Tell Tales

Set the knobs, or let the machine set them for you.

Story

What happens, and what it means

Pick one for the main arc. Extra picks become subplots.

The central struggle that drives the action.

The underlying message or moral.

World

Where, when, and under whose rules

The rules of the universe. Pick a preset or write your own.

Fact lowers the temperature and adds a fact-checking pass.

Cast

Who it happens to

No one yet. Add a character, or roll the whole cast.

Add as many as the story needs.

Voice

How it sounds on the page

5 / 10

Drives the emotional experience

Flavor plus how strongly it comes through.

Who is this for?

Garnishes

Optional — leave blank and the storyteller decides

opt

Fun narrative devices.

opt

An authorial voice to borrow.

opt

Fiction mode — high temperature, one straight pass