Writing Secrets
Christopher KokoskiA newsletter about writing, blogging, and AI.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 51 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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Why Every New AI Model Looks Identical (Until You Push It Off a Cliff)
I got a comment on my latest Opus 4.8 video this week that stung: “It’s the same as before.”
And honestly? I get why someone would feel that way. New Claude, new version number, another author runs another test. If you’ve watched a few of...
I Made the New Claude Write a Horror Musical
I asked Claude to write me a horror musical.
Not a horror story. Not a couple of creepy lyrics. A musical. Acts, numbers, a villain who gets his own song — something that’s supposed to scare you and then send you home humming.
On paper, t...
I wrote a 50,000-word novel with Mistral
The book is real. Cover. Word count. Twenty-two chapters. I’m holding it on the desk next to me right now.
The full walkthrough is on YouTube — link at the bottom. This is the field manual that goes with it.
Read this first if you want th...
I Taught Claude to Dream About My Book
I wonder what Claude dreams about...
Last week, Anthropic shipped a feature called Auto Dream.
The pitch is exactly as weird as it sounds. Their AI agents now go “to sleep” between sessions. While they sleep, they review their own memory...
The DeepSeek V4 Test I Couldn't Fit in the Video
This week’s video puts DeepSeek V4 through five tests — premise, outline, chapter, revision, and one for fun. It’s already up, and I’ll link it at the bottom.
But there was a sixth test. One I started running while I was editing the video,...
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