Changelog

Follow new updates and improvements to Sudowrite.

February 11th, 2025

Fix

We’ve been hard at work this week on some big upcoming launches, but here’s a handful of fixes we made along the way.

Moving Worldbuilding Cards - Moving a Worldbuilding card and then adding a trait caused the card to revert to its old position and the trait to be lost. We’ve resolved that issue.

Rewrite Refusal Fix - Since increasing the word limit on the Rewrite button, we’ve been receiving reports of Rewrite refusing to work with spicy or violent prose. We identified the issue and fixed it.

Basic Plugin Creation - There was an issue preventing Basic plugins from being created, but we fixed it and you’ll no longer receive an error message when trying to do so.

Thanks for bringing these to our attention!

February 7th, 2025

Improvement

Last week we added DeepSeek Instant, a super fast AI model, to Sudowrite. Last night, we made it 6x faster. It’s now Sudowrite’s fastest AI model ever—and it’s still free to use, for now.

Here’s a (quick) look at just how fast it is.

It’s available now in the Write button, Chapter Generator, and Plugins.

February 4th, 2025

Improvement

Fix

First, the big news: We've increased the word limit on the Rewrite tool to 6,000 words!

That means you can now rewrite an entire chapter at once—previously something only doable with Plugins—using the stock or custom Rewrite options. We’ve also increased the size of the custom rewrite instruction field by over 5x, meaning you can now write up to ~100 words (500 characters) worth of instructions.

This update is available now, but you may need to refresh Sudowrite to use it.

We also have a handful of bug fixes we wanted to share with you.

Jump Scroll to Story Bible - Some users reported a sudden scroll down to Story Bible each time they toggled between documents. We identified and resolved this issue.

Blank Outline Fix - We fixed an issue that occasionally caused blank results when generating long Outlines (despite being charged credits). It now works consistently for outlines of any length.

More Permissive Outlines - We also made Outline generation and rewrites more permissive where spicy and/or violent content is concerned. You should no longer see refusals for either.

Restored the Fun Part - There’s a box at the bottom of Story Bible (“Now the fun part begins!”) that lets you create a linked chapter from your Outline. It had disappeared after a recent fix, but we brought it back.

January 31st, 2025

New!

It’s been a busy week down at the changelog, but we have one more update for you before the weekend.

We just added another new AI model called DeepSeek Instant—a smart, blazing fast AI model. It has outstanding reasoning and speed, which makes it perfect for analysis, editing, and rewriting tasks. Check out this Instant Reader plugin James built with it.

DeepSeek Instant is free to use for a limited time, and now available in your Write settings, Chapter Generator, and Plugins. Try it out, and let us know what you think!

P.S. As with the other DeepSeek models, Sudowrite does not use providers that save or train on user data.

January 29th, 2025

We just added two more community-requested AI models to Sudowrite!

Starcannon 12B is a model focused on enhancing creative writing and roleplaying experiences. It balances creativity with coherent, detailed prose, making it great for storytelling. It’s also a very permissive model—making it an especially good choice for those writing violent or spicy content.

Mistral Large 2 is a model optimized for instruction following and structured tasks, making it especially strong for guiding narratives, refining prose, and adapting to user directions. It excels in reasoning, multilingual support, and precise text generation. Mistral Large 2 is ideal for writers who want an AI that follows instructions well and refines stories with accuracy and depth.

Both models are now available in the Write button, Chapter Generator, and Plugins.

We’ve also been hard at work resolving some community-reported bugs.

Plugin Creator Names — We fixed an issue that caused plugin creator names to appear blank in the directory’s Added view.

Chapter Renaming — Chapter names would occasionally revert to their original name when trying to change them. We resolved the issue, so chapter renaming is now more consistent.

Project Export — A few users were having issues exporting their project. We identified the bug and fixed it, so imports and exports work more reliably now.

Missing Back Button — In some cases, the Back button in the upper lefthand corner would go missing. We fixed the issue, so you can always get back out of your project now.

Worldbuilding Trait Titling — We found and fixed a bug that prevented the reliable titling of Worldbuilding traits.

Import Novel Beta — We discovered that the Import Novel beta feature was inventing new characters rather than importing explicitly mentioned characters. We fixed that bug, and it will now import your characters as expected.

Send to Doc — The Story Bible’s Match My Style feature generates a lengthy analysis of your provided prose sample, which you can choose to “Send to Doc”. That button was broken for a while, but we fixed it and you can once again easily save those analyses.

Thanks to everyone who brought these issues to our attention. Keep the feedback coming!

January 27th, 2025

New!

On Friday we added DeepSeek V3—a capable and extremely economical AI model. Today we’re adding its super smart sibling: DeepSeek R1. In our tests, DeepSeek R1 has reasoning capabilities comparable to OpenAI’s o1 model, but at a fraction of the cost.

This model works a bit differently than others. Before working on a task, it will spend up to a few minutes “thinking,” so you’ll likely see a significant delay before you it begins writing (sometimes minutes). The providers for this model are also in flux to meet demand, so there may be stability issues in the short term.

Despite these issues, we’ve found the prose quality and instruction following capabilities of this model to be stellar for its price, which is why we wanted to get it into your hands ASAP.

DeepSeek R1 is now available in the Write Button, Chapter Generator, and Plugins. Please give us feedback on how it’s performing! This model was just released a few days ago, so our team is still in the process of discovering and optimizing its capabilities.

January 24th, 2025

New!

Sometimes you want to write with a super brainy AI model capable of executing on your complex nonlinear narrative. But most of the time, you probably want something smart, eloquent, and cheap.

Today we’re adding one of the newest open source models, DeepSeek V3, to Sudowrite. Based on our testing it’s similar in intelligence to GPT-4o, it writes totally serviceable prose, and (perhaps most notably) it’s super credits-efficient. It’s even cheaper to use than GPT-4o mini—meaning you can now get more value out of your credits than ever.

DeepSeek V3 is now available in your Write Settings, Chapter Generator, and Plugins. Give it a whirl, and share your feedback in our Discord.

January 18th, 2025

Improvement

Fix

Here are some recent bug fixes and improvements we’ve made to Sudowrite!

Improvements

Instant Delete — Previously, deleting a Character or Worldbuilding element opened a confirmation box. Now it deletes instantly, with a small text confirmation (including an Undo option!) at the bottom of the screen.

Right-Clickable Back Button — When you’re in a project, you can now right-click on the Back button if you’d like to open Sudowrite in a new tab or window.

Bug Fixes

Generate Beats Fix — We identified an issue that occasionally resulted in blank beat generations. Sudowrite now more reliably generates beats for spicy content.

Character & Worldbuilding Coherence — Some users reported Character and Worldbuilding generations that included spelling errors, omitted spaces, or ended in gibberish. We fixed the issue causing the AI to occasionally spiral, so these generations are now much more consistent.

Old Characters Context — We found and fixed an edge case where Character information from the old Story Bible characters box might have been included as Write button context.

Unlimited Outline Fix — We noticed that in some cases, a project’s original outline box was being read by the AI instead of the new, unlimited outline. We’ve corrected this, and the AI will now always refer to the Story Bible’s new Outline section.

Folder Overlap Fix — We fixed an issue that caused an open folder’s title text and project cards to overlap. Everything is back where it belongs now.

PC Keyboard Shortcuts — We resolved an issue that displayed Mac keyboard shortcuts to PC users. PC users will now see the correct keyboard shortcuts for actions like Quick Edit.

Write Card Icon — The Write button has always had a lovely feather quill pen icon, but cards generated by the Write button were using a puzzle piece icon (like Plugins). We fixed that, so Write cards now have the appropriate (lovely) icon.

Thanks to everyone who flagged these issues! Keep that feedback coming. 🙏

December 20th, 2024

Fix

Here’s a brief roundup of this week’s fixes!

Saving Custom Character Traits — We received reports that people couldn’t save edits to their custom Character traits. We identified the issue and resolved it, so traits now save as expected.

Character Card Reordering — We fixed an issue where a character card would revert to its original location after being moved.

New Tab Fix — We restored the ability to Command + Click to open a project in a new tab from your homepage.

Guided Write Field — The text input window that appears when using Guided Write had shifted out of place. We put it back where it belongs.

Hidden Toolbar Shadows — If you typically hide your toolbar, you may have noticed that the buttons’ shadows were still slightly visible. We fixed that!

Outline Menu Spacing — We added some padding below the Story Bible’s Outline section to maintain the +Add menu’s visibility.

We also shipped a small improvement to the homepage. The empty space between your top row of projects and the logo will now decrease in proportion to your browser’s height!

December 17th, 2024

New!

Several of you have requested access to the latest models from Anthropic, Claude 3.5 Haiku and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. These releases included upgrades to speed, accuracy, and overall performance, and we just added them both to Sudowrite.

Haiku remains Anthropic's fastest and most cost-effective model, and the 3.5 upgrade gave it the chops for even more logically demanding tasks. Sonnet 3.5 was already impressive, but it received a modest upgrade to its instruction-following and creative abilities.

Claude 3.5 Haiku is now available in Write (Auto & Guided), the Chapter Generator, and Plugins. The latest version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet is currently exclusively available in Plugins, as claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022.