For the stories only you can tell

From inkling to ending.

Any AI app can write a story. StoryInkling writes yours. Your idea becomes a complete short story, novella, novel, or memoir: polished, consistent, and ready to publish.

Free account · No credit card required · Your first short story is on us

✦ A story taking shapeFrom spark to final page
01 · Your idea“What if the old teashop remembered everything?”

A sentence, a scene, or a full brainstorm is enough to begin.

02 · The storyA secret. A discovery. A choice.

Shape the turning points, then let the scenes and chapters carry them forward.

03 · Finished bookThe ending is written.

Revise the manuscript, add a cover, and download your ebook and paperback files.

Your imagination leads. StoryInkling helps you finish. ✦
A gentler way to begin

From “what if” to “the end.”

You don’t need to know writing jargon—or have every detail figured out.

1

Tell us your idea

Brainstorm in your own words. Start with a character, a twist, a setting, or the whole story in your head.

2

Shape the story

StoryInkling plans the story with you, then writes the actual prose, chapter by chapter: scenes, dialogue, and an ending. Change anything along the way.

3

Finish your book

Check the whole book for continuity, get an editor-style critique, fix what matters in one click, choose a cover, and download ebook and paperback files.

What you can write

A short story—or a whole book.

The goal is a finished manuscript either way, not an outline that leaves you to do the rest.

Free account

One brainstorm. One complete short story.

Every new account starts with 50 free credits: enough to plan and write a complete short story with its own cover, using the same tools as every member.

Try it free · No credit card
Membership

A novella, novel, or memoir.

Write the full book chapter by chapter, revise it, create a cover, and download ebook and paperback files. For memoir, real memories stay the source of truth.

Plans from $19 a month
Pricing

Start free. Write the whole book when you're ready.

Writing a chapter, planning a book, or getting a review uses credits; editing your own words, splitting chapters, choosing covers, and every download are always free. Your free account starts with a one-time gift of 50 credits. Plans add credits every month, refreshed when your plan renews (unused monthly credits don't roll over), and credit packs never expire.

Coming soon: memberships open after our beta
Free

50 credits, one time

$0

  • Plan and write a complete short story
  • A cover for it, and every download
  • Short stories only; credits don't renew
Storyteller

80 credits a month

$19 / month

  • About 13 chapters a month
  • Short stories, novellas, and novels
  • Every feature included
Pro

450 credits a month

$79 / month

  • About 75 chapters a month
  • A full novel every month, with room to revise
  • Every feature included
Need more this month?

Credit packs

  • 50 credits for $15
  • 150 credits for $39
  • Pack credits never expire
How credits work

Pay for what the AI writes

  • Monthly credits renew with your membership
  • If an AI job fails or you stop it, its credits come back
  • Upgrade any time for more credits each month

Every membership includes the book planner, chapter writing and rewriting, the continuity review with one-click fixes, Manuscript Critique, covers, and ebook and paperback files. Prices in US dollars; plans and prices may change before launch.

Built around the writer

Story craft, without the homework.

The details that make a book satisfying, in language that welcomes you in.

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Genre-aware direction

Mystery, romance, thriller, and paranormal blends need different kinds of surprises and endings.

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A story that can change

Rework a character or a turning point without feeling trapped by an early outline. The continuity review catches contradictions and offers one-click fixes.

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Room for your voice

Choose how the story is told and how it feels on the page. The writing choices stay yours.

Good questions

Before you begin

Do I have to know what a “beat” is?

No. StoryInkling calls these story events: the meaningful changes that move your story forward. You can edit them in everyday language.

Can I change the story after I start?

Yes. Edit the plan, rewrite any chapter with your own notes, or edit the words yourself. Later chapters are flagged when an earlier one changes, and the continuity review checks the whole book.

What does it cost to try?

Nothing. Sign up with your email (no credit card) and your account starts with 50 free credits, enough to plan and write a complete short story with a cover. When they're used, buy a credit pack or choose a plan.

How do credits work?

AI work uses credits: about 8 to plan a book and 6 per chapter. Your own edits and every download are free. Free starter credits are a one-time gift; plans refresh your credits every month, and pack credits never expire. If an AI job fails or you stop it, its credits come back.

Your workspace Admin

Make your story real.

Novels and novellas

Your books

Start a new book

Novel or novella workspace preview

The Memory in the Teacup

Explore the story structure. This preview stays on this device.

Story change noticed. Rebuild the chapter preview to see the current story flow.

Story direction

Inferred from your brainstorm. These choices guide the structure without locking it.

Workspace previewSuggested starting point

Characters

What each person wants, fears, hides, and must learn.

Story flow

The important changes that move the story forward. Writers sometimes call these beats.

Chapters

Story events are grouped by dramatic purpose—not forced into equal lengths.

Manuscript

Write scenes with action, dialogue, inner thought, and a reason to keep reading.

This workspace preview is saved on this device only. Account based books and AI drafting are being connected.