Creative Story Ideas

Overview

A beginner workflow that fills a prompt from three inputs and streams story ideas one at a time.

This tutorial does not ship as an importable template. Build it manually by following the steps below.

How it works:

  1. Set inputs - Three nodetool.input.StringInput nodes: Genre, Character Type, and Setting.
  2. Fill a prompt - A nodetool.text.Prompt node holds text such as Give five one-line story ideas in the {{ genre }} genre featuring {{ character }}. Each {{ name }} becomes an input on the node that you connect to a StringInput.
  3. Generate ideas - A nodetool.generators.ListGenerator sends the prompt to the language model you select and streams one idea per item.

Key concepts:

  • Connect nodes to create workflows
  • A Prompt node turns {{ variables }} into inputs, so one wording serves many runs
  • ListGenerator streams its item output, so downstream nodes start before the list is complete

Demo

Tags

start, beginner, tutorial, creative, writing

Workflow Diagram

graph TD genre["StringInput (Genre)"] character["StringInput (Character Type)"] setting["StringInput (Setting)"] prompt["Prompt"] ideas["ListGenerator"] genre -->|genre| prompt character -->|character| prompt setting -->|setting| prompt prompt --> ideas

How to Use

  1. Add the nodes above and connect them as in the diagram
  2. Select a language model on the ListGenerator node
  3. Fill in the input nodes:
    • Genre: “Sci-fi”, “Fantasy”, “Mystery”, etc.
    • Character Type: “Hero”, “Villain”, “Detective”, etc.
    • Setting: “Space station”, “Medieval castle”, “Future city”, etc.
  4. Press Ctrl/⌘ + Enter or click Run
  5. Add a Preview node on the item output to watch the ideas arrive

Tips:

  • Run multiple times to get different ideas
  • Try unusual combinations for unique results

Next Steps

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