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# AI-Fueled Frenzy: From Idea to Novella in a Day | Apr 12, 2025
- URL: https://keithhayden.net/ai-fueled-frenzy-from-idea-to-novella-in-a-day-apr-12-2025/
- Published: 2025-04-12T17:58:28.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-12T17:58:28.000Z
- Author: Keith Hayden

> “AI magnifies what you know, and don't know, about a particular subject area.” - Keith Hayden

I broke a record yesterday, but wasn't even chasing it.

Personal best of most work done on a project in a single day.

At morning, I started to write a short story for social media. By night, I had a novella (12k+ words), book cover, marketing material, full distribution on most major social platforms, audio and video version of the first part, and a self-produced rap theme song.

Al did a lot heavy lifting, but it can't come up with and distribute good ideas (yet). I'll publish this one for the next week and see what happens.

No holding back.

## Reading "Infinite Jest" pgs 540 - 542

More interesting words and phrases:

dry skulky sounds

\[Their tails were meaty and bald\] - referring to rats

Lenz: the rat/cat killer

## HAC Studios: "The RiftWalker" - Act 2: Published

Completed the video version of the Introduction last night.

Also the video version of the them song "Infinite Doors."

Spent more time than I planned on these assets, but the result was good. Will get a smoother workflow soon.

The base images are AI, but it's important for me to make them mine somehow. So I added some graphic novel flair.

## Image for Introduction

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/18/bf/18bf29db-1cec-4857-a9dc-e2e94a86d2bf/content/images/2025/04/The-RiftWarden---Book-Cover--5--1.png)

## Image for Act 1: The Assignment

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/18/bf/18bf29db-1cec-4857-a9dc-e2e94a86d2bf/content/images/2025/04/The-RiftWarden---Act-1--The-Assignment--1--3.png)

## Cereus & Limnic: Escape From Okinawa - Full Report Rewrite

I've been slogging through this technical report section for the past two weeks, and the result was meh.

Truthfully, I was hitting one of those low points in novel writing (or any long project for that matter): I wasn't happy with the result and I was bored with the process.

Here comes that homie Claude to the rescue. I fed the entire 6K+ technical report to my faithful AI writing companion and asked for ways to make this behemoth of a tech report more interesting. In the end? It's a demonstration of a bright mind boiling to an unfortunate fevered state as he twists his head around the mystery of the drone.

I haven't reviewed the complete output, but given that I'd already researched the hell out of these very technical topics and add "Retro's" voice in before, I know it'll be bombs on target. Can't wait to read it, now!

## Drawing | Proko "Drawing Basics" 

Learned different ways of holding a pencil.

Finished one lesson:

- Ultimate Guide to Pencils and Erasers