6:29of like normal text then I try to have
6:31some text that has a little bit more
6:32dialogue in it and then I try to have
6:34some text that has a little bit that's a
6:36little more action heavy. If you write
6:38more humorous stuff, you might want to
6:39have a section that kind of shows off
6:41the humor and your style for humor. But
6:43then if we scroll all the way down after
6:45all of those samples, we have the style
6:48guide here. And so we have explanations
6:50of the narrative rhythm. So mixes longer
6:52sentences with abrupt short ones for
6:54contrast and it even gives examples from
6:56the text. Uses very short paragraph,
6:58often one sentence to create beats and
6:59emphasis and I admit that is something I
7:02do. Frequent inserts questions to mimic
7:04a character's racing thoughts. Builds
7:06momentum in action by stacking quick
7:08clauses, etc. And then it goes through
7:10each category, close versus distant,
7:11formality, overall tone and creates this
7:14whole style guide where it points
7:16exactly what I am doing. Now this sounds
7:18a little overwhelming for you. We did
7:20actually just build this feature into
7:22Story Hacker OS, which is my own
7:24proprietary software that we built for
7:25the Story Hacker members. It used to be
7:27if you join the Story Hacker membership,
7:29you also had to buy at least two other
7:32AI softwares and now you don't have to
7:33do that. It's all just included inside
7:35of the group. But over here, if you go
7:37to templates and let's just say we want
7:39to add let's say we're doing cozy sci-fi
7:43and I want to create a new guide that is
7:45my voice. I would just come here, select
7:47style, continue, and then say generate
7:50from writing samples, and then I can
7:51just paste my writing samples here and
7:54let it go and it would go and create my
7:56entire writing style guide complete with
8:00structured samples that have like your
8:02normal text, your action text, your
8:03dialogue text, your humor text, all of
8:05that right here inside of Story Hacker.
8:07You know, join the membership if you
8:08want to get access to this or you can
8:11plenty of different ways that you can
8:12create these things in just any old
8:14chatbot. It doesn't really matter how
8:15you create it. It's just that you have
8:17one. That's the most [music] important.
8:19So, I strongly recommend you look at
8:20style guides. But, creating a style
8:22guide is really just the tip of the
8:23iceberg. You also have to consider
8:25character voices, world building, coming
8:27up with all the ideas, outlining,
8:29editing, and of course, publishing.
8:30[music] If that sounds like a lot, I put
8:31together this complete guide walking you
8:33through the process step-by-step so you
8:35never have to guess what should come
8:36next. So, go check that out and I'll see
8:38you in that video.