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I'd quite like a tool (running entirely locally on my own hardware, with no cloud service and no copyright-thieving grifters making bank on it via subscription

by ben_w 3mo ago

I'd quite like a tool (running entirely locally on my own hardware, with no cloud service and no copyright-thieving grifters making bank on it via subscription fees) that digests a manuscript and derives a scene-by-scene timeline, that I could then query interactively and use to plan my next round of edits. Being able to map out where and when each protagonist and minor character shows up, and see a frequency distribution heat map of names in the manuscript, would be useful. I'm sure I've read about Hollywood scriptwriters having tools like this. (Or is this just the Gell-Mann amnesia effect striking again?)

LogicFailsMe 3mo ago
GenAI tools getting folded into workflows is IMO the endgame here. Using an LLM to review a story in progress and search for plot holes, contradictions and everything else he described seems like it would be really useful to me in the same way coding agents are great for diagnosing gnarly config and container issues. In my own use case, asking the LLM to find a way to close out a song verse when I can't find the right words has been awesome. That seems like an advance on the toolchain described here: https://www.thewritersforhire.com/11-great-organization-tools-for-writers/ https://www.thewritersforhire.com/11-great-organization-tool...