Measured facts
Word count, reading time, narrated time at the LongStories pace, paragraphs, average sentence length and dialogue share. Counted from your text, not guessed.
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Story Analyzer
Paste a short story, a chapter or a scene and get a clear analysis in about half a minute: a summary, the characters and their roles, setting and conflict, themes, structure and pacing notes, what works, and specific suggestions tied to your own sentences.
- Summary and completeness check
- Characters, setting and conflict
- Themes and structure notes
- Specific suggestions with evidence
Happy with the story? Use Turn your story into a video under the analysis to carry it into the LongStories editor.
What a story analyzer does
A second reader that shows you the shape of your story
A story analyzer reads a piece of fiction and describes what is on the page: who the characters are, what they want, where the story takes place, which themes the text supports, and how the plot moves from the first line to the last. Writers use one to check that what they meant to write is what a reader actually finds.
This Story Analyzer is built for drafts. It does not grade your work and it does not rewrite it. It names what works, points at the places that could be stronger, and quotes your own text as evidence, so you can decide what to change.
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Paste your story
Paste a complete short story or an excerpt of 200 to 20,000 characters into the box. Prose and dialogue both work.
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Analyze it
Press Analyze story. The analysis takes about half a minute. It reads only the text you pasted.
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Read, revise, or make a video
Use the notes to revise. When the story is ready, turn it into a narrated video with LongStories.
What the analysis covers
Compact sections, no wall of text
Summary
A short summary of what happens in the text. If the text is an excerpt, the summary says so.
Characters
Who acts in the story and the role each one plays in this text.
Setting and conflict
Where and when the story takes place, and what the main character wants against what stands in the way.
Themes
The ideas the text supports, as short labels.
Structure and pacing
How the story opens, where the tension rises or drops, and how it closes. No fixed formula is forced on the text.
What works and what to change
Strengths and specific suggestions, each tied to a short quote or a place in the text.
Limits to keep in mind
- The analysis comes from an AI language model. It can miss context or read a passage differently than you meant it.
- It gives no scores or ratings, and it does not claim to be objective.
- It does not rewrite your story, check for plagiarism, or detect AI-written text.
- It reads text only: no file uploads and no links. Input is limited to 20,000 characters per analysis.
FAQ
Questions about the Story Analyzer
How the free tool works, what it does with your text, and what happens when you turn a story into a video.
From page to screen
When the story is ready, make the video
LongStories turns scripts and stories into narrated videos up to 15 minutes long, with consistent characters and generated scenes. To carry your story over, use the button under your analysis. This button opens the editor, where you paste the story as the script, choose the style and start the video yourself.
Turn your story into a videoWant to paste a finished script instead? Try the script to video generator.