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The calmest place to shape your story

The story planning software where writers and agents outline & write together.

Storyflow is an easy to use and free visual workspace for writers that gives novelists, screenwriters and content writers one infinite canvas to outline plots, build characters and structure every scene.

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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.

Novel Moodboard template in Storyflow showing zones for characters, settings, mood and color, and themes

Novel Moodboard

A visual moodboard for novelists: gather character faces, settings, color, mood, and themes on one canvas, plus an AI that reads the board.

From outlines to manuscripts

The blocks become a writer's toolkit, holding chapters, beats and research so the whole story stays in view as it grows.

Chapter title

Margin note

Manuscript

Act

Story arc

Revision list

Draft board

Scene beat

Scene table

Reference link

Edit comment

Reference image

Reference video

Audio clip

Manuscript PDF

AI image

Flow line

Color swatch

Outline template

Your story lives in ten places. Bring it onto one canvas.

Storymap on the Storyflow canvas laying out plot points, character arcs, and scenes across the whole story

Stop juggling fragments

Your outline, character notes, research tabs, reference images and calendar all live apart. Scattered across tools, the shape of the story gets lost between them.

One infinite canvas

Storyflow pulls every scene, chapter, beat, note and reference onto a single canvas as a card you can move, group and connect.

See the whole arc

Drag a scene into a new act, pin a character bible beside its chapters, and keep your timeline visible so continuity never drifts.

Outline a novel or break a screenplay into beats

Story Outline Writers template in Storyflow showing premise, character, theme, and reorderable beat and scene blocks on an infinite canvas

Rearrange freely

Lay out each scene, chapter or beat as a card and drag the structure into shape. Reorder the whole thing in seconds instead of cutting and pasting paragraphs.

Group by act or subplot

Cluster cards into columns for acts, subplots or POV characters, so a sagging second act or a stubborn midpoint is easy to spot and fix.

Frameworks for any form

Screenwriters can bring a beat sheet onto the board as a Blueprint or Tactic. Novelists can keep a character bible and timeline on the same board.

An AI assistant that reads the board in front of you

Novel Moodboard template in Storyflow showing zones for characters, settings, mood and color, and themes

Beat the blank page

Give it a one-line premise, or paste a synopsis, note or PDF, and it generates a starting outline, beat sheet or planner board you can build on.

A start, not a manuscript

It will not write a finished manuscript for you, but it gives you structure to push against and helps you spot plot holes, pacing issues and missing turns.

Grounded in your board

@-mention up to one Blueprint or Tactic and up to three Documents. It reads the board you have open, not your whole workspace, so feedback stays focused.

Share for feedback, free, and plan the work around it

Story Plan template in Storyflow showing premise, three-act columns, story beats, and character arc blocks on an infinite canvas

Share and invite, free

No exporting, attaching and waiting. Sharing and inviting people to a board is free, so you send a link and collect notes on the structure itself.

Run the production side

Use a kanban or planner board to move pieces from idea to published, to-do cards to break a chapter into tasks, and columns to map a release order.

Live editing on Max

When collaboration needs to be live, real-time co-editing with multiple people in one board and live presence is available on the Max plan.

Why writers choose Storyflow

From scattered notes to a finished arc, Storyflow keeps every beat, scene, and reference on one canvas so the whole story stays in view.

Every fragment in one place

Notes, beats, character sheets, and research live together on one infinite canvas, so you stop hunting across ten files and finally see the whole arc.

Drag in any reference

Pull a character photo, a setting shot, or a PDF straight off your computer and it lands as a card instantly. No upload dialog, no folders to dig through.

Beat the blank page

Hand the AI a prompt or a pasted note and it builds a starting storyboard or outline. A rough first draft to push against, never a finished manuscript.

An assistant that reads your board

Working on the canvas, the AI reads what is in front of you. Mention a Blueprint or Tactic and up to three Documents to ground its help in your story.

Share notes for free

Send a board to a beta reader, editor, or co-writer at no cost. Inviting and sharing are always free, with live multi-editor presence on Max.

Lay out your story spatially

Arrange scenes, threads, and character notes anywhere on an infinite canvas, so the structure of your draft mirrors how you actually think.

I want to:

Character Profile

The Character Profile template is a ready-made Storyflow board for building one character in depth, gathering their backstory, personality, motivations, relationships, visual references, and story arc in one place on the canvas.

Storyflow Character Profile template on an infinite canvas, with labeled blocks for backstory, motivation, traits, relationships, and arc alongside casting and wardrobe reference images.
Browse all 7 Writing templates →

Your manuscripts stay private and protected

Your unpublished work is yours alone. Storyflow is built to keep your drafts safe, backed up and out of the wrong hands while you write.

Your boards save continuously with real-time backups, so a draft is never lost

Data is encrypted in transit and at rest

Access controls let you decide exactly who can see or edit each board

Private boards stay private until you choose to share them

GDPR compliant

Free to start with no credit card, so you can try it on a real project first

Stop losing ideas across ten apps.

Capture every note, reference, and rough idea on one canvas, and watch it turn into a plan you can share. No more hunting through tabs, folders, and chats for the thing you saved last week.

Collect anything

Go from scattered files to one visual workspace. Drag any image, PDF, or video straight from your computer onto the canvas and it lands as a card instantly, with no upload dialogs and no extra steps. Everything you're working from sits in one place, ready to arrange, connect, and build on.

Your research, done for you.

Ask a question. Storyflow gathers sources, images, and insights, then lays them out on your canvas. Expand from there with AI that builds on your board, not a blank page.

A film plan being built on a Storyflow board

The slow parts, done for you. The ideas stay yours.

Storyflow sorts your notes, fills in your tables, and turns your board into a PDF, so work that takes hours by hand takes minutes. You keep every creative decision.

Turn messy notes into organized boards

Paste in your notes and get them sorted into groups

~45 min by hand

3 min with Storyflow

Turn PDFs into tables

Pull the names, costs, and due dates out of a PDF

~45 min by hand

2 min with Storyflow

Make pictures for your shot list

Every shot gets a picture in the look of your example photos

~2 hrs by hand

4 min with Storyflow

Create pitches from your board

AI turns everything on your board into a PDF you can send

~4.5 hrs by hand

3 min with Storyflow

Design posters from your board

AI lays out a poster from your board that you can edit by hand

~45 min by hand

2 min with Storyflow

Turn your board into slides

A deck made from everything on your board, ready to present

~5 hrs by hand

3 min with Storyflow

We asked our customers: “What changed for the better since you switched to Storyflow?”

“Honestly? Our pitches. Every client pitch starts on a Storyflow board now, with the idea, the references and the plan all together. That's how we won global campaigns with Sony and DJI. It keeps winning us new clients too.”

Moos

Moos

Co-founder, Outline Global

“Once we land a campaign, I plan the whole production on one board and share it with our team and the client. Everyone sees the same plan, so nobody has to ask what's going on. I'm at least 3x faster now, which means more time creating and more projects I actually finish.”

Reilin Joey

Reilin Joey

Founder, Outline Global

“I stopped repeating myself. With ChatGPT I had to explain our campaign from scratch in every new chat. Now our strategy, content calendar and briefs all sit on one board, and Storyflow just remembers it all.”

Josh Thornalley

Josh Thornalley

Founder, Bloodbrotherstudios

“Planning a new doc used to mean bouncing between five apps. Now I describe the idea and Storyflow gives me a story outline, a shot list and a shoot schedule. Everything lives in one place now.”

George

George

@fernwehchronicles

“Every video I make gets its own board now, so the idea, research, script and shot list are never scattered again. I run every script through a tactic before I film, and my intros got better and people watch for longer. When a client needs a pitch, I build it on a board and send it as a PDF.”

Justkay

Justkay

YouTuber & Freelance Filmmaker

“I've been following on Discord. I'm impressed with the team's turnaround and the sense of urgency, in addition to the diplomatic responses the team employs to answer client questions. You've made me a believer in your mission and vision.”

Dr. Javier C. De Hoyos

Dr. Javier C. De Hoyos

Learning Experience Designer, Siemens Digital Industries Software

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