Find your way around Storiando
Where to find your stories, brainstorms, a story's tabs, Ando and help in Storiando.
Storiando keeps your work in two places, both in the sidebar on the left: your stories and your brainstorms. Open a story to plan and write it, with Ando beside you on every page of it.
The sidebar
- Brainstorms: select New brainstorm to develop a character, a scene or a half-formed idea with Ando, or All brainstorms to pick up one you've started.
- Stories: select New story to start one, All stories to see every story you have, or a story's title to open it.
- Help, near the bottom, is where to go when you're stuck (see below).
- Your name, at the very bottom, opens a menu with Account, AI credits, Appearance (light or dark) and Sign out.
At the top of every page, your plan and your AI credits are always in view. Select your plan's name, such as Free, to compare plans, or your credits to see how many you have. Unless you're on Pro, Upgrade in the sidebar also takes you to Plans.
On a phone, the sidebar is tucked away: open it with the button at the top left of the page.
Inside a story
Every story has five tabs:
- General: the story's title, the author's name on its cover, its plot and its other details.
- Characters: the people in your story.
- Locations: the places where it happens.
- Outline: your acts and chapters. An act is one of the large movements of your story, such as its beginning, middle and end.
- Export: files of your story to download.
Above the tabs, the main button takes you straight to your writing. In a new story it says Start your first chapter; later it names the chapter to carry on with, such as Continue chapter 3.
Ando
Ando is your writing assistant. In any story, select Ando at the top of the page, or press ⌘ I (Ctrl + I on Windows), to talk about your story: develop an idea, decide what happens next or find what your story still needs. Ando stays open as you move between the story's tabs and chapters.
Ando reads the saved version of your story. When it suggests a change, you see exactly what would change, and nothing does until you apply it. Each message to Ando uses AI credits.
When you need help
Select Help in the sidebar:
- Help center brings you back to articles like this one.
- Contact support reaches the Storiando team.
- Feedback and roadmap is where to suggest an idea and see what's planned.
Each opens in a new tab, so your story stays where you left it.
Your next step
If you haven't started a story yet, start your first story. It takes a few sentences about your idea and a working title.
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