[kybernetikos]

I think this is a good approach. I've done some simple experiments with ChatGPT, firstly asking it to plan out a novel in three acts, then getting to to go into detail on the plan for each of the acts, then asking it to fill in some background on the world building (e.g. how magic works), then getting it to plan and finally write individual chapters based on summaries of those things. It makes a huge difference to the size and scope of what it's able to produce, but there are also clear issues around keeping enough of all that information in its window. Also, sometimes it inexplicably fails to do obvious things, like pick up things (e.g. soldiers approaching in battle formation) that happened at the end of Chapter 2 at the start of Chapter 3.

Another problem is that it likes to summarize rather than describe. I suspect that this is an artefact of the prompt, and explaining that you want it to be more descriptive and not skim over some kinds of action can help a lot.