Troubleshooting Guide

Sometimes the AI might not behave the way you expect. If your story isn’t turning out quite right, don’t worry—here are a few quick fixes that usually solve most issues.

 

1. The AI isn’t following my prompt

This can happen when the AI is overloaded with too much information. Long plot descriptions, multiple selected characters or locations, complex narrative arcs, and too many active plugins can overwhelm the model, causing it to skip or ignore parts of your prompt.

What to try:

• Shorten your main prompt – fewer words = better focus
• Use fewer characters or simplify their descriptions
• Limit the number of plugins or keep them simple
• Make sure your Creativity Level is set to Conservative
  → You can change this in Content Preferences

Learn more about creativity settings here:
Understanding AI Creativity Settings

Clear, minimal input + Conservative creativity tends to produce better, more reliable results.

 

2. The genders or pronouns are incorrect

Make sure you’ve:

• Selected characters before generating the chapter
• Specified genders and pronouns for each character

The AI relies on this input to get the details right. If you skip it, it might guess - and not always correctly.

 

3. The story isn’t spicy enough

Your Content Comfort Level controls how explicit the story can get.

Go to Content Preferences and check this setting.
To turn up the heat, select “Explicit” or “X-Rated”.

Learn more about comfort levels here

 

4. The AI keeps forgetting important story details

If the AI forgets past events, character traits, or relationships, it might be time to create a custom plugin.

Plugins help the AI remember what matters to you across multiple chapters.

Here’s how to make one

 

5. The same phrase keeps showing up in my stories

If you’ve noticed a certain compliment, outfit description, or action showing up in almost every story—it’s not just you. The AI sometimes falls back on familiar phrases when it’s unsure how else to express something.

What to try:

• Change your Language Complexity to Intermediate or Eloquent
  → You’ll find this under Content Preferences
  These settings push the AI to use more varied and expressive language.
  
  
• Update your plugins to give positive guidance, not restrictions
  Instead of saying “don’t use this phrase,” try giving it new ways to say what you want:
  • Characters should express affection in unique, creative ways, avoiding clichés.
  • Use fresh, emotionally nuanced dialogue rather than generic compliments.
  • Characters should describe each other's appearance with inventive, vivid language, not standard phrases.

Why it happens:
Large language models don’t always handle “don’t do X” instructions well—they often ignore them or do the opposite. Telling the AI what to do instead works much better.

Clear, positive prompts = fresher, more unique results.

 

6. The image generator ignores parts of my prompt

AI image models often struggle with negative instructions (like “no beard,” “without a shirt,” or “not wearing a hat”). When you include a word — even in a negative context — the model may still treat it as a visual suggestion and include it.

What to try:

• Phrase your prompt in a positive, descriptive way
  → Instead of “no beard”, try “clean-shaven”
  → Instead of “not wearing a dress”, try “wearing only pants”
• Avoid using the word you’re trying to exclude when possible

 

7. Plugins aren’t working as expected with explicit content

If your plugins are trying to block certain words or control tone, but the AI still generates them, it might be because your global Content Comfort Level is overriding them.

What to try:

• Set your Content Comfort Level to Neutral
  This disables automatic guidance on explicit language and lets your Plugins take full control of tone and boundaries.

You can change this in your Content Preferences.

 

8. Chapter doesn’t end the way I want

Sometimes the AI gets a bit too creative—adding extra lines or continuing past the ending you specified in your prompt. Even with the Conservative setting enabled, this can happen.

What to try:
Use the AI Assistant to fine-tune the ending:

1. Open the chapter and click “Edit”
2. Highlight the section you'd like to adjust (up to 3 paragraphs works best)
3. Click “Ask AI” and write a custom instruction like:
   → “End the scene with her taking a seat and waiting—no further action.”

Tips for better results:

• Use imperative language (e.g. “Fade to black after the kiss.”)
• Be clear, specific, and concise
• Works best on desktop (PC or Mac)

This gives you more control over the pacing and structure of each chapter—especially the final lines.

 

9. The AI is skipping events or jumping ahead

If your story skips steps, jumps to the ending, or glosses over moments you expected to see in full—this usually means your Story Plot input was misunderstood.

💡Tip: The AI treats your “Describe Story Plot” box as a script, not a summary.

But if you write it like a summary (e.g., “She told him she loved him, then he left and she followed”), the AI might assume these events already happened and skip them in the chapter.

 

✅ What to try instead:

 

✔️ Break events into clear, step-by-step actions

Don’t summarize—describe what should play out as scenes.

Instead of:

“Jake confessed everything, then left the room in tears.”

Write:

“Start with Jake pacing nervously by the door. He blurts out: ‘I can’t lie anymore. I slept with her.’
Show her frozen in shock. Then Jake grabs his coat, tears welling up, and storms out.”

 

✔️ Use action cues, not reflections

Avoid phrasing that sounds like backstory, like “She had confessed” or “He was already confused.”
These make the AI think it’s supposed to reflect on these events—not show them happening.

 

✔️ Always write in scene order

The AI writes your chapter in the order you describe.
Avoid combining multiple beats into one sentence. For example:

❌ Not ideal:

“After their fight, she kissed him and they made up.”

✅ Better:

“Show them arguing in the hallway first.
Then, describe how she slowly steps forward, tears in her eyes, and kisses him.
He hesitates—but kisses her back.”

 

Want stronger results?

Write your plot like a script for a TV scene. One line = one beat.
That’s the format the AI understands best.

 

10. The AI forgets events from previous chapters

This can happen because the AI doesn’t have a permanent memory bank — it relies on summaries and narrative guidance provided within your story. When a new chapter is generated, the AI picks what it thinks is the most relevant information, which means some details may get dropped.

What to try:

• Edit the “Summary” field – Open the chapter in edit mode and add or adjust the Summary. This works like a memory bank: the AI uses it to recall important past events.
  → Keep in mind the AI decides which memories to prioritize, so for critical details you may want to use a plugin.
• Define a Narrative Arc – In the Writing Pack (or first chapter), you can edit the Narrative Arc. This is where you set the story’s big-picture constraints, themes, and important details that should carry forward.

Pro Tip:
If the AI keeps forgetting a specific detail, add it to a plugin. Plugins act as “always on” instructions, meaning the AI will consistently take them into account during generation — even in long or complex stories.

 

Still stuck? We’re here to help. Reach out anytime via support and we’ll be happy to troubleshoot with you.