Nigh/show-me-the-story

What it solves

It provides a structured local environment for authors to write long-form fiction using AI, solving the difficulty of maintaining narrative consistency, planning complex plots, and managing world-building details over many chapters.

How it works

The application runs as a local executable with a browser-based interface. It connects to an OpenAI-compatible model service to handle the writing process. The workflow involves setting up a project with specific genres and styles, planning story outlines in batches, and then drafting and revising prose chapter by chapter. It uses a knowledge base of characters, world-building entries, and relationship graphs to keep the AI informed of the story's context.

Who it’s for

Fiction writers and novelists who want to use AI as a collaborative drafting and revision tool while maintaining full control over the story's direction and rules.

Highlights

• Batch Planning: Plan and generate outlines for groups of chapters to maintain long-term narrative direction.
• Consistency Management: Track characters, organizations, and world-building facts with source references and foreshadowing tracking.
• Knowledge Integration: Save specific story rules and retrieve relevant entries automatically during the writing process.
• Comprehensive Writing Suite: Includes tools for paragraph editing, targeted revision, final proofreading, and the ability to import existing text.
• Local Persistence: Stores project data locally while streaming output from the AI model.