Have you used all of the customization options? I do a few things to mitigate some of my issues. I swear the success rate depends on the day or the hour, but this is what I do:
- I created a Style Guide, along with a Lexicon, and notes about my historical period, characters, and story universe.
- I feed these documents, plus my stories, into the Project Files (I’m a Pro user). This is a continuous process.
- I use the Custom Instructions and the Customize ChatGPT feature.
- I ask GPT to help develop my instructions and templates, and then I ask it to hardcode them into memory.
- I give feedback to EVERY response. This is vital because you’re telling both the model and OpenAI what you like and don’t like. If you like 99.9% of a response, but 0.01% is awful, downvote it anyway. Don’t let bad content slide because you like most of it; otherwise, the model will get away with giving you responses that you don’t want.
Sadly, none of this is foolproof, but when it works, it works well. The downside is that I have to continually correct it. I’m also fighting an uphill battle because my use case is niche. Most people don’t write like I do. Structurally, I write much more formally than what’s found on Tumblr or ao3. My style of writing is statistically less prevalent than the modern, emotionally-driven homogeneous content found online.
I originally posted my process and commentary here: AI Shouldn't Try to be Human or My Friend - In My Opinion - #4 by Athena_Apollos