EVERYTHING You Need to Know About Novelcrafter

This is a full course on Novelcrafter. It's the AI writing tool that revolutionized my writing. I'll cover everything from pricing and setup. I'll also cover advanced features like the Codex, Chat, and custom prompts. Forget the "dude-bro" AI videos. I'm a published author with 14 novels. I'll give you real insights and strategies for using Novelcrafter to write your best book. We'll explore every aspect of the platform, including planning, writing, editing, and even collaboration.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:27 - Part 1: General Tour
07:55 - Codex/Snippets
08:30 - Settings
09:22 - Plan
13:45 - Write
16:10 - Chat
17:49 - Review
18:24 - Prompts/Export
23:08 - Part 2: Codex/Setting Up the AI
29:23 - Tour of Codex Entry
38:35 - Categories/Organizing
41:49 - Snippets
43:00 - Part 3: Plan
46:08 - Creating from Outline
48:07 - Part 4: Write
58:00 - Part 5: Chat
59:47 - Including Codex Entries in Chat
1:01:20 - Example of Sample Prompt
1:06:26 - Part 6: Prompts
1:13:58 - Prompt functions
1:17:26 - Conclusion

[BruceWayne]

Thanks Jason, great content as always. I used NoveCrafter to help me with my last novel, it was great! I've always been a pantser, but I never published because being a pantser meant massive editing, and I loathe that aspect of writing. With AI I was able to plan my novel in a week, so I didn't get burned out on it like I normally would. This made my job editing the novel much easier, and as a result, I published my first novel!
I want to thank you specifically because you're the one that introduced me to this amazing tool. It's completely changed the way that I write. I hope that more authors start to learn that they don't need to fear AI, it's an amazing tool that can accelerate their writing. It's only when you abuse it and try to have AI do all the writing that you run into problems both legally and ethically.

[lightluxor]

A fantastic job. Last year I wrote 4 novels using GP4 by force. I passed hours copying, pasting and editing. I am happy to know that someone put together a prompt set to removed the pain from the AI writing process. Of course, I just signed up with Novelcrafter. I would be great to find an AI tool for the editing steps. I suspect that we’ll have to wait. Thanks for such a wonderful introduction.

[dontuttle]

@thenerdynovelist. FYI: You don't need the "Specialist" to write a series of books. That's covered on EVERY plan! The Specialist is for SHARING your WIP with readers or working with a co-author.

[JoshMcCormackiqa]

This was tremendous. I plan on listening to the whole thing again and following along in the program. Thank you so much!

[montanadivacreations]

Hey Jason, for those of us coming from Scrivener, I would love to see a side-by-side NC to Scrivener Comparison. There are plenty of things to love about Scrivener, and I know people love the one-time price. I also see people taking what they made in NC and then exporting to Scrivener to continue writing, but I don't understand why they do that. It is just their habit to write in Scrivener, but it seems an unnecessary step. That said, maybe you can show us your .. "I did this in Scrivener, but now I do it in NC this way." List of how NC has improved your workflow. I think some people are on the fence about switching.. so it may help a lot of people make the change.

[Ntworkkc]

This is Amazing I have always wanted to write a Book, but just don't have the Vocab for it. Thank you for making this. I'm already 5 Chapters in in just a Few Hours. Claude 3.5 Sonet is amazing. It's word flow is so good. Also spending 10 bucks for almost a fully written AI Book even if i don't make any money Still worth it.

[ByteSizedBooksmith]

Thanks for the shoutout! Great introduction video for Novelcrafter.

[ecchiRhino]

The hardest thing is to know which models to use and how meaningful the difference between cheap and expensive models of the same developers.
Is there like a tier list of models? I would love to see it😏

[EvoletYvaine-pc]

Questions for you: 1) I'm a romance author writing short stories and novellas. Does NC have a Romance Outline (like if someone uses The Hero's Journey guide)? If not, where can I add it? 2) If my writing style to another author(s), where in the Codex would I put that?

[syenite]

I'm not currently using AI in NovelCrafter, but the codex additions is still a GAME CHANGER for me. I've been using it to keep track of the inventory in my litRPG and how far along my one character is in her transformation. I've also played around with using it to keep track of how many soldiers remain in the army unit one of my characters leads. The only other software that I've used that has had a feature that helped me keep track of this easily was the Arc Feature in Campfire, and a convoluted metadata system in Scrivener. I've really been enjoying Codex Additions even if I'm not using it for the AI.

[Sisanf]

Insanely valuable walkthrough!! Thank you for making this

[joyoffilming]

Awesome Tutorial! A
fter having started my Techno Thriller Novel and written the first 12 Chapters (out of the recommended 24) in Scrivener, I just spent some time today to import everything into NovelCrafter. It's unbelievable how helpful this AI based tool is for matching characters, scenes, and over all progress. I will continue to write the novel with my words, but having all these little AI helpers right in the tool is much easier than switching to ChatGPT, for example, to do some research.

[contrarian]

@The Nerdy Novelist Thanks, a great overview. @53:30 you mention a fine-tuned model. Do you have a video on fine-tuning a model? Also, I assume this refers to writing style. Can I fine-tune a model to my "ideas" not just style? I have many idea snippets. They don't add up to a plot, but they convey the type of events I like. Can I fine-tune a model on them, so AI gives me plot ideas more "in line" with mine?

[incrastic]

Well. I've subscribed to your newsletter but haven't received the 40-chapter plot module. Anyway, great video. I'm learning a lot with your content. Thanks

[JanKh-tc]

@TheNerdyNovelist thanks for a great video! I wrote my first novel without AI a couple of years ago and i am considering trying NovelCrafter after watching your videos. One quick question: How/where to get the Chat with People prompt?? You mentioned that you will tell us how to do it, and you didn't after (or have I missed it??). Thanks again!

[dustincastleberry]

For future videos, I would suggest always keeping the program full screen with your image in the bottom right corner. That works perfectly. I often find that you're cutting to full shots of yourself and leaving the program visual right when I was taking in the program visual.

[lesaboutin]

This was great. I've watched your other Novelcrafter videos, but I still got stuff from this one that I hadn't before. If you're open to taking requests, I'd love a more in-depth video dedicated to creating custom prompts in Novelcrafter. 🤞

[anaeross]

Hey, Jason. Thanks so much for your wealth of information. I just subscribed to Novelcrafter with the Hobbyist tier, but I wanted to ask you a question. Because I will be using Openrouter and OpenAI externally, do they read and take into account the information I have in Codex when writing prose/scene/chapter/etc., or is that function only available in with the Artisan tier? Thanks.

[iGregor]

Simply outstanding tutorial. Very helpful. Thanks!

[keansalzer]

I am part of your membership community, and want to know before starting the arduous process of learning another cutting edge piece of software if NC allows writers to write scenes that deal with murder and sexual abuse. My detective protagonist faces some very nasty villains and their terrible deeds. I have quit Claude and Chat GPT because of their "moral restraints". I'm looking for a program that understands that some writing will include brutal scenes that have to do with horrible events.