The story organizer for writers.
Write in your favorite editor. Storylines gives you the bird's-eye view — visual timeline, character tracking, subplot mapping, and structural analysis.
The Awakening
The Hidden Letter
A Stranger Arrives
Midnight Crossing
The Betrayal
Dark Waters
Into the Storm
The Old Chapel
Revelations
Broken Promises
The Long Road
Shadows Fall
A New Dawn
The Reckoning
Distant Shores
Ember & Ash
Tidal Shift
Unwritten
The Awakening
The Hidden Letter
A Stranger Arrives
Midnight Crossing
The Betrayal
Dark Waters
Into the Storm
The Old Chapel
Revelations
Broken Promises
The Long Road
Shadows Fall
A New Dawn
The Reckoning
Distant Shores
Ember & Ash
Tidal Shift
Unwritten
The Awakening
The Hidden Letter
A Stranger Arrives
Midnight Crossing
The Betrayal
Dark Waters
Into the Storm
The Old Chapel
Revelations
Broken Promises
The Long Road
Shadows Fall
A New Dawn
The Reckoning
Distant Shores
Ember & Ash
Tidal Shift
Unwritten
See the structure behind your story
Storylines reads your text files and gives you powerful visualization and organization tools that no text editor can match.
Visual timeline
See your entire story laid out chronologically. Drag scenes, draw connections, and group by character, chapter, or subplot. Long time gaps compress automatically.
Characters & subplots
Track who appears in each scene, set point-of-view, and map subplots across your story. See your narrative from each character's perspective.
Auto scene detection
Point Storylines at a folder and it automatically detects scene boundaries, generates titles, and tracks each scene as an item.
Story arc & pacing
Visualize tension curves, pacing, and character development across your narrative. Spot structural gaps before your readers do.
Use any editor
Write in Ulysses, iA Writer, Scrivener, Word, or any app that works with Markdown, plain text, or DOCX files. Storylines reads your files — no migration needed.
AI as your analyst, not your writer
AI doesn't write for you — it reads what you've written and helps you see it clearly. Extract metadata, spot structural weaknesses, and evaluate manuscript readiness.
How it works
Connect a folder
Select the folder where your text files live. Storylines reads them directly from your computer — nothing is uploaded.
Scenes are detected automatically
Storylines analyzes your text, finds scene boundaries, and creates an item for each scene with a generated title.
Enrich with metadata
Add timeline dates, characters, chapters, locations, and subplots — manually or let AI extract them from your text. You review everything before it's applied.
Visualize and organize
Switch between list, timeline, story arc, and maturity views. See your story from every angle — chronologically, structurally, or editorially.
Ready to organize your story?
Free to use. No credit card required.
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