StoryPulse

Play your way out of writer's block.

Scenario cards put your protagonist in impossible spots. You answer. The story — and their psychology — takes shape.

No account needed to try it. 5 AI-written cards a month free, forever.

Try it — no account

Draw three cards right now

These are real cards from the deck, written for a sample protagonist — Mara Vale, in a rain-lashed coastal town. Pick one, choose an instinct, write the beat.

How it works
1

Draw a scenario

A card puts your protagonist somewhere they can't stay comfortable — a confession, a betrayal, a choice with no clean answer.

2

Answer in your own voice

Pick the instinct that fits them, then write the beat. No templates, no fill-in-the-blanks. Your prose stays yours.

3

Get an outline built from your answers

Every beat you write is banked as a plot point you can reorder and export. The outline is the by-product of playing.

Who it's for

You're 40,000 words in and your protagonist still feels like a stranger.

You've outlined the same book four times and never written chapter two.

You're doing NaNoWriMo and need a reason to open the document tomorrow.

You write well when someone asks you a hard question, and badly from a blank page.

Pricing

Two plans, stated plainly

Free

$0/month

  • Unlimited novels and unlimited writing
  • All 30 starter scenario cards per novel
  • XP, traits, streaks, story board, outline export
  • 5 AI-written cards a month
Pro

$7/month

  • Everything in Free, forever
  • 200 AI-written cards a month
  • Cards written from what you've already answered
  • Cancel any time

Writing is never metered — only the cards the story engine writes for you. Full pricing detail