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.
Pull notes, research and references into one view you can shape as the story grows.
Used by writers at
Netflix
Substack
Medium
Wattpad
Audible
The Guardian
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.
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
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
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
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.
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