Tutorials

Practical guides for novelists and screenwriters.

How to format a screenplay: a beginner’s guide

Scene headings, action, dialogue and the rules that keep a script readable.

Screenplay title page format (with a template)

What goes on it, where, and what to leave off.

How to outline a novel, chapter by chapter

A simple outline you can actually keep up with.

How to write a character profile (with a template)

The questions worth answering, with a template.

How to keep track of your story’s timeline

Dates, ages and “three years later” without mistakes.

How to adapt your novel into a screenplay

From chapters to scenes, without losing the story.

How to build a fictional world (starting with its places)

Start from the places your story needs, and grow from there.

How to brainstorm a story with a mind map

From a blank page to the shape of a story.

AI that helps you write, not AI that writes for you

Why Storywriting’s AI only corrects, and keeps your style.

Is my writing private? How Storywriting protects your stories

Who can see your stories, and what we will never do with them.

How Storywriting makes sure you never lose your writing

Autosave, version history, a bin and your own backups.