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Write a story that is actually yours
Pick your hero, borrow the AI's brain for the boring parts, and keep the twist for yourself.
takes 8 seconds
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Meet your hero
Every story needs someone to root for.
Type a hero and ONE small detail that makes them feel real - a chipped tooth, a lucky sock, a fear of pigeons.
Details are what make a hero yours and not a cardboard cutout.
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Give them a want
A hero with no want is just standing around.
What does your hero want more than anything? Big or small, it just has to matter to them.
Wanting something is the engine of your whole story.
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Block the path
Now make it hard. A want with no problem is boring.
Type the thing standing in your hero's way. The bigger the wall, the better the story.
No problem, no story. This is the fun part.
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Pick your world
Where and when does this happen? A flooded subway? A birthday party? Mars?
Type your setting. Somewhere specific beats 'a town' every time.
The right place makes everything feel real.
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Set the mood
What should a reader FEEL - spooky, funny, brave, sad, weird?
Pick one feeling and type it. This keeps your whole story pointing the same way.
One clear mood beats a messy pile of them.
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Get 3 sparks from ChatGPT
Open ChatGPT and paste the prompt below. It turns the AI into your story coach.
You will get 3 different directions - do not take all three. Read them and pick the ONE that surprises you most.
Type the number you pick and why. Choosing IS the skill.
what will really happenOpen ChatGPT (new tab)ChatGPT's 3 ideas will lean safe and familiar - the surprising one is usually the keeper.
It may try to write your ending even though you told it not to.
These are sparks, not your story - you still steer.
You are my friendly story coach. You give me choices and let me decide - you never take over. Here is my story. Hero: [hero]. They want: [want]. The big problem: [problem]. Where and when: [setting]. I want it to feel [mood]. Give me 3 different, surprising directions the story could go. Keep each one to 2 sentences and number them 1, 2, 3. Do NOT write the ending - that part is mine.Did you pick the surprising direction, or the safe one?
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Draft the middle only
Paste this next prompt. The AI drafts the messy middle so you can focus on the good stuff.
Read the draft. Find ONE line you actually like and rewrite it in your own words.
You are not copying the story - you are mining it for one gem.
Open ChatGPT (new tab)You are still my story coach. I picked this direction: [pick]. Now write ONLY the middle of the story - the part where [hero] faces [problem] in [setting]. Make it feel [mood]. Use simple words a kid would use, keep it under 150 words, and stop right before the ending by typing the words YOUR TWIST GOES HERE in capital letters. This is just a draft for me to improve, so leave room for my own best lines.hold on - judge it, do not celebrate- Is this the story you pictured, or just what the AI handed you?
- Which line sounds generic or robot-flat?
- What one line will you rewrite so it sounds like YOU?
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Write your killer opening line
This one is all you. The first line decides if anyone keeps reading.
Skip 'Once upon a time.' Start in the middle of something - a sound, a shock, a secret.
Type your own opening line. Make it impossible to stop after.
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Write the twist nobody sees
The twist is the part a robot cannot guess - so YOU write it.
A great twist is surprising but fair: the clues were there all along.
Type your twist ending in one sentence. Flip what the reader expected.
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Build your story outline
Boom - the page just stitched your answers into a real writer's outline.
This is your map: hero, want, problem, setting, opening, twist, and a beat-by-beat plan.
Copy it. This is the skeleton you write your full story from.
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Save your story card
Tap save to lock your story card so you never lose it.
This little card holds your best line and your twist.
Keep it - future you will want to see where this started.
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Ship it to the wall
Post your story card on the class wall with #Glunty so everyone can read it.
Bragging rights: you wrote the twist yourself, not a robot.
Type where you shared it, then go read a classmate's twist.
The class wall - share yours
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You are a writer now.
You did the hard part yourself - the twist, the best lines, the taste. That is the stuff no robot can copy, and now it is yours forever.
lazy vs yours
The twist is YOUR job
Lazy way: paste the whole AI story, ending and all. Now it reads like every other robot story - flat, safe, forgettable.
Your way: keep one good line, then write a twist nobody saw coming. That is the part readers remember.
The AI can guess the middle. Only you can surprise people - so save the best move for yourself.
first time here?
Here is how it works
- Tap Copy to grab the words.
- Tap Open to go to the tool. Paste it there.
- Come back. Type what happened in the box.
- Tap I did it. The next step opens up.
One step at a time. You have to do each one to unlock the next. Ready?