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Plotting with AI Assistance

12 min
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AI is excellent at generating plot options. Give it your premise and constraints, and it can brainstorm possibilities faster than you can alone. Your job is to choose wisely from its suggestions.

Key Concepts

  • 1
    AI generates options; you provide judgment
  • 2
    Constraints improve AI plot suggestions
  • 3
    Ask for multiple options, then choose and combine
  • 4
    AI can 'test' your plot for logic problems
  • 5
    Plot first in broad strokes, then detail scenes

Examples

Prompt / Technique
My protagonist needs to get from [current situation] to [end goal]. Generate 5 different paths they could take, each with different obstacles and costs.
Result / Insight

AI provides variation for you to evaluate

Prompt / Technique
Plot test: 'Given what my character knows and who they are, would they really make this choice in Chapter 12? What would make it more believable?'
Result / Insight

AI can identify logic/character issues in your plot

Try It Yourself

Take a stuck plot point in your work. Ask AI for 7 different ways to resolve it. You'll likely find one that sparks the right solution.

Pro Tips

If all AI suggestions feel wrong, your underlying premise might need work
Combine elements from multiple AI suggestions
The obvious solution is rarely the best one
Ask AI to make your plot 'more complicated in interesting ways'

Summary

AI is a brainstorming engine for plot. Generate many options, combine the best elements, and always verify against character logic.

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