SCREENWRITING SOFTWARE
Structure and break down
your screenplay on one canvas.
Storyflow is a visual screenwriting tool on a truly infinite canvas. Lay out a beat sheet and your story structure, map sequences and scenes, track every character's arc, then break the script down and move into storyboards on the same board. Ask the AI to expand any beat or sequence, and see the whole screenplay at once instead of scrolling a hundred pages. Free forever, no credit card.
Free plan
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Start from a ready-made template
Pick a board, then let AI fill it in. Every template is a real, editable starting point on the same infinite canvas.
What does it mean to plan a screenplay visually?
A screenplay is a structure problem before it is a page-count problem. Where does the inciting incident land, does the midpoint actually turn, is the second act sagging, and is each character's arc paying off on the right beat. In a linear script or a stack of index cards you can only ever hold a few pages in view, so the shape of the whole film stays stuck in your head. Planning visually means laying the beat sheet, the sequences, and the scenes out in space, on one canvas, so you can read the structure of the entire screenplay at a glance and fix the shape before you write to lock.
Storyflow gives screenwriters and writer-directors that canvas. A beat sheet, a sequence outline, a scene map, and a character-arc board can all sit side by side, each a set of real cards you drag, recolor, group, and resequence as the story changes. Pin the film that set the tone, the reference frame that sold a moment, or the research behind a location right beside the beat it belongs to. Nothing is buried in a folder or a separate app. The film you are holding in your head becomes something you can point at and move around.
And the plan does not stop at structure. Ask the AI to expand a one-line beat into a full sequence, deepen a thin character, or pressure-test an act, all reading the board you already built. When the structure is locked, break the script down into scenes, cast, and locations, then turn the beats into a storyboard on the same canvas so the writing flows straight into what gets shot. The outline becomes the film instead of a diagram you screenshot and abandon.
HOW IT WORKS
From logline to a script you can break down, in four steps.
Start from a single idea or a prompt. Either way the screenplay stays yours to shape at every beat.
01
Open a free canvas
Start in the browser with a free account. Nothing to install and no card to enter, just an infinite canvas ready for the screenplay you have been circling.
02
Lay out beats and sequences
Build a beat sheet and a sequence outline as cards you arrange by hand, or describe the story once and let the AI rough out the structure and the acts for you.
03
Expand and pressure-test with AI
Point at a flat beat, a thin character, or a sagging act and ask the AI to develop it. It reads the board you built, so new structure fits your film instead of a generic template.
04
Break it down and storyboard
Break the script into scenes, cast, and locations, turn beats into a storyboard on the same canvas, share a view-only link with a producer, or export the plan as an image or PDF.
A screenwriting tool that sees the whole film at once.
Structure the screenplay in space, expand any beat with AI, break the script down, and move into storyboards. All on one canvas.
Structure the whole screenplay
Beat sheet and sequences side by side
Stop scrolling a hundred pages to feel the shape of a film. Lay your beat sheet, sequences, and scenes out as boards you can read at a glance, and drag any card when the structure needs to move.
See the AI beat sheet generator →
Every character's arc, tracked
Map character arcs against the beats
Give each character a card with want, need, and arc, and line those turns up against your beats so you can see exactly where an arc pays off, or where it flatlines, across the whole script.
See the character profile generator →
From structure to breakdown
Break the script down on the same canvas
Once the structure is locked, break scenes into cast, locations, and needs as cards beside the beats they belong to. The breakdown lives next to the story, not in a separate spreadsheet.
See the script breakdown tool →
Writing flows into the shoot
Turn beats into a storyboard
As a writer-director, take the sequence you just structured and turn it into a storyboard on the same canvas. The script and the shots share one board, so nothing gets lost in the handoff.
See the storyboard maker →Free forever. No object cap.
Open a canvas and start structuring your screenplay. The free plan has no object cap and no time limit, so a full beat sheet, sequences, and a cast never push you to upgrade mid-draft.
Unlimited boards for beats, sequences, and character arcs
Basic AI usage to lay out and expand any beat
Attach reference frames, PDFs, video, and links to any card
Share a sequence view-only, or invite a co-writer free
BUILT FOR SCREENWRITERS
Made for the way screenwriters and writer-directors actually work.
Structure the story, track the arcs, break the script down, and carry it into the shoot. All on the same canvas.
Story structure you can see
Beat sheets, sequences, and scene maps
Lay out the beat sheet: Place your inciting incident, midpoint, low point, and climax as cards across the canvas, so the structure of the film reads as a shape instead of a page number you have to remember.
Sequence and scene mapping: Break each act into sequences and each sequence into scenes as connected cards, and see how a sequence is carrying its part of the story before you write a word of it.
Resequence with a drag: Move a beat, reorder a sequence, or split a scene by dragging a card. When the structure shifts, the whole map keeps up instead of forcing a rewrite of your notes.
Characters against the story
Character arcs that line up with beats
Track want, need, and arc: Give each character a card for their want, their need, and the turn they make, so motivation stays straight across a script with a large ensemble.
Line arcs up with the beats: Place each character's turns against your beat sheet and spot the moment an arc is supposed to pay off, or the act where a character quietly disappears.
Pin the reference that inspired it: Attach the frame from a film, the casting reference, or the research behind a character right beside the card, so tone lives with the story it shapes.
AI that reads your screenplay
AI expands from what is already on the board
Expand any beat or sequence: Ask the AI to blow a one-line beat out into a full sequence, deepen a character, or pressure-test an act. It builds on the cards you placed, so new structure connects to your film rather than drifting off-theme.
Bring in your bible and research: Add up to one Blueprint and three documents as context with an @-mention, so your story bible, a treatment, or a research doc shapes what the AI suggests.
Re-prompt to refocus: Ask for a tighter act, a darker tone, or a different genre lens. The AI reworks the beat or sequence while keeping the choices you already committed to.
Structure becomes the shoot
From script breakdown to storyboard
Break the script down: Turn locked scenes into a breakdown of cast, locations, and needs as cards beside the beats, so the film's requirements sit with the story instead of in a spreadsheet nobody opens.
Storyboard on the same canvas: As a writer-director, turn a sequence into a storyboard right where you structured it, and grab reference frames from YouTube and Vimeo onto the board to block a shot.
Share and export for the room: Invite a co-writer or producer free, send a view-only link so anyone can read the plan in the browser without an account, or export a board as an image or PDF for a pitch.
WHO IT IS FOR
Who structures their script in Storyflow?
Anyone staring at a blank outline with a whole film waiting behind it.
Feature screenwriters
Lay out a full beat sheet and sequence outline, track every character's arc against the structure, and expand a flat act with AI before you write to lock.
Writer-directors
Structure the screenplay, break it down into scenes and locations, then turn sequences into storyboards on the same canvas so the writing carries straight into the shoot.
TV and pilot writers
Map an episode's beats and act breaks, keep a series bible and character arcs on an infinite canvas, and see how a season structures across boards with no object cap to hit.
Short film makers
Structure a tight script, pin the reference frames that set the tone, and move a single sequence from beats to a storyboard without leaving the canvas. Free, with no time limit.
Screenwriters stuck at the outline
Map the film as beats and sequences first, expand the ones that need more with AI, then break the script down when the structure finally holds together.
COMPARED
How Storyflow compares for planning a screenplay.
Each tool has a strength. The question is whether your plan is visual, AI-assisted, and carries from structure into breakdown and storyboards.
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
@fernwehchronicles
Questions from screenwriters, answered.
Everything screenwriters and writer-directors ask about planning a script in Storyflow.
Instead of scrolling a linear script, you lay the story out visually: a beat sheet, sequences, scenes, and character arcs as boards you can see all at once. When a beat feels flat, the AI expands it using your board as context. By the time you write to lock, you are working from a structure you can point at, not a shape stuck in your head.
The film is in your head. Get the structure onto the canvas.
Lay out the beat sheet, map the sequences and arcs, expand the beats that matter with AI, then break it down and storyboard on the same canvas. Free plan, no credit card.