How to Use Claude to Write a Sci-Fi Novel That Doesn't Read Like AI Wrote It

How to Use Claude to Write a Sci-Fi Novel That Doesn't Read Like AI Wrote It

Claude has read more science fiction than most humans alive, and that's both a gift and a curse. Here's how to use it as a real writing partner for long-form sci-fi without ending up with a generic pastiche of the genre and prose that sounds like it was assembled from spare parts.

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