format drawer / slot 5 · free workflow
Pick a Story Format From the Material, Not From Habit — Free
Score each candidate format on what you hold, what it costs you, and who it reaches; the drawer ranks them so the choice rests on your constraints instead of your default.
What this replaces
Format advice recommends whatever the adviser writes. This scores each candidate against the material you hold and the effort you can spare, with effort inverted, so the ambitious format you cannot finish sorts below the one you can.
Tool note. This runs entirely in your browser — no account, no upload, no paid API key. Google NotebookLM is named as the free source-grounded reading path for the material you paste; its published free-tier terms were checked on 2026-09-13 and can change.
The four passes
Collect the smallest useful input
One candidate format per line with material fit, effort, and audience out of ten.
Let the drawer score them
Each gets a weighted score with the three numbers behind it.
Watch the effort score
A high effort number is a format that will eat the time you have.
Check the gap before committing
The drawer names the material the winning format still needs.
Try it on the format drawer / slot 5
The board below runs in your browser. It opens with a worked sample so the result is visible before you paste anything; switch scenarios, edit the text, or reset to the sample.
running the sample…
first-load · sample values are illustrative, not verified facts
Everything you paste stays in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and no request leaves the page to generate the result; clearing site data removes anything saved locally.
What breaks, and what to do
Scores guessed
The ranking is only as honest as the material score.
Audience score without a named reader
Name the reader first or the number means nothing.
Two formats tied
A zero spread means the decision is yours; pick the one you will finish.
Go deeper — Format Drawer
The free board above is the whole loop. The paid tier keeps the arranged output so you do not rebuild it.
- Printable drawer card with the winner and its material gaps — estimate: 9 minutes saved per piece, basis: 4 formats re-scored at ~2.25 minutes each
- Saved local history across pieces — estimate: 6 minutes saved per piece, basis: re-entering 4 scored formats at ~90 seconds each
$4 one-time