Extremely simple, seriously capable
Generate a beat sheet with AI
and watch your story take shape.
Describe your premise and Storyflow's AI lays out the key beats as cards on an infinite canvas. Reorder the turning points, expand the act that is thin, and carry the structure straight into a storyboard or script.
Creatives working for these brands already got early access
- Red Bull
- Canon
- Artlist
- Porsche
See how easy it is to get started
Watch a real project come together, from a blank board to a finished plan, clicked through step by step.
Start from a ready-made template
Pick a board to see what you can build, then let AI fill it in. Every template is a real, editable starting point on the same infinite canvas.
Mind Map
Branch one central idea out into themes and sub-points, then drag the connections around until the structure makes sense.
What is an AI beat sheet generator?
A beat sheet is the skeleton of a story: the handful of turning points that carry a premise from the opening image to the final beat. Writers use them because structure is easier to fix on one page than to discover halfway through a draft. The problem is that a blank beat sheet asks you to invent the beats and arrange them at the same time, which is the exact split attention that stalls a writing session.
An AI beat sheet generator takes that first pass off your hands. Describe the premise, the genre, or the logline, and Storyflow lays out beats as cards on an infinite canvas: the setup, the catalyst, the midpoint turn, the low point, the climax, grouped in the order a reader feels them. It is not a fixed form with locked rows. The beats are real canvas cards, so you can drag them, rewrite them, split one into three, and cut what does not earn its place.
That is the difference from a static beat sheet template: the sheet is the starting point, not the deliverable. Ask the AI to deepen the second act, then turn the strongest beats into a storyboard, a shot list, or a draft on the same canvas. Your beat sheet becomes the production instead of a document about it.
Ultra fast from brief to board
Generate a beat sheet with AI in four steps.
You bring the premise. The AI lays out the structure, so your attention stays on the story.
01
Open your canvas
Start in the browser on Plus. There is no app to install, just an empty canvas ready for your premise.
02
Describe your story
A logline is enough: a genre, a protagonist, and the want that drives them. Add a structure you like, three-act or a fifteen-beat approach, and the AI works to it.
03
AI lays out the beats
The AI places the key beats as cards on the canvas: opening image, catalyst, midpoint, all-is-lost, climax, arranged in order so the shape of the story reads at a glance.
04
Reorder, expand, turn into a draft
Drag beats to retime the story, ask the AI to go deeper on any act, then turn the sheet into a storyboard or shot list, share a view-only link, or export as image or PDF.
A beat sheet generator that thinks past the outline.
Most beat sheets die in a doc. These ones become storyboards, shot lists, and scripts.
Beats from a single logline
From one premise to a structured sheet
The AI breaks your premise into the beats that matter and lays them out in order on the canvas. See the whole arc first, then zoom into the act that is not working yet.
See the AI storyboard generator →
Turn beats into a sequence
Beats become storyboards
Pick the beat that needs to land visually and ask the AI to turn it into a storyboard, frame by frame, on the same canvas the beats came from.
See the AI storyboard generator →
From structure to shoot
Plan the production from the beats
A beat sheet for a short or a feature becomes a shot list and a film plan. The AI builds the next board from the beats you kept, not from a generic template.
See the AI shot list generator →
Room for every act to breathe
An infinite canvas for the whole arc
Stories sprawl across drafts, and that is fine here. With an infinite canvas and no object cap on any plan, no beat or alternate version gets cut for space.
See the infinite canvas →Paid-only during early access.
Storyflow is paid-only while in early access, with Plus at $7.99/month billed annually, and no time limit on any plan. A free plan launches before the end of 2026.
Unlimited beat sheets and story boards, with room for every act
Basic AI usage to generate and expand your beats
Attach scripts, references, images, and video to any beat
Share the sheet view-only, or invite collaborators free
Built for people with taste
Made for the way writers actually break a story.
Lay out the turning points, retime them by dragging, and keep the whole arc visible at once.
Beats you can move, rewrite, and split
Beat cards that behave like index cards
The arc as movable cards: Each beat is a card on the canvas, so the shape of the story is visible without a rigid template locking the order down.
Drag to retime: Move the midpoint earlier and the act lengths change with your instinct. Restructuring is a drag, not a rewrite.
Expand any act: Ask the AI to break one beat into the scenes underneath it while the rest of the sheet stays exactly as you arranged it.
Context from the board you are working on
AI that builds on your premise and notes
Reads your active board: The AI uses what is already on the canvas, so new beats connect to the characters and world you have started.
Attach your sources: Bring in up to five documents and three boards as context: a treatment, a character profile, or a story-structure framework the sheet should follow.
Re-prompt to refocus: Ask for a darker second act, a faster open, or a tighter climax. The AI reworks the beats while keeping your edits.
More than text on every beat
References, notes, and footage beside each beat
Drop in anything: Script pages, stills, video, GIFs, PDFs, and links attach to the canvas next to the beats they belong to. A beat sheet with receipts.
Frame grabs from video: Capture reference stills from YouTube and Vimeo straight onto the beat when a film says it better than a line of description.
Notes where you need them: Longer thinking lives as documents on the same canvas, so the sheet stays scannable and the depth stays one click away.
The sheet is step one, not the deliverable
From beat sheet to finished production
Carry beats into real boards: Turn beats into storyboards, shot lists, and film plans on the same canvas, with the AI carrying the structure over.
Share the structure: Invite collaborators free, or send a view-only link so a writing partner or director can read the arc without an account.
Export as image or PDF: Need the sheet in a pitch or a deck? Export it as a clean image or PDF in one step.
Explore templates for your project
Every template opens as a real, editable board on the infinite canvas. Pick the closest fit and make it your own.
Mind Map
Branch one central idea out into themes and sub-points, then drag the connections around until the structure makes sense.
One app instead of five
How Storyflow compares to other beat sheet tools.
Plenty of tools give you a beat sheet template. The question is what happens to the beats afterwards.
Storyflow
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What creators are saying
Join early creators getting structured workspaces and AI that remembers their projects
“Storyflow has sped up my workflow by at least 3x, which means more flow state and more projects I can actually ship. It truly changed the way me and my team create.”
Reilin Joey
Director & YouTuber
“One prompt gets me a structured board. But the tactics are my favorite. I run my YouTube scripts through them and my intros and retention got better. It's amazing.”
Justkay
YouTuber & Freelance Filmmaker
“I used to juggle five apps to plan a project. Now I describe what I am making and get boards, lists, and a schedule. All in one place.”
George
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AI beat sheet questions, answered.
Everything people ask about generating beat sheets with AI in Storyflow.
An AI beat sheet generator turns a premise or logline you describe into the key beats of a story: the opening, the catalyst, the midpoint turn, the low point, and the climax, laid out for you instead of invented from a blank page. In Storyflow the AI places those beats as cards on an infinite canvas, so the sheet stays fully editable and can grow into a storyboard or script.
Describe your story in the AI chat, a logline plus the genre or structure you want, and the AI lays out beat cards on the canvas in the order a reader feels them. It is a flexible board of real cards rather than a locked template, so you can drag, rewrite, split, and expand every beat.
Yes. Tell the AI which structure to follow, whether that is a fifteen-beat approach, classic three-act, or your own framework, and it lays the beats out to match. You can also attach a story-structure document so the AI works to the exact template you prefer.
Not during early access. Storyflow is paid-only right now, with Plus starting at $9.99 per month ($7.99/month billed annually). It brings basic AI usage for generating and expanding beats, unlimited boards, 20 file uploads, and view-only sharing, with no time limit on any plan. A free plan launches before the end of 2026.
Yes, completely. Every beat is a card on the canvas, so you can drag the midpoint earlier, rewrite any beat, delete what does not earn its place, and resize the acts. The AI gives you the first pass, and the canvas makes it yours.
Yes, and that is the point of doing it in Storyflow. Ask the AI to turn a beat into a storyboard, a shot list, or a film plan, and it builds the new board on the same canvas using the structure you set. The beat sheet becomes the production instead of a separate document.
Yes. The AI reads your active board, so characters, notes, and references already on the canvas shape the beats it generates. You can also attach up to five documents and three boards, such as a treatment or a character profile, for the AI to work from.
No, and it is not trying to be. Storyflow structures the story and carries it into storyboards and shot lists, but it does not format final screenplay pages. Pair it with Final Draft or Highland when you move from beats to a formatted script, and use Storyflow for the structure, visuals, and production planning around it.
The premise is in your head. Get the structure on the board.
Describe it once, watch the beats fall into place, and turn the best ones into a storyboard or draft.