Sample stories

Three sample story plans in the same shape WriteForYou uses: a one-line premise, notes on the world, a cast, a chapter outline and the opening of chapter 1.

These samples were written for this page to show how a WriteForYou plan is laid out. They are not text generated by the app.

Mystery · 6 chaptersOverdueA small-town librarian notices that one forgotten travel guide has been returned to the night drop every Tuesday for more than thirty years, always a day late, by a borrower whose library card was cancelled in 1994.Science fiction · 5 chaptersThe Unbuilt ModuleA mechanic on an aging orbital cargo station finds that the oldest maintenance robot has been servicing a module that, according to every record, was never built.Romance · 6 chaptersRising TimeTwo rival bakers on the same street have to share one kitchen for a summer after a fire, and they can't agree on anything, starting with what time the oven goes on.

How these samples are laid out

Each sample shows the plan you review in WriteForYou before any chapter is written: the premise you start with, the world, the main characters with their roles, and one goal for each chapter. Then it shows how chapter 1 might open.

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