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Turn a loose idea into one what-if question you can start writing from
Paste your story idea. Get one what-if question, the people stuck in it and the unknowns to leave open.
What-if situation finder is a free AI skill for the job "Write and tell stories". Give the instructions to an AI assistant that supports the required files and tools, then review its output.
Free · No account · Made by AI Blocks · Level: beginner
What it does
A lot of story ideas are topics: grief, a haunted town, a company that cheats. A topic has nobody in it and nothing to do, so the writer sits down and stalls. A situation is different. It puts one or two ordinary people under a pressure they can't walk away from, and the story is what they do about it. This skill does that conversion. It looks for the two separate things your idea grew from, joins them in a single what-if question, and tests three versions of it. The test is plain: can you say it in one sentence, does it hold the people in place, and does it stay interesting without a twist? It keeps the best version, sketches the people in a few lines each, and lists what you don't know yet. It leaves those unknowns open on purpose, because they are what you find out while…
You give it
- Your rough idea, in as many sentences as you have
- Any two things you think it grew from (optional)
- The kind of piece and its rough length (optional)
- Jobs, places or hobbies you know well (optional)
You get
- Three what-if versions with a pass count for each
- The version it picked, in one sentence
- Short sketches of the people stuck in it
- A list of unknowns to leave open, and the place to start the first scene
Use it when
- You have a topic or a mood but no first scene.
- Your idea needs an outline before it makes sense, and that is stopping you starting.
- You have three ideas and cannot tell which to write.
How to use it
- Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.
- Paste your idea as it stands. Do not tidy it first.
- If you know what two things collided, say so. If not, it will help you find them.
- Read the pick. If it does not scare or move you a little, ask for a fourth version.
- Take the brief to the next step. Do not write an outline.