# StoryShape — feature walkthrough narration

116-second captioned preview. Real app state captures edited into a video; no continuous screen recording, narration recording or music is included. Read the following narration at about 180 words per minute, following the time cues. No YouTube upload has been made.

Beta remains in development. The domain is the planned product destination; this preview does not claim a public DMG exists. Demo: Carroll’s public-domain Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Additional reading notes and the map are explicitly illustrative.

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A complicated story needs more than a place to type. StoryShape brings your books, plans, drafts and world into one connected project.

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Start with a question, an idea or a possibility. Keep it separate from established lore while you work out where it belongs.

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Plan chapters with objectives, statuses and word targets. See what you have written, what remains in each chapter budget, and how the book is progressing.

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Build your plot from connected nodes. Link turning points to the manuscript, then shape the structure around the story you want to tell.

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Switch to a timeline to see where events sit in the manuscript. The plan stays connected as you change your view.

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Use the story clock to explore pacing. Editable presets include a branching timeline, Hero’s Journey, Save the Cat and three-act structure.

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Spread your thinking across a freeform note board. Use colors and space to bring ideas together without forcing them into a fixed list.

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Move and resize notes as the story changes. Keyboard controls give you another way to arrange the board.

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When you are ready to draft, write in a focused workspace with light and dark appearances and a familiar typewriter feel.

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Spot a useful story detail? Highlight the passage, right-click and choose Add to World. Keep building your story without stopping to reorganize everything.

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Give the detail a name and type, add notes and tags, and decide whether it belongs in a new or existing entry. You stay in control of the lore.

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The World workspace keeps the captured passage and your notes together, with a link back to the source scene. Your Wiki grows alongside the manuscript.

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Import your own map and place colored pins for events and locations. Link pins to scenes, plot beats and World entries. This map is an illustrative demo.

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Revise with passage comments, continuity questions and saved snapshots. Keep a checkpoint before a revision pass, so you can compare or restore an earlier draft.

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StoryShape is being built for writers and storybuilders: free on Mac, open source, and usable offline. From Iron Candle Interactive.