---
title: Pick a Story Format From the Material, Not From Habit — Free
description: Story length, audience, and available scenes. Runs locally with no API key or account.
category: creative
last_verified: 2026-09-13
freshness: green
published: 2026-09-12
canonical_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/story-format-selector.html
companion_app_url: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/story-format-selector.html
reading_time_minutes: 4
tags: creative, story, format, selector, local, no-account
---

# Pick a Story Format From the Material, Not From Habit — Free

Story length, audience, and available scenes. Runs locally with no API key or account.

**Free and complete.** This guide is a standalone free tool — no account, no card, anywhere. The only paid option is one optional extra outcome: $4 one-time. Nothing in the free tier is gated.

## Who it's for

Anyone seeking practical 100% free AI workflows — no paid API keys, credit cards, or subscriptions

## What's free

- Any number of formats scored
- Weighted fit with the inputs shown
- Copy the ranking as text
- Stateful link to any result

## Optional paid add-on

**$4 one-time.**

- 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

## Sources & verification

- Tool: GratisAI local-first card builder
- Primary source: the free tool itself (local-first, no external dependency)
- Last verification: 2026-09-13 (green)

## Use it

- Interactive guide: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/story-format-selector.html
- Companion app: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/story-format-selector.html
- This machine-readable mirror: /mirrors/story-format-selector.md

*Generated free at https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/story-format-selector.html — every guide on GratisAI is a complete, working tool. $0, no account, no card, anywhere.*