Step 01
Draft the story
Paste the script, lock the hook, and choose the voice bed plus background mood in one workspace.
Creator Studio UpgradePreview-first workflow
Turn Reddit-style stories into polished vertical shorts with a real creator workflow.
The app now centers around a full story studio instead of a plain job form. Draft the story, build a dramatic hook card, auto-generate caption chunks, render a preview, and export the final MP4 from one workspace.
Hook Card + Captions
r/Stories
I covered for my best friend and it turned into the worst night of my life.
So I said yes without asking a single question.That was the moment everything started going wrong.
Step 02
Design the hook card
Build a Reddit-inspired subject card that feels dramatic, readable, and built for vertical retention.
Step 03
Tune the captions
Generate editable caption chunks from the script, then preview them before you export the full short.
What changed
A studio that feels like a product, not a settings form.
Structured story editor with autosave
Hook-style Reddit subject card presets
Editable auto-caption chunk generation
Preview render before final MP4 export
Simple Vercel frontend and Render backend
Simple stack
Still beginner-friendly under the hood.
Architecture
- Next.js frontend on Vercel
- Express backend on Render
- Jobs stored in local JSON
- Rendered MP4 files stored locally
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editor zones keep the workflow simple: project rail, structured editor, and live preview.