🎭 Shakespeare AI - AI-Powered Book Creation & Automated Developmental Editing

Transform your ideas into polished manuscripts with AI-powered writing and professional-grade automated editing.

A fork of Libriscribe with enhanced presets and style systems.

🎯 What is Shakespeare AI?

Shakespeare AI is an intelligent book creation system that doesn't just generate text—it thinks like a professional editor. From initial concept to publication-ready manuscript, Shakespeare AI handles the entire creative and editorial workflow.

Key Features

✨ Natural Language Creative Control - Tell the AI what you want in plain English
📊 Automated Report Analysis - Import reports from AutoCrit, ProWritingAid, Marlowe, etc.
🎬 Director Agent - Make creative changes across your entire project instantly
🔄 Complete Consistency - All files (characters, outline, scenes, chapters) stay synchronized
👁️ Vision Analysis - Analyzes charts and graphs from editorial reports
📝 Developmental Editing - Automated high-level structural improvements
🎨 Style Presets - 8 built-in writing styles (Spy Maker, Epic Romance, Sci-Fi Horror, etc.) 📖 Story Structures - 6 frameworks (Hero's Journey, Save the Cat, etc.)

🚀 Quick Start

# Install
git clone https://github.com/robertmonroe/shakespeare-ai.git
cd shakespeare-ai
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Configure
cp .env.example .env
# Add your GOOGLE_AI_STUDIO_API_KEY

# Run
python -m libriscribe start

💡 How It Works

1. Write Your Book

> Create a new project
> Define characters, world, and plot
> Generate chapters automatically

2. Analyze with Professional Tools

> Export to AutoCrit, ProWritingAid, or Marlowe
> Get professional editorial feedback

3. Automated Developmental Editing

> Place reports in project/Autocrit/ folder
> Director Mode: "analyze reports in Autocrit"
> Review the generated action plan
> Director Mode: "execute the action plan" (coming soon!)

4. Creative Control

Director Mode commands:

> Make M a man
> Make Sarah 10 years older  
> Fix pronouns for Bond
> The heist should fail in Chapter 5

🎬 Director Agent

Natural language interface for creative control

Instead of manually editing files, just tell the AI what you want:

> Make the villain more sympathetic
✓ Updated characters.json
✓ Updated outline.md  
✓ Rewrote chapters 3, 5, 7
✓ Complete consistency maintained

Supported Commands:

Character changes (gender, age, appearance, personality)
Grammar corrections
Pronoun fixing (context-aware)
Report analysis
Plot modifications (coming soon)

📊 Report Analyzer

Analyzes editorial reports from any tool

Supported Formats:

PDF (with chart/graph analysis)
DOCX (with embedded image analysis)
RTF, TXT, MD

Workflow:

Export reports from AutoCrit/ProWritingAid/Marlowe
Place in project/Autocrit/ folder
Run: analyze reports in Autocrit
Get actionable editorial plan with:
- Major issues (high priority)
- Minor issues (medium priority)
- Strengths
- Recommended actions

Vision Analysis:

Analyzes pacing charts
Extracts data from dialogue balance graphs
Interprets visual feedback
Includes insights in action plan

🏗️ Architecture

Director Agent
    ↓
Intent Parser → Impact Analyzer → Change Handlers
    ↓
Autonomous Project-Wide Modifier
    ↓
Updates ALL Files (characters, outline, scenes, chapters)

Key Components:

Director Agent - Natural language interface
Autonomous Modifier - LLM-powered consistency engine
Report Analyzer - Professional feedback integration
Document Reader - Universal format support
Vision Analysis - Chart/graph interpretation

📦 Installation

Prerequisites

Python 3.13+
Google AI Studio API key (free tier available)

Required Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Optional (for full document support)

# DOCX with images
pip install python-docx Pillow

# PDF support
pip install PyPDF2 pdf2image

# Better RTF parsing
pip install striprtf

Poppler (Windows - for PDF image analysis)

Download: Poppler Windows
Extract to C:\poppler
Add to PATH: C:\poppler\Library\bin

🎯 Use Cases

Fiction Writers

Generate complete novels from outline
Maintain character consistency
Automated developmental editing
Professional-grade quality control

Non-Fiction Authors

Structure complex topics
Consistent terminology
Research integration
Citation management

Content Creators

Rapid prototyping
A/B testing different approaches
Style consistency
Automated editing

🔮 Roadmap

v2.3 ✅ (Current Release - Dec 2025)

Style Presets System (Spy Maker, Epic Romance, etc.)
Story Structure Frameworks (Hero's Journey, Save the Cat, etc.)
Custom preset support
Automatic style injection into prompts

v2.4 (Next Release)

Execute Action Plan (auto-apply recommendations)
Refine Action Plan (iterative feedback)
Preview mode (show changes before applying)
CLI commands for preset management

v2.5

Plot modification commands
Worldbuilding changes
Tone/style adjustments
Undo/redo capability

v3.0

EditScribe integration
Multi-user collaboration
Version control
Quality metrics dashboard

📊 Performance

Typical Costs (Gemini 2.0 Flash):

Write chapter: $0.05-$0.15
Review & edit: $0.03-$0.08
Analyze reports: $0.20-$0.50
Full book (15 chapters): $2-$5

Speed:

Chapter generation: 2-5 minutes
Report analysis: 3-8 minutes
Full book: 2-4 hours

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Areas for contribution:

New change handlers
Additional LLM providers
Document format support
Quality improvements
Documentation

📝 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details

🙏 Acknowledgments

Libriscribe - Original project by Fernando Guerra
Google AI Studio for Gemini API
OpenAI for GPT models
Anthropic for Claude
The open-source community

📞 Support

Issues: GitHub Issues
Discussions: GitHub Discussions

⭐ Star History

If you find Shakespeare AI useful, please star the repository!

Built with ❤️ by Robert Monroe

Shakespeare AI - Where AI meets the art of storytelling

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GPT Chats		GPT Chats
docs		docs
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src		src
templates		templates
.env.example		.env.example
.gitignore		.gitignore
ARCHITECTURE.md		ARCHITECTURE.md
CHANGELOG.md		CHANGELOG.md
CONTRIBUTING.md		CONTRIBUTING.md
FEATURES.md		FEATURES.md
HOW_TO_FIX_WOKE_BIAS.md		HOW_TO_FIX_WOKE_BIAS.md
LICENSE		LICENSE
PROJECT_MEMORY.md		PROJECT_MEMORY.md
README.md		README.md
ROADMAP.md		ROADMAP.md
Windows (C) - Shortcut.lnk		Windows (C) - Shortcut.lnk
__init__.py		__init__.py
char_gen_test.log		char_gen_test.log
find_models.py		find_models.py
generate_chapter.py		generate_chapter.py
git_commit_v2.1.md		git_commit_v2.1.md
manage_templates.py		manage_templates.py
manuscript_original.md		manuscript_original.md
regenerate_inanna.py		regenerate_inanna.py
requirements.txt		requirements.txt
setup.py		setup.py
shakespeare.log		shakespeare.log
src.zip		src.zip
temp_review_v1.md		temp_review_v1.md
temp_review_v10.md		temp_review_v10.md
temp_review_v20.md		temp_review_v20.md
test_chapter1.py		test_chapter1.py
test_char_gen.py		test_char_gen.py
test_document_reader.py		test_document_reader.py
test_docx_with_images.py		test_docx_with_images.py
test_extraction.py		test_extraction.py
test_extraction2.py		test_extraction2.py
test_extraction3.py		test_extraction3.py
test_file_scanner.py		test_file_scanner.py
test_final.py		test_final.py
test_fixed.pdf		test_fixed.pdf
test_google_models.py		test_google_models.py
test_json_fix.py		test_json_fix.py
test_pagination.pdf		test_pagination.pdf
test_pdf_reading.py		test_pdf_reading.py
test_pdf_with_images.py		test_pdf_with_images.py
test_pro_flash.py		test_pro_flash.py
test_refactor.py		test_refactor.py
test_scene.txt		test_scene.txt
test_section_extraction_now.py		test_section_extraction_now.py
test_worldbuilding.py		test_worldbuilding.py
update_inanna_auto.py		update_inanna_auto.py

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