Plot Generator

This plot generator turns an idea, or nothing at all, into a complete story plot: a title, a logline, every beat from the opening to the ending, and the twist it is built around. Choose the genre, the kind of plot and the structure, from three acts to the hero's journey. It works as a story idea generator and a writing prompt generator too. Free, and no sign-up.

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Title

The Letter in the Lamp Room

Logline

When the keeper of a remote lighthouse finds a letter in her own handwriting warning her not to light the lamp tonight, she must decide whether to trust herself or the ships counting on her.

Plot

Setup: Maren Holt has kept the North Rock light alone for six years, since the storm that took her brother. She trusts the lamp, the logbook and nothing else.

Inciting incident: On the first night of winter she finds a letter in the lamp room, in her own handwriting, dated tomorrow: do not light the lamp.

Rising action: More letters arrive, each one dated a day ahead and each one right. A supply boat is late, a radio goes dead, and a stranger is pulled from the water calling himself the new keeper.

Midpoint: Maren learns the stranger was sent because the company believes she is dead. The letters stop.

Crisis: A storm comes in, a ship is on the rocks, and the last letter says the light will lead it to its wreck.

Climax: Maren leaves the lamp dark and rows out with a hand lantern, guiding the ship around the rocks herself.

Resolution: At dawn she writes a letter of her own, dated yesterday, and leaves it in the lamp room for whoever needs it next.

The twist

The letters were written by Maren after the wreck that killed her brother, a night she has been living again and again, and this is the first time she changes it.

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mystery time loop lighthouse grief
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What makes a good plot?

A plot is not a list of events; it is a chain of causes. Every beat should happen because of the one before it, and the ending should pay off something the opening planted. That is why this plot generator writes each beat in order and builds the whole story around one twist.

A good logline helps too: one sentence with the hero, what they want, what stands in the way and what they could lose. If the logline is clear, the plot usually is.

How to use the plot generator

  • Start with an idea, or none. A character and a problem is enough. Leave it blank for a story idea out of nowhere.
  • Pick the genre and the kind of plot. Thirteen genres and nine classic plots, from the quest to the whodunit.
  • Choose a structure. Three acts, the hero's journey, Save the Cat, seven points, kishōtenketsu or the Fichtean curve, under More options.
  • Shape it. Set the tone, the format and how original it should be, then rewrite it with a bigger twist or a happier ending.

A writing prompt generator and a story idea generator

Not ready for a whole plot? Read just the logline as a writing prompt, or press the button a few times with no idea at all and keep the story ideas you like. Every plot comes with tags, so you can sort them later.

Draw a free cover for any plot, download it as a text file or a Word document, share it, or keep it in your recent plots on this device. When one is too good to leave, turn it into a story you play in Rabu AI.

Plot generator questions, answered

Is this plot generator free?
Yes, with no account. You get a number of AI-written plots a day, counted under the button, and written examples after that.
What do I get?
A title, a one-sentence logline, the whole plot beat by beat from the opening to the ending, the twist it is built around, and tags. You can draw a free cover for it too.
Which story structures can it use?
Three acts, the hero's journey, the Save the Cat beat sheet, the seven-point structure, kishōtenketsu and the Fichtean curve. Pick one under More options.
Can I use it as a writing prompt generator?
Yes. The logline on its own makes a good writing prompt, and you can press the button with no idea at all to get a fresh story idea every time.
Can it plot a screenplay, a series or a game?
Yes. Choose the format under More options: short story, novel, screenplay, series, or game and campaign, and the plot is shaped for it.
Can I change the plot?
Yes. Edit any part yourself, or rewrite it with a bigger twist, a darker tone, a happier ending, higher stakes or a simpler shape.
Who owns the plots?
You do. Use them for novels, NaNoWriMo, short stories, screenplays, games or class, and change them as much as you like. A link back is welcome but never required.
Is anything I type stored?
Yes. What you type is sent to the AI to write the plot, and a copy is kept with the result so we can see how the tool is used and make it better. It is never published or shared, and you never need an account.
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