It tells you why.
An AI-written note on your logline. Genre finder explains its reasoning, not just the label. The offline suggestions work without AI.
Know your story
before page one.
Work out the logline, the characters, and the beats. Then start writing with a plan.
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Logline
When Andres Cardenas returns to his dying father, Santiago, he must reveal the secret behind the night twenty years ago…
Genre · Drama + Crime
What truth is the protagonist avoiding?
Beat · Setup
The Return Home
Andres Cardenas arrives at the humble house, greeted warmly by Aunt Carmela Cardenas, sensing his father's final days are near.
Character
Andres Cardenas
Protagonist
Beat · Turn
Bedside Vigil
Andres enters the dark room to find a frail Santiago. He lights a cigarette for his father, opening the door to old memories.
Story check · Cause and consequence
Does one cause or complicate the next?
Beat · Outcome
Meeting Tamayo
At the warehouse, Andres faces the dangerous Tamayo, who decides his fate for breaking the windshield.
Relationship
Andres + Santiago
Father and son
Cards from a short film in progress.
From chaos
Out of the mess,
a plan.
A scene you can't place. Half an idea. A name. Drop it all in, and Storyteller helps you sort it into a logline, a cast, and beats.
Logline
Logline
When Andres Cardenas returns to his dying father, Santiago, he must reveal the secret behind the night twenty years ago…
Genre · Drama + Crime
What truth is the protagonist avoiding?
Cast
Character
Andres Cardenas
Protagonist
Relationship
Andres + Santiago
Father and son
Beats
Beat · Setup
The Return Home
Andres arrives at the humble house, sensing his father’s final days are near.
Beat · Turn
Bedside Vigil
Andres enters the dark room to find a frail Santiago.
Beat · Outcome
Meeting Tamayo
At the warehouse, Andres faces the dangerous Tamayo.
Why
Most stories stall
before page one.
Notes in one app, a logline in another, characters in your head. Storyteller keeps the idea, the logline, the cast, and the beats in one place, so you know what you're writing before you start.
Structured,
not blank.
Guided questions give your idea something to push against.
Organized,
not scattered.
Idea, logline, cast, and beats live together in one project.
Calm,
not overwhelming.
One focused job: helping you plan before you write.
Watch
From idea to plan.
A quick look at Storyteller in use.
01Spark
Start
anywhere.
A line of dialogue. A question. A sketch. Start from a rough thought, and shape it when you’re ready.
Boards for references, images, and quick sketches. Shape them later.
Test a rough thought offline, or turn it into a project.
02Heart
Find the heart
of it.
Read your idea’s genre, blend two, then build your logline one question at a time.
Pick genres, or find them offline. AI when you want it.
Guided questions beside your working logline.
Roles, portraits, and a PDF character sheet.
Family, romance, conflict, alliance.
03People
Meet
your cast.
Give each character a want and a need. Then see how they all connect.
04Beats
See
the shape.
Lay out setup, turn, and outcome. Give every beat a purpose, and drag your cast onto it. Story check shows you what’s missing. Then keep the beat sheet open beside the script you’re writing.
Every beat has a purpose, images, and cast.
A floating panel that stays beside your writing app.
05Export
Take it
with you.
Export your beat sheet and character sheets to keep beside you while you write, as PDF, Word, or a Fountain or Final Draft outline. Story deck, one pager, and postcard are ready when you want to share the idea. Or send it all out in one click.
Seven PDFs in one folder: Inspo, beat sheet, characters, relationships, story deck, one pager, and postcard.
Present it, or export to PowerPoint or PDF.
Export as PDF or HTML.
Export as a PNG.
About
Made because
I was stuck.
A note from the maker
I was working on a new short screenplay and couldn't get past the pile: notes in one place, a logline in another, characters in my head. I didn't need another place to write pages. I needed a place to work out the story first.
So I built it. Storyteller is the tool I wanted: the logline, the characters, and the beats together, before the first page.
Simon QuirozRenegade Shadows Labs
Writers
What writers say.
06Pricing
Start free.
Own it when you're ready.
One project, every planning tool, no credit card.
Free
Every tool. AI on trial.
$0
- 1 project, 1 workspace
- Every planning tool
- Trial AI credits
- Watermarked exports
Need a second project or clean exports? Own is $29.
Join the waitlistOwn
Pay once. Bring your own AI key.
Early bird — first 100$49
$29 one-time
- Unlimited projects and workspaces
- Clean exports: deck, one pager, postcard, outline, package
- Your own AI key, or credit packsWriting: Claude · OpenAI · GeminiImages: OpenAI · Gemini
- Yours to keep. No subscription.
Waitlist members get the early-bird price.
Join the waitlistPro
AI included. Cloud sync coming.
$12.99 /mo
or $129/yr — 2 months free
- Everything in Own
- AI included, no key needed: ~300 writing + 50 images a month
- Cloud sync when it launches
- Extra deck themes
- Share links included
Pro Max
For heavy AI use
$21.99 /mo
or $219/yr — 2 months free
- Everything in Pro
- AI included, no key needed: ~600 writing + 100 images a month
- Cloud sync when it launches
- Priority support
Students, faculty, and staff get Own for $19 one-time. Ask for the education code.
Compare every plan
Compare plans
Every plan includes every planning tool. The differences are projects, exports, AI, and cloud.
| Feature | Free | Own | Pro | Pro Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Trying it on one idea | Developing stories now and then | Regular AI use, plus cloud sync later | Heavy AI use across many projects |
| Price | $0 | $29 onceearly bird, then $49 | $12.99/moor $129/yr | $21.99/moor $219/yr |
| Projects | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Workspaces | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Every planning tool | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Story deck, one pager, postcard, export package | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exports without a watermark | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI | Trial credits | Your own key, or credit packs | ~300 writing + 50 images a month | ~600 writing + 100 images a month |
| Share a project by link, with optional feedback | $2 each | $2 each | Included | Included |
| Credit packs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extra deck themes | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Priority support | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Cloud sync | — | — | Coming soon | Coming soon |
Later: a cloud project manager for shared projects, as a separate monthly add-on. Education: Own is $19 for verified students, faculty, and staff. Mac only for now.
AI is optional. It helps you brainstorm and shape, and it never writes your script. Your projects live on your computer.
Mac only for now (Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later). More devices are on the way.
Details
Worth a
closer look.
Nothing gets lost.
Your logline autosaves as you write. Save versions as separate drafts.
Say what it’s like.
Add the stories yours sits beside, and what makes it different. They feed your deck and one pager.
Works without AI.
Genre suggestions, templates, and Story check run on their own. AI is there when you want it.
Bring your pages.
Drop in a script or story as PDF, Final Draft, Fountain, Word, or plain text. Review what it finds before it becomes a project.
In practice
A story, in progress.
Here's one short film inside Storyteller: an idea, two loglines, seven characters, and eleven scenes, all in one project. Features, series, mini-dramas, novels, and more work the same way.
1idea
2loglines
7characters
11scenes
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End with a plan.
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