arXiv AI By Yang Yang, Zining Zhong, Qian Cao, Jindong Li, Boyun Xu, Kaishen Yuan, Menglin Yang, Yutao Yue

StorySpark: Module-wise Evolutionary Search for Story Premise Generation

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arXiv:2608. 12336v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A story premise is the creative spark from which a full narrative can grow.

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