Hey there,
It's Keith. Have you ever sat down at your desk, fully intending to write, only to realize you have no idea how to bridge the gap between two major plot points?
That’s exactly where I found myself recently. I had just finished an emotional segment in the Iejima arc, and I knew the next major beat was a brutal sunset showdown with the assassin Ilka. But the space in between, I had no idea.
That's why I decided to hit record and share exactly how I solve this problem using AI.
I know using AI for fiction is controversial right now. We all know the "wrong" way to do it—typing in a basic prompt and publishing the generic slop that gets spit out.
That’s how you get average, awkward writing that sounds like it was scraped from 20th-century public domain texts. But there is a right way to use tools like Gemini. In my latest live stream, I walk through my actual planning and drafting process for "Cereus & Limnic: Escape From Okinawa Type B."
The reality is this: if you genuinely care about your craft, writing with AI actually takes more work than writing from scratch.
You have to act as a strict director. You’re constantly feeding it context, curating the output, and surgically rewriting line-by-line to maintain your specific voice. In the video, you’ll see me do the following:
- Sequence the missing scenes to build atmospheric dread before a major battle.
- Prompt Gemini with highly specific character constraints—like Dr. Donovan's erudite whale-shark-hybrid voice and Rose’s sarcastic, ghostly commentary.
- Curate the AI's output so it perfectly fits the epistolary format of the novel.
If you’re curious about how I actually integrate AI to get real work done without sacrificing the soul of the story, you can watch the full working session below.
I’m still on track to release Escape From Okinawa in Spring 2027, and I’ll keep sharing the journey with you as it comes together.
Start/keep writing, -Keith