Backstory — Story Studio

The biggest update yet. Since launch, Backstory grew rooms, gave its characters memories that move, and turned time itself into something you write with. FOUR ROOMS, ONE STORY Opening a story now lands in four tabs, one per question you actually ask: WRITE (what happens next), CAST (who these people are), PLOT (where it's going), CANON (what's true — searchable across facts, events, items, and pins). The spine shows the whole shape: scenes, forks, chapters, the folded past. CHARACTERS WHO GROW Every character carries living state — needs, and reads on the people around them, felt as "trust: high, rising," never numbers. Closing a scene runs one reviewed pass: how everyone grew, how their views shifted, which threads to keep. You approve every line. And when a beat changes who someone IS, the close-out notices — proposing a Turning point that colors every scene after. TIME IS A TOOL NOW Jump ahead and the app comes with you: fold everything before the gap into era-level backstory, and age any character's card across the years — now optionally their voice too, for when decades should change not just who someone is but how they sound. TWO TIMELINES, ONE WORLD Fork from any beat and a sibling story diverges right there — cast, canon, sealed answers, all of it — while the original stays untouched. Spin-offs go further and leave the arc: same world and history, your pick of who crosses over. The spine draws the whole family tree — every fork and chapter, and where each picked up. AN INBOX FOR IDEAS Park a plot idea the instant it strikes — the AI can't see parked ideas, so capture costs nothing. Arm one to let the story pick it up when a natural opening appears, or push it to steer every turn. STAYS CURRENT WITH CLAUDE When Anthropic releases a new Claude, tap Update model list in Settings and it's there — ready to write with, no app update needed. Set its price once and the cost meter picks it up. Your key, your models, your call. Backstory speaks Japanese and Korean, fully — every screen, switched in Settings independently of your phone. ALSO: a catch-up card when you return after a while · Close scene / New scene / New chapter right in the scene bar · turns survive a locked phone, and a failed turn tells you why — your message is always saved · one-time tips exactly when you need them · dozens of refinements from a season of daily writing.