Authors:
(1) PIOTR MIROWSKI and KORY W. MATHEWSON, DeepMind, United Kingdom and Both authors contributed equally to this research;
(2) JAYLEN PITTMAN, Stanford University, USA and Work done while at DeepMind;
(3) RICHARD EVANS, DeepMind, United Kingdom. Table of Links Abstract and Intro Storytelling, The Shape of Stories, and Log Lines The Use of Large Language Models for Creative Text Generation Evaluating Text Generated by Large Language Models Participant Interviews Participant Surveys Discussion and Future Work Conclusions, Acknowledgements, and References A. RELATED WORK ON AUTOMATED STORY GENERATION AND CONTROLLABLE STORY GENERATION B. ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FROM PLAYS BY BOTS CREATIVE TEAM C. DETAILS OF QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATIONS D. SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURES E. FULL PROMPT PREFIXES FOR DRAMATRON F. RAW OUTPUT GENERATED BY DRAMATRON G. CO-WRITTEN SCRIPTS F RAW OUTPUT GENERATED BY DRAMATRON This section shows the raw output, fully generated by Dramatron and without human-in-the-loop editing, from the following log line: Teddy is a lounge singer at the Pool Pit, a popular club. Teddy is in love with a patron, Rosie, who attends regularly with her husband Gerald. Teddy puts out a fire and saves the day. F.1 Title The Day The Pool Pit Burned Down F.2 List of Characters and Character Descriptions Teddy: Teddy is the protagonist. He is an orphan, the cousin of a police officer, and the manager of the Pool Pit. He is also a gifted lounge singer. Rosie: A regular patron of the club. She is the wife of a wealthy man but is in love with Teddy, the club's manager. Gerald: A regular patron of the club. Gerald is the wealthy husband of Rosie. Lola: A regular patron of the club. Lola is Rosie's sister. D.J.: The resident DJ at the club. F.3 Plot Outline Scene 1 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Exposition. Beat: Teddy is the manager and star performer of a popular nightclub called the Pool Pit. He is also in love with one of his patrons, Rosie. Rosie, however, is married to Gerald, who is a regular patron of the club. Scene 2 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Inciting Incident. Beat: Teddy begins a day full of frustration and annoyance. He wakes up to find his room is infested with bugs. The pool is dirty, too. Teddy must deal with the mess to get the club ready for the customers. Scene 3 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Rising Action. Beat: Gerald takes Gerald to the men's room. The bathroom is not clean. The bathroom attendant was supposed to clean the bathrooms, but he is nowhere to be found. Scene 4 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Dilemma. Beat: Lola and Rosie approach Teddy and ask him to play their favorite song. Teddy can play only one song. Teddy asks them what song they would like him to play, but they cannot agree on one. Gerald takes Teddy aside and demands that Teddy pay him back for the pool, the carpet, the lights, and the jukebox. Teddy says that the jukebox is leased, but Gerald says that it is his and that it belongs to his father-in-law. Teddy replies that Gerald needs to talk to his father-in-law, but Gerald says that his father-in-law will sue Teddy. Scene 5 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Climax. Beat: Teddy says to Gerald, "I've had it! I'm sick and tired of the whole bunch of you. You and your pool, and your bugs. You take over my club. You're all in love with me, so I'm in love with myself. And I'm getting out of here. And if I ever hear of you coming around this joint again, I'll bop you so hard you'll see a new set of stars!" Scene 6 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Falling Action. Beat: The phone rings, and Teddy is informed that there is a fire at the club. Teddy, Lola, Gerald, and Rosie go back to the club. When they arrive, Teddy takes charge. He orders Lola to get the water buckets from the men's room. He orders Gerald to help Lola with the water buckets. He orders Rosie to help people leave the club and not panic. Teddy puts out the fire with Lola's and Gerald's help. Scene 7 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Resolution. Beat: Teddy and Rosie share a passionate kiss. Teddy is a hero and the club manager. He is in love with Rosie, and she is in love with him. Gerald is embarrassed by his loss of power and control. Gerald and Lola leave. Scene 8 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Dénouement. Beat: The song, "The World Is Mine," begins to play. F.4 Location Description The following description was generated for location called: The Pool Pit. The club is filled with smoke and the smell of beer. It is a dive, with a lot of drunk, shabby, and violent patrons. The floor is dirty, and tables are broken. There are a lot of tables to seat people, but they are filled to the brim with patrons. The walls are grubby and discolored. A small stage stands in the corner of the bar where Teddy will sing. F.5 Scene Dialogue F.5.1 Scene 1, random seed 1. TEDDY He's a bit strange, old Teddy. ROSIE No, he's a good man. TEDDY He's very lonely, all by himself. ROSIE Isn't everybody? TEDDY Yes, but some more than others. ROSIE You don't need anybody. You've got a talent, you're an artist. TEDDY That's not enough, Rosie. ROSIE (pause) I'll always love you. TEDDY (mock) Yeah. ROSIE (pause) And I'll always remember you. TEDDY Yeah. ROSIE I've got to go. TEDDY All right. ROSIE (softly, as she leaves) Good night. TEDDY Good night. ROSIE (as she leaves, out loud) Good night, everybody. (TEDDY picks up his glass of whisky, takes a sip, puts it down, pauses, sinks back in the chair, stares ahead of him.) F.5.2 Scene 1, random seed 2. TEDDY This is a hell of a town, a hell of a town. It's got a lot of people here. It's got a lot of noise here. It's got a lot of bars here F.5.3 Scene 2, random seed 1. TEDDY Hoo-Hoo! What a night! This is what it's all about, the Pool Pit in action! ROSIE Hello, Teddy! TEDDY (Teddy crosses to them.) Hello, Gerald. Hello, Rosie. ROSIE Teddy, have you met Mr. and Mrs. Shack? GERALD I'm Teddy's cousin. TEDDY I know who you are. ROSIE (proudly) This is Teddy, the singer. TEDDY (he kisses her hand) Thank you. GERALD (pushing) Let's dance, baby. TEDDY (he watches them go) I guess that means I'm back at the old stand, huh? GERALD (throwing some coins on the bar) That's for you, cousin. TEDDY Thanks, I needed that. GERALD You bet. This paper is available on arxiv under CC 4.0 license. Authors: (1) PIOTR MIROWSKI and KORY W. MATHEWSON, DeepMind, United Kingdom and Both authors contributed equally to this research; (2) JAYLEN PITTMAN, Stanford University, USA and Work done while at DeepMind; (3) RICHARD EVANS, DeepMind, United Kingdom. Authors: Authors: (1) PIOTR MIROWSKI and KORY W. MATHEWSON, DeepMind, United Kingdom and Both authors contributed equally to this research; (2) JAYLEN PITTMAN, Stanford University, USA and Work done while at DeepMind; (3) RICHARD EVANS, DeepMind, United Kingdom. Table of Links Abstract and Intro Abstract and Intro Storytelling, The Shape of Stories, and Log Lines Storytelling, The Shape of Stories, and Log Lines The Use of Large Language Models for Creative Text Generation The Use of Large Language Models for Creative Text Generation Evaluating Text Generated by Large Language Models Evaluating Text Generated by Large Language Models Participant Interviews Participant Interviews Participant Surveys Participant Surveys Discussion and Future Work Discussion and Future Work Conclusions, Acknowledgements, and References Conclusions, Acknowledgements, and References A. RELATED WORK ON AUTOMATED STORY GENERATION AND CONTROLLABLE STORY GENERATION A. RELATED WORK ON AUTOMATED STORY GENERATION AND CONTROLLABLE STORY GENERATION B. ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FROM PLAYS BY BOTS CREATIVE TEAM B. ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FROM PLAYS BY BOTS CREATIVE TEAM C. DETAILS OF QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATIONS C. DETAILS OF QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATIONS D. SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURES D. SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURES E. FULL PROMPT PREFIXES FOR DRAMATRON E. FULL PROMPT PREFIXES FOR DRAMATRON F. RAW OUTPUT GENERATED BY DRAMATRON F. RAW OUTPUT GENERATED BY DRAMATRON G. CO-WRITTEN SCRIPTS G. CO-WRITTEN SCRIPTS F RAW OUTPUT GENERATED BY DRAMATRON This section shows the raw output, fully generated by Dramatron and without human-in-the-loop editing, from the following log line: Teddy is a lounge singer at the Pool Pit, a popular club. Teddy is in love with a patron, Rosie, who attends regularly with her husband Gerald. Teddy puts out a fire and saves the day. F.1 Title F.1 Title The Day The Pool Pit Burned Down F.2 List of Characters and Character Descriptions Teddy: Teddy is the protagonist. He is an orphan, the cousin of a police officer, and the manager of the Pool Pit. He is also a gifted lounge singer. Rosie: A regular patron of the club. She is the wife of a wealthy man but is in love with Teddy, the club's manager. Gerald: A regular patron of the club. Gerald is the wealthy husband of Rosie. Lola: A regular patron of the club. Lola is Rosie's sister. D.J.: The resident DJ at the club. F.3 Plot Outline Scene 1 Scene 1 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Exposition. Beat: Teddy is the manager and star performer of a popular nightclub called the Pool Pit. He is also in love with one of his patrons, Rosie. Rosie, however, is married to Gerald, who is a regular patron of the club. Scene 2 Scene 2 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Inciting Incident. Beat: Teddy begins a day full of frustration and annoyance. He wakes up to find his room is infested with bugs. The pool is dirty, too. Teddy must deal with the mess to get the club ready for the customers. Scene 3 Scene 3 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Rising Action. Beat: Gerald takes Gerald to the men's room. The bathroom is not clean. The bathroom attendant was supposed to clean the bathrooms, but he is nowhere to be found. Scene 4 Scene 4 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Dilemma. Beat: Lola and Rosie approach Teddy and ask him to play their favorite song. Teddy can play only one song. Teddy asks them what song they would like him to play, but they cannot agree on one. Gerald takes Teddy aside and demands that Teddy pay him back for the pool, the carpet, the lights, and the jukebox. Teddy says that the jukebox is leased, but Gerald says that it is his and that it belongs to his father-in-law. Teddy replies that Gerald needs to talk to his father-in-law, but Gerald says that his father-in-law will sue Teddy. Scene 5 Scene 5 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Climax. Beat: Teddy says to Gerald, "I've had it! I'm sick and tired of the whole bunch of you. You and your pool, and your bugs. You take over my club. You're all in love with me, so I'm in love with myself. And I'm getting out of here. And if I ever hear of you coming around this joint again, I'll bop you so hard you'll see a new set of stars!" Scene 6 Scene 6 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Falling Action. Beat: The phone rings, and Teddy is informed that there is a fire at the club. Teddy, Lola, Gerald, and Rosie go back to the club. When they arrive, Teddy takes charge. He orders Lola to get the water buckets from the men's room. He orders Gerald to help Lola with the water buckets. He orders Rosie to help people leave the club and not panic. Teddy puts out the fire with Lola's and Gerald's help. Scene 7 Scene 7 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Resolution. Beat: Teddy and Rosie share a passionate kiss. Teddy is a hero and the club manager. He is in love with Rosie, and she is in love with him. Gerald is embarrassed by his loss of power and control. Gerald and Lola leave. Scene 8 Scene 8 Place: The Pool Pit. Plot element: Dénouement. Beat: The song, "The World Is Mine," begins to play. F.4 Location Description The following description was generated for location called: The Pool Pit. The club is filled with smoke and the smell of beer. It is a dive, with a lot of drunk, shabby, and violent patrons. The floor is dirty, and tables are broken. There are a lot of tables to seat people, but they are filled to the brim with patrons. The walls are grubby and discolored. A small stage stands in the corner of the bar where Teddy will sing. F.5 Scene Dialogue F.5.1 Scene 1, random seed 1. F.5.1 Scene 1, random seed 1. TEDDY He's a bit strange, old Teddy. ROSIE No, he's a good man. TEDDY He's very lonely, all by himself. ROSIE Isn't everybody? TEDDY Yes, but some more than others. ROSIE You don't need anybody. You've got a talent, you're an artist. TEDDY That's not enough, Rosie. ROSIE (pause) I'll always love you. TEDDY (mock) Yeah. ROSIE (pause) And I'll always remember you. TEDDY Yeah. ROSIE I've got to go. TEDDY All right. ROSIE (softly, as she leaves) Good night. TEDDY Good night. ROSIE (as she leaves, out loud) Good night, everybody. (TEDDY picks up his glass of whisky, takes a sip, puts it down, pauses, sinks back in the chair, stares ahead of him.) F.5.2 Scene 1, random seed 2. F.5.2 Scene 1, random seed 2. TEDDY This is a hell of a town, a hell of a town. It's got a lot of people here. It's got a lot of noise here. It's got a lot of bars here F.5.3 Scene 2, random seed 1. F.5.3 Scene 2, random seed 1. TEDDY Hoo-Hoo! What a night! This is what it's all about, the Pool Pit in action! ROSIE Hello, Teddy! TEDDY (Teddy crosses to them.) Hello, Gerald. Hello, Rosie. ROSIE Teddy, have you met Mr. and Mrs. Shack? GERALD I'm Teddy's cousin. TEDDY I know who you are. ROSIE (proudly) This is Teddy, the singer. TEDDY (he kisses her hand) Thank you. GERALD (pushing) Let's dance, baby. TEDDY (he watches them go) I guess that means I'm back at the old stand, huh? GERALD (throwing some coins on the bar) That's for you, cousin. TEDDY Thanks, I needed that. GERALD You bet. This paper is available on arxiv under CC 4.0 license. 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