Creative Story Ideas

What You’ll Create

Generate story ideas quickly using AI. This simple workflow demonstrates core NodeTool concepts: inputs, templates, and AI generation. Good for writers, game designers, and content creators who need creative inspiration.

Time to complete: 5 minutes
Difficulty: Beginner

Overview

A beginner-friendly template showing how to combine inputs with an AI agent to generate creative story ideas.

How it works:

  1. Set inputs - Define genre, character type, and setting
  2. Format template - Combine inputs into a prompt
  3. Generate ideas - AI produces multiple story concepts
  4. View results - Preview and use the generated ideas

Key concepts:

  • Connect nodes to create workflows
  • Use templates with for dynamic prompts
  • AI agents process inputs and generate results
  • Preview nodes show outputs at each stage

Tags

start, beginner, tutorial, template, creative, writing

Workflow Diagram

graph TD genre_input_["Genre"] character_type_input_["Character Type"] setting_input_["Setting"] string_templa["String"] formattext_format["FormatText"] listgenerator_list_g["ListGenerator"] genre_input_ --> formattext_format character_type_input_ --> formattext_format setting_input_ --> formattext_format string_templa --> formattext_format formattext_format --> listgenerator_list_g

How to Use

  1. Open NodeTool and find “Creative Story Ideas” in Templates
  2. Click each input node to set your preferences:
    • Genre: “Sci-fi”, “Fantasy”, “Mystery”, etc.
    • Character Type: “Hero”, “Villain”, “Detective”, etc.
    • Setting: “Space station”, “Medieval castle”, “Future city”, etc.
  3. Press Ctrl/⌘ + Enter or click Run
  4. View the generated ideas in the Preview node
  5. Copy ideas you like to use in your writing

Tips:

  • Run multiple times to get different ideas
  • Try unusual combinations for unique results
  • Adjust inputs to refine the style of ideas you get

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