Novel/saga writting
Hi
So i have been using claude for months to organize a saga i am writting. I started on chatgpt but i got so pissed over time that i finally switched to claude and fuck did that felt good at the time.
I was using opus 4.6, and then switched to 4.8 when apparently it was good.
I dont use claude to write the saga for me. I use it like tony stark used jarvis. I feed it a ton of info, beats, arcs, dialogues, etc, and then i ask it to organize it, to tell me where in the narrative that beat or scene would best fit in, etc. And it was working great. It got to a point that i had over 20 files in the knowledge part of the project and since i am planning 3 books, i wanted to cut down to 4 files: 1 guide for each book and a glossary.
Fuck.my.life. i did notice weeks ago that answers were getting very, very slow, it was taking it a very long time. Then, it started the shit show. I VERY specifically tell it to cross check the old guide i already have and cross check the chats and files looking for info that would replace old stuff in the guides, so i can use it as an instrunctions manual when i start writting, where it shows the blocks, chapters, beats in each chapter, etc.
This last week i just couldnt anymore. Claude would recognize its mistakes, apparently correct itself, only for the next session, still in the same chat, repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
I only have the 3rd guide for the 3rd book to finish in order to start writting and after the daily fights with claude to do the things i ask it to do, that i know it can do, i just cant seem to bother anymore. Might as well use the old guide and try to remember if something changed because i cant trust opus 4.8 anymore and repeated mistakes.
Should i go back to 4.6? Wait for fable? Cancel my subs and wait it out? Dont wanna keep paying over 100€/month for an app that cant do what i tell it to do...
Help please. I am at a loss 🫠