Guide
Explore six story directions with distinct catalysts, central dilemmas, stakes, and four-beat outlines.
A topic is not yet a premise
“A magical city” is a setting. A premise adds someone who wants something, an event that disrupts their approach, and a choice with consequences. Fill the goal and obstacle fields with concrete pressures. The six options vary the disruption and what the protagonist risks losing.
Use theme as a question, not a lecture
Instead of deciding that your book will prove “belonging matters,” ask what belonging costs, who is excluded, or when leaving is an act of care. Let characters disagree. The theme field is a compass for difficult choices, not a moral the narrative must announce.
Test the premise in a scene
Before drafting chapters, write one scene in which the protagonist tries to achieve the goal and makes the obstacle worse. If the conflict stays abstract, specify a deadline, a person who can refuse them, or a resource that can run out. Keep the problem visible on the page.
Check familiar patterns before committing
Genre patterns help readers understand a story, but a generated premise can resemble existing work. Research comparable books, search title candidates, and develop your own characters and causal chain. The tool does not provide publication advice, rights clearance, or sales forecasts.
How the result is made
Genre-specific catalyst, dilemma, stake, and plot-beat libraries are combined with your protagonist, goal, setting, obstacle, theme, audience, and ending direction. Six distinct catalysts are selected without replacement. This is a deterministic, browser-local guided generator, not a language model. Identical inputs and variation number reproduce the same draft. No model inference, fact checking, originality clearance, or performance prediction is performed. Review and edit before use.