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Towards Self-Evolving Narrative Systems: Real-Time Adaptation and Long-Term Optimization with LLMs
Nov 1, 2026Ruisheng Sun, Jiaqi Shao, Weijia Han +9Interactive Storytelling Narrative Generation
Duke Kunshan University & Duke University · Duke University
Steering Readerly Dynamics: Trajectory-Guided Story Generation with Large Language Models
Oct 30, 2026Danrui Li, Yiwei Zhao, Mubbasir Kapadia +1Narrative Generation Language Model Steering
Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, USA · Netflix, USA
Nedimo: An Evidence-Grounded Multilingual Pipeline for AI-Generated Sleep Stories
Oct 29, 2026Georgios Makridis, Stefanos KampourisAudio Generation Narrative Generation
Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece
What Breaks When Facts Become Stories? The Distortions Source-Agreement Metrics Miss When Models Retell Real Events
Oct 29, 2026Kwangsuk Park, JiWoong Yang, Vaniushkina KseniiaFactual Consistency Evaluation Narrative Generation
AA Lab, Modulabs · AIFFEL, Modulabs · Department of Statistics, Inha University
The As-If Machine: Personalized AI counterfactuals make distant policy risks feel close
Oct 23, 2026Joshua Ashkinaze, Yubo Zhou, Pengyu Chen +6Large Language Model-Based Role-Play Simulation Human-in-the-Loop AI
University of Michigan
DraMaze: A Multi-Agent Pipeline with Future-Aware Memory for Diverse Microdrama Script Generation
Oct 22, 2026Siyang He, Qiqi Wang, Fan Liu +5Narrative Generation Text Generation
Fudan University · Shanghai Innovation Institute · Solar System of OVB, Tencent, China
Can LLMs Tell Stories Out of Order? A Corpus and Benchmark for Nonlinear Narrative Generation
Oct 15, 2026Syed Rifat Raiyan, Md. Tariquzzaman, Md Farhan Ishmam +1Narrative Generation Text Generation
Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh · University of Utah, USA · University of Southern California, USA
SENSE: State-aware Emotion Navigation Storytelling Engine
Oct 6, 2026Yi Xia, Pablo Carrasco Velo, Mudit Paliwal +5Interactive Storytelling Narrative Generation
Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Japan · College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Japan · Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
NarrativeSteward: Coordinating Delegation, Guidance, and Verification in Agent-Assisted Interactive Narrative Authoring
Sep 30, 2026Wenjin Wang, Jiazhen Lei, Yuxin Sha +6Interactive Storytelling LLM Agent Orchestration
Interactive Entertainment Group, Tencent Inc Shanghai, China
Scaling Long-Form Story Generation via Narrative State Tracking
Sep 28, 2026Zhennan Wan, Jianfei ChenLong-Form Document Generation LLM Agents
Dept. of Comp. Sci. and Tech., Institute for AI, BNRist Center, THBI Lab, Tsinghua-Bosch Joint ML Center, Tsinghua University
Shared Worlds, Private Minds: Structured Memory for Long-Form Writing as World Creation
Sep 26, 2026Qiuyu Tian, Xiaowen Gu, Hang Su +9Memory-Augmented Language Model Agents Agent Memory Management
Southeast University, Nanjing, China · Beijing Zhongguancun Academy, Beijing, China · School of Animation and Digital Arts, Communication University of China +5
MUSE: A Theory-Harnessed Story Engine for Vibe Narrativizing
Sep 14, 2026Jianxiang Ma, Xiaocui Yang, Daling Wang +5Long-Form Document Generation Text Generation
School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China · OranAI, Shenzhen 518057, China · OranAI Ltd., City of Industry, CA 91748, USA
The Garden of Forking Prompts: How Users Explore Narrative Space in Story Generation
Sep 13, 2026Advait Deshmukh, Nora Benedict, Melanie Walsh +1LLM Prompting Narrative Generation
University of Colorado Boulder · University of Georgia · University of Washington
When Stories Evolve: Benchmarking LLM Storytelling Across Agent Architectures in Open-Ended World Simulations
Aug 16, 2026Yuqi Chen, Sixuan Li, Yunfeng Cai +3Narrative Generation Language Model Generation Evaluation
The University of Hong Kong · Peking University · Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (BIMSA) +1
Narrative Keyframing for Generative Creative Writing
Aug 11, 2026Chao Zhang, Abe DavisInteractive Storytelling Controllable Text Generation
Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA
CraftAlign: Feature-Grounded Evaluation and Revision Guidance for AI Stories
Aug 2, 2026Yang Yang, Boyun Xu, Shaofeng Liang +5AI-Generated Text Detection Language Model Generation Evaluation
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511400, China · Institute of Deep Perception Technology, JITRI, Wuxi 214000, China
From Personas to Plot: Character-Grounded Multi-Agent Story Generation for Long-Form Narratives
Jul 1, 2026Aayush Aluru, Chloe Ho, Muhammad Hammouri +5Grounded Text Generation Multi-Agent LLMs
Pocket FM · Princeton University · University of Michigan +2
Narrative-UFET: Narrative Generation for Ultra-Fine Entity Typing
Jun 25, 2026Mreedul Gupta, Advait Deshmukh, Ashwin Umadi +2Long-Tail Learning Narrative Generation
University of Colorado Boulder
Staying In Character: Perspective-Bounded Memory For Book-Based Role-Playing Agents
Jun 24, 2026Xushuo Tang, Junhe Zhang, Zihan Yang +4Narrative Generation Conversational Agents
UNSW Sydney · Chang’an University · RAIDS Lab +2
NarrativeWorldBench: A Frontier-Saturated Benchmark and a Latent World Model for Long-Horizon Co-Creative Audio Drama
Jun 16, 2026Logan Mann, Abdur Rahman, Mohammad Saifullah +2LLM World Models Multilingual Language Model Evaluation
University of California, Santa Barbara · Pocket FM
Do Large Language Models Always Tell The Same Stories?
Jun 15, 2026Thennal DK, Hans Ole HatzelLLM Evaluation Diverse Text Generation
Language Technology Group University of Hamburg
Helping Figures Tell their Story! Paper-Grounded Video Generation Explaining Complex Scientific Figures
Jun 10, 2026Ishani Mondal, Javad Baghirov, Jordan Boyd-GraberImage-to-Video Generation Video Generation
University of Maryland, College Park
Towards Human-Level Book-Writing Capability
May 16, 2026Jan Zierstek, Matteo Batelic, Maya Medjad +1Long-Form Document Generation LLM Fine-Tuning
Pageshift Entertainment
NARRA-Gym for Evaluating Interactive Narrative Agents
May 8, 2026Yue Huang, Yuchen Ma, Jiayi Ye +14Language Model Generation Evaluation Interactive Storytelling
University of Notre Dame · 2LMU Munich · 11Munich Center for Machine Learning +8
StoryAlign: Evaluating and Training Reward Models for Story Generation
May 6, 2026Haotian Xia, Hao Peng, Yunjia Qi +4Reward Modeling Language Model Generation Evaluation
Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Controllable Narrative Rendering for Enhanced Assisted Writing
May 5, 2026Mingzhe Lu, Yanbing Liu, Jiayue Wu +5Narrative Generation Controllable Text Generation
Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China · School of Cyber Security, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China · 3HiThink Research
From World-Gen to Quest-Line: A Dependency-Driven Prompt Pipeline for Coherent RPG Generation
Apr 28, 2026Dominik Borawski, Marta Szulc, Robert Chudy +2LLM Prompting Narrative Generation
Gda´nsk University of Technology
Planning Beyond Text: Graph-based Reasoning for Complex Narrative Generation
Apr 23, 2026Hanwen Gu, Chao Guo, Junle Wang +2LLM Planning Narrative Generation
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences · Tencent Turing Lab
CANVAS: Continuity-Aware Narratives via Visual Agentic Storyboarding
Apr 15, 2026Ishani Mondal, Yiwen Song, Mihir Parmar +4Visual Storytelling Narrative Generation
University of Maryland, College Park · Google
Spoiler Alert: Narrative Forecasting as a Metric for Tension in LLM Storytelling
Apr 10, 2026Peiqi Sui, Yutong Zhu, Tianyi Cheng +4Language Model Generation Evaluation Narrative Generation
McGill University · University of Chicago · University of British Columbia +1

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Towards Self-Evolving Narrative Systems: Real-Time Adaptation and Long-Term Optimization with LLMs

Ruisheng Sun, Jiaqi Shao, Weijia Han, Linxi Ju+8

Duke Kunshan University & Duke University · Duke University

Interactive Storytelling Narrative Generation Prompt Optimization

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Traditional interactive narrative systems offer strong authorial control and structural coherence but often restrict player agency. In contrast, LLM-driven narratives enable open-ended generation and greater flexibility, yet frequently suffer from inconsistency and diminished narrative control. To navigate this trade-off, we propose a hybrid narrative framework that dynamically balances pre-authored content with real-time LLM generation via semantic similarity alignment. Additionally, sustaining narrative quality over extended gameplay remains a core challenge in LLM-based storytelling. To address this, we introduce a self-evolving, feedback-driven optimization framework that leverages in-context learning to iteratively refine prompts, eliminating the need for manual prompt engineering. Through a case study and participant-based evaluation, we show that our framework enhances narrative coherence while preserving player agency, effectively aligning generated content with both authorial intent and evolving player behavior.