From Premise to Prose
This course will take you through all the steps to write a complete novella with AI
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.
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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.
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!
Example Curriculum
- 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
- 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
- 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!
- 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)
- 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
- READ: Lab Notes for Class 101
- READ: Cheat Sheet for AI Parameters
- WATCH: Part 1 - Introduction (1:06)
- WATCH: Part 2 - Tokens (10:15)
- WATCH: Part 3 - OpenAI Playground and Temperature (13:29)
- WATCH: Part 4 - Top K, Top P, and Frequency Penalty (9:46)
- WATCH: Part 5 - Presence Penalty (8:36)
- QUIZ: Test Your Knowledge from 101
- READ: Lab Notes for Class 102
- WATCH: Part 1 - Introduction (2:50)
- WATCH: Part 2 - Introduction to the Different LLM Models (7:50)
- WATCH: Part 3 - Style and Tone of the Different Models (9:25)
- WATCH: Part 4 - Context Windows and the Basics of Prompt Engineering (4:15)
- WATCH: Part 5 - Practical Applications for Different Styles of Writing (7:48)
- QUIZ: Test Your Knowledge from 102
- READ: Lab Notes for Class 103
- WATCH: Part 1 - Understanding Content Policies & Restrictions (14:20)
- WATCH: Part 2 - Understanding Licensing (5:39)
- WATCH: Part 3 - How to Access Unfiltered (Open Source) Models (4:33)
- WATCH: Part 4 - Tour of OpenRouter (4:42)
- WATCH: Part 5 - Testing a NSFW model (10:04)
- QUIZ: Test Your Knowledge from 103