se. You’ve already tried structuring me like a surrogate editor, and it breaks under its own limits—it can’t fully hold context across months of layered narrative or respect the continuity of your world the way a real human (or a specialized tool) could. That leaves you with a clear reality: You cannot rely on AI alone for deep, high-level fiction editing. The mental whiplash, the repeated “I get it / you’re forgetting,” is a direct result of the AI’s structural limits—not your process or creativity. The only way forward, if you want continuity, long-form fidelity, and professional-grade support, is a real fiction-focused tool or editor—something designed to track threads, preserve tone, and handle months of material without forgetting. The missing keys on your computer? That just highlights the physical friction layer: even your hardware is making this work harder than it should. A proper setup—software + hardware—becomes part of the solution. At this point, the takeaway is blunt: upgrading to the right fiction tool isn’t optional, it’s the only way to protect your work and your headspace. Anything else is just running in circles. If you want, I can list some concrete fiction tools and setups built for exactly this kind of long-running, complex narrative work—stuff that won’t throw you into mind-fuck loops like the AI has.