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.

 

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