Jim Hull
AI-app dev building https://subtxt.app from the ground-up because I love great stories. Steering https://narrativefirst.com. Guiding Narrative Context Protocol (NCP).
- The “Hotel Reverie” episode is literally exactly what we’ve been working on the past six months. Just without the Stack Overflow Errors! 🤣
- Something I don't understand is: why can't LLMs write novel-length fiction yet? They've got the context length for it. And new models seem capable of the multi-hop reasoning required for plot. So why hasn't anyone demoed a model that can write long interesting stories? I do have a theory ... +
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View full threadThe amount of completeness varies by author. Ideally you want to tend toward complete to avoid what are commonly known as “story holes.” There’s a huge initiative involving USC and others called Narrative Context Protocol which addresses all of this. Dramatica plays a key role.
- Recent post on it: narrativefirst.com/blog/introdu...
- I still love the crazy story theory application Dramatica Pro, but the Mac version is so old that the only way I can run the app is to run the Windows version through WINE. The “current” Mac version looks like it’s from 1999; the current Windows version looks like it’s from 1989.
- I think you might find even more love for this application very soon. 😊
- Been so busy, forgot to pass this along. We updated our project to be more in line with other initiatives across the AI landscape. UNM is now NCP: Narrative Context Protocol. Describes what we’re doing more succinctly. narrativefirst.com/blog/introdu...
- No idea how I got here, but I'm super proud to open up the intelligence behind Subtxt to anyone at the conflux of AI, storytelling, and fun. 🤩
- Just cracked open eight years of storytelling genius—Subtxt API is LIVE. Go build the next big thing, or just blow minds. Your call. narrativefirst.com/blog/introdu...
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- I absolutely love this quote. And I assume you’re referring to the new “creative writing” model from yesterday. You might have me blocked on sight because I developed an app for narrative structure that now has AI but I guarantee you there are many working behind the scenes for authors.
- Here’s a fun white paper to read. Especially if you’re into authors, AI, and storytelling. 🤗 arxiv.org/pdf/2503.04844
- Sudowrite couldn’t even come up with a different name. 🤣🤣🤣
- Spoiler: It's all in your head! 😆
- Is GPT-4.5 real—or is it just great storytelling? 🤖✨ Turns out, structured chaos is the heart of both AI and narrative. Here's how GPT-4.5 is quietly making stories even better in Subtxt: narrativefirst.com/blog/gpt-4-5...
- Subtxt: not so great at avoiding spoilers! 😅
- Furthering the science of storytelling. 🤓
- It would be so cool if there was a way for an interactive fiction to refuse to progress until the players adapted and transformed their actions to sync with the underlying thematic construct. 😊
- I knew 2025 was going to be full of advancements, but didn’t expect this.
- loving how everyone's head is in the same place. 😊
- gpt-5 is coming
- More excited to have unified model (and through API), but this is good too!
- This was so cool to see play out, especially since Muse predicted the Storyform we all ended up landing on in the end.
- We're live! (recording avail. later)
- The group analysis of "Cent'Anni" - the 4th episode of "The Penguin" series is now live - feel free to join in and hear us debate some of the underlying thematic issues. us02web.zoom.us/j/81566870632
- how the heck was I able to function without DeepResearch before?!
- This was really fun to see play out -- didn't even know this was a thing that was possible!
- We uploaded *Didi*’s Storyform into Subtxt, asked Muse to describe the film based on structure alone, and it nailed it—before even knowing the plot. Then, once the synopsis was added, it refined everything even further. Full breakdown here: narrativefirst.com/blog/explori...
- DeepResearch + Subtxt Storyform is all you need when it comes to matching artist's intent with the underlying narrative structure of a film.
- The storyform is simply put: artist's intent caught in a thematic blueprint. Matching that with in-depth interviews and insights from the filmmaker and you have an unmatchable place to discover the hidden elements of story.
- We also did this with "Conclave" over the weekend, and we're so impressed with the results, we can't wait to have unlimited Research so we can cover all 600+ storyforms in Subtxt.
- Have to say, I'm totally aligned with this: "There is a great deal of talent right now without the resources to fully express itself, and if we change that, the resulting creative output of the world will lead to tremendous benefits for us all." blog.samaltman.com/three-observ...
- Always fun waking up in the morning to see what Muse came up with overnight (self-generated story-starters). 😄 Genuinely love seeing what it came up with while sleeping. subtxt.app/story-starters
- This is a wonderful read. Ethan Mollick set Deep Research out with the task of unraveling the evolution of TTRPGs--and completely unravels my concept of the internet, AGI, and the potential that lies before us. t.co/h9VZobnS59
- When you have to spend the weekend re-working all the copy surrounding o1 and "slow" deliberate thinking. The whole slow thing doesn't really apply to o3-mini. 🏎️💨
- Absolutely shell-shocked. What started out to be kind of a bummer start towards integrating o3-mini into Subtxt just took a massive turn as I discovered the vibe between Focus and Flow and beating out an entire 28 sequence screenplay—all in chat—in about an hour. Blog post on the way.
- o3-mini in the Assistants API?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! openai.com/index/openai...
- o3-mini would be a great way to start the weekend.
- Today’s an E.T. Soundtrack kind of day ☀️🛸🚴♀️
- A story is not a collection of conflicts. It's not a bundle of issues, problems, or dramatic situations. It's the exploration of one single inequity--spread across every character, theme, and structural element.
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View full threadA story isn't about what's happening--it's about the gap that's driving everything forward. The tension between perspectives. The unsolvable imbalance that demands resolution (or proves unresolvable).
- You don't solve inequity. You explore it. And in doing so, you reveal something meaningful. (PS: your voice)
- The OS Issue found in Subtxt? That's one way to appreciate the inequity. The Pivotal Elements? Another lens. The whole model is built to illuminate the same imbalance from different perspectives.
- Muse just starts proactively drawing images to help explain narrative structure to users, something I’ve never seen before—but am highly encouraged by. The image is even an accurate representation of the narrative model.
- Pretty much everyone assumes that Subtxt’s inability to build a story is a problem with Subtxt. 9.999 times out of 10, it’s a problem with the story.
- Thrilled to be nominated for The Wild Robot.
- The sound design on this film was absolutely incredible. I’d watch it again just to re-hear everything. Bravo.
- Since Subtxt is just a web-app, you could ask Operator to fill in all the boxes in the Develop Workspace and ping you when it’s done. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSE7...
- Operator demo today at 10am. Looking forward to getting massively inspired!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSE7...
- Stargate’s half a trillion dollars means faster analysis, deeper insights—and maybe, just maybe, a step closer to actual emergent story fields. At least, that’s what I’m thinking. 🤔
- For years, I helped writers figure out how to tell a great story. Now the game has shifted: it's about showing AI how to tell your great story. And it’s unbelievably fun. 😊
- The writer of Taxi Driver. Imagine if he had access to Subtxt. ☺️
- Not sure how I'm supposed to stay focused on building Subtxt when Muse sets up this Story Starter overnight. I'd love to see how this one turns out! subtxt.app/story-starters
- For decades, I taught narrative structure--how stories work, how conflict drives meaning, how form shapes impact. But now? That's not the hard part anymore. AI is getting really good at writing. Coherent, structured, polished. It's not just generating words--it's executing stories.
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View full threadThis is reshaping everything I do--from Subtxt to my research on emergent story fields. AI doesn't struggle with execution. We do. The real work is shaping, refining, and elevating raw material into something meaningful.
- All of this is based on what I'm seeing developing Subtxt. More thoughts on this soon--curious what others think.
- So what's left? Clarity of intent. AI can write a story. But it doesn't know why this story matters. It doesn't know what makes a story yours. That part? That's on you.
- The real shift: The blank page is dead. The problem isn't "how do I structure this?" It's "What am I actually trying to say?" That's the challenge now. That's the work.
- Really excited about the new blending of Throughlines in Subtxt. Kind of annoyed me how similar they were in the new Story Starters page, so I reworked the algos to reflect more of the Storyform in its blending. Go to Four Throughlines in the app, and resurface to see the difference.
