Your story deserves to be told well.

A guided wizard that helps you build an entire story from scratch. Pick your format, set the genre and tone, get creative sparks, choose from 5 logline options (or write your own), then watch as the system generates your synopsis, characters, structure, and scene outlines. Everything is editable—the system proposes, you decide. Optionally, have the AI generate a complete first draft of your entire script right from the wizard. Works across all 12 supported formats.

Go from outline to finished script with one button. The system generates scene plans and content for every sequence in order, maintaining narrative cohesion throughout. It tracks canon facts to prevent contradictions, manages narrative threads with urgency scoring, enforces setup/payoff chains (Chekhov's guns), and calibrates sequence lengths to hit your target runtime. In the final act, it ensures all story promises are resolved. Then run the story through Dr. Greenlight for holistic analysis and iterative improvement.

StoryBaker adapts to your format. Screenplay stories get scene headings and Fountain export. Novels get chapters and prose styling. TV series get episode management. Each format uses its own terminology, structure templates, and export options. One platform that speaks the language of whatever you're writing.

Break each sequence into scenes and dramatic beats — Setup, Escalation, Turn, Release — with descriptions and character assignments. Then let the Improv Engine generate a complete draft that faithfully follows your blueprint, beat by beat. Or skip the plan and improvise freely. Generate multiple "takes" to explore different directions. The AI understands each character's psychology, relationships, and story context, so every version stays true to your world.

The Compose tab has two modes. In Plan mode, build a structured blueprint for each sequence: define scenes with locations and characters, then add dramatic beats with functions (Setup, Escalation, Turn, Release), descriptions, and character assignments. In Write mode, draft in a rich WYSIWYG editor with screenplay auto-formatting or prose styling for novels. The AI uses your plan as a beat-by-beat blueprint when generating content, so your structural vision is preserved in the output. Switch between planning and writing anytime.

Strip away distractions and enter a clean, minimal writing environment. Focus Mode hides panels, menus, and tools—leaving just you and your words. Perfect for deep writing sessions when you need to get into flow state. All your tools are still one click away when you need them, but out of sight when you don't.

Never lose a good idea again. Every scene improvisation is saved as a numbered "take" you can revisit anytime. Circle your favorites to mark the keepers. Compare multiple versions side-by-side to pick the best moments from each. Merge elements from different takes, or start fresh while keeping your history intact. Your creative exploration is always preserved.

Define characters using "Big Five" personality traits, moral alignments, archetypes, mindsets, core motivations, secret desires, and backstory. The Improv Engine uses this psychological profile to generate authentic dialogue and reactions that stay true to who your character really is—even in scenes you haven't planned.

Great stories have depth in every element—not just characters. A haunted house has history. A sword has battles. A getaway car has a temperament. Interview any entity to discover details you haven't imagined yet—realistic mechanics, history, and atmosphere. Facts discovered during conversation are automatically saved to that entity's memory bank, and you can view, edit, add to, or delete any of them. When you generate scenes, this curated memory is fed directly to the Improv Engine. Every piece of your world becomes richer, more layered, and internally consistent.

Every entity in your story has a saved memory bank stored in the database. Facts discovered during chat are automatically saved, and you can add, edit, or delete any fact at any time—giving you full curatorial control. Chat with a detective about their first unsolved case—that detail is saved and referenced in scenes set years later. Establish that a bar has a sticky corner booth and a broken jukebox—the Improv Engine weaves those details in automatically. This isn't chat history. It's living, editable memory that makes every improvised scene more authentic, more consistent, and unmistakably yours.

Map the web of relationships between all your characters. Define trust levels, romantic tension, rivalry, mentorship, and family bonds. Track how relationships evolve across your story's timeline. The Improv Engine references these dynamics when characters interact, creating authentic tension and subtext without you having to spell it out.

Create location profiles with mood, atmosphere, and sensory details. Upload or generate reference images for interiors and exteriors. Then go deeper: chat with any location to discover its hidden rooms, its history, what it sounds like at 3am. Ask a courtroom about its most dramatic case. Interview a spaceship about its malfunctions. Everything you discover is saved to that location's memory and automatically used by the Improv Engine when you set a scene there.

Define props, objects, and vehicles that matter to your story—a grandmother's ring, a mysterious letter, a weapon with history. Add images, backstory, and symbolic meaning. Then personify them: chat with a vintage car about why it stalls in the rain, ask a family heirloom about the generations that held it, interrogate a locked diary about what it's hiding. Every object in a great story carries meaning—this tool helps you find it. Details are saved to the object's memory and flow into scene generation automatically.

Narrative threads are the connective tissue of your story. The Improv Engine automatically discovers and tracks subplots, character arcs, thematic ideas, mysteries, and relationship dynamics across every sequence. View them as color-coded swim lanes in the Connections tab, or as ribbon overlays on your timeline. Choose threads during story creation to guide generation, or let the engine discover its own. Doctor Greenlight evaluates thread satisfaction — flagging dangling subplots, missing setups, and missed payoff opportunities. Threads work silently under the hood or become your primary story-planning tool.

Choose from Hero's Journey, Save the Cat, Three-Act, Five-Act, Story Circle, Pixar Story Spine, Fichtean Curve, Romance Beat Sheet, Kishōtenketsu, and many more across screenplay, novel, TV series, and short story categories. Each structure comes with detailed beat sheets and sequence breakdowns. Map your scenes to structural beats, customize structures, or build your own.

See your complete narrative laid out visually—every act and sequence in one scrollable timeline. Drag to reorder sequences, spot pacing issues at a glance, and understand how your story flows. Color-coded beats show where you are in the structure. Zoom out to see the big picture or dive into sequence details. Perfect for managing complex, multi-threaded narratives.

Fine-tune scene generation with intuitive controls. Adjust conflict intensity from subtle tension to explosive confrontation. Balance dialogue vs. action. Set the emotional arc—build slowly or hit hard. Choose sensory emphasis: visual, auditory, tactile. Shape the Improv Engine's output to match your creative vision without writing detailed prompts.

Get a comprehensive fitness score for individual sequences or analyze your entire script holistically. Per-sequence analysis scores structure, dialogue, character truth, tension, and emotional resonance. Story-level analysis evaluates your full narrative arc—character completeness, thread resolution, setup/payoff tracking, pacing, thematic consistency, and story coherence. Accept suggestions, refine them, and have the system regenerate targeted sequences to improve your score. An iterative improvement loop where StoryBaker critiques its own work and helps you make it better.

The Stage is your interactive testing ground. Run performed table reads with character voices, environmental audio, and a visual stage — or switch to improv mode and generate new scenes on the fly with real-time director input. Test dialogue, experiment with blocking, and hear how your scenes sound before committing to a draft. It's where your script comes to life.

Upload screenplays, novels, or outlines in Fountain, FDX, DOCX, TXT, or PDF format. Choose to import your manuscript into a fresh SBS story — extracting characters, locations, objects, and structure — or preserve your original written text and continue developing it with SBS's improv tools, takes system, and relationship maps. Cross-chunk entity deduplication and AI-assisted validation ensure clean, accurate imports.

Export industry-standard formats: properly formatted PDF, Fountain, or Word. Generate character bibles with all profile details, images, and relationship maps. Create location guides for production. Export scene breakdowns and beat sheets. Everything formatted for professional submission or production use.

Generate or upload images for characters, locations, and props. Create consistent character portraits that match your vision. Design atmospheric location references. Generate professional story covers and mood boards. All images are saved to your entities for reference and inspiration while writing.

Organize massive stories with multiple acts, episodes, or chapters. Track storylines across seasons of television or book series. Manage ensemble casts with dozens of characters. The system scales from short forms to epic sagas, keeping all your story elements organized and accessible.

Save any character, location, or object to your personal library. Instantly add them to new stories—a recurring character in a series, a shared universe location, or signature props. Each copy becomes a new version you can develop further without affecting the original. Build your own creative universe over time.

Create different writing personas with unique traits, backgrounds, and personalities. When you chat with your characters, they'll respond to your persona—not just "the writer." A hardboiled detective persona gets different reactions than an empathetic therapist. Switch personas to explore how characters relate to different people or to roleplay interviews and conversations from fresh angles.