Right now AIs seem to think that a “story” is a short parable suitable for children. These parables usually consist entirely of narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end. The stories also lack dialogue and scenic structure of any kind—the writing is all “tell” rather than “show,” which is the opposite of modern writing advice.
I’m still experimenting with prompts, but so far my experience is that:
You have to tell the AI to use dialogue or there won’t be any
Encouraging the use of adverbs and speech tags “in order to show what a character is saying and how they are saying it” helps reinforce the use of dialogue
Telling an AI to add more description, detail, and dialogue to an existing output can produce better results, akin to “upscaling” a Midjourney prompt
Right now AIs seem to think that a “story” is a short parable suitable for children. These parables usually consist entirely of narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end. The stories also lack dialogue and scenic structure of any kind—the writing is all “tell” rather than “show,” which is the opposite of modern writing advice.
I’m still experimenting with prompts, but so far my experience is that:
You have to tell the AI to use dialogue or there won’t be any
Encouraging the use of adverbs and speech tags “in order to show what a character is saying and how they are saying it” helps reinforce the use of dialogue
Telling an AI to add more description, detail, and dialogue to an existing output can produce better results, akin to “upscaling” a Midjourney prompt