Question 1

How does the Instagram story planner work?

Accepted Answer

Pick a story type (announcement, tutorial, behind-the-scenes, Q&A, poll, list, or story-time), a tone (casual, professional, playful, urgent), and the number of slides (5-15). The tool generates a slide-by-slide storyboard using a per-type template (e.g. announcement = hook → context → details → CTA → link), with concise text overlays, sticker placements, and per-slide durations (3-15 seconds based on content length).

Question 2

What sticker types are supported?

Accepted Answer

Six sticker types: poll (with question + 2 options), question sticker (open-ended prompt), link sticker (with URL — requires 10K+ followers on classic accounts, available to all on professional accounts), location sticker, mention sticker, and hashtag sticker. Each sticker is placed at the right point in the sequence based on the story template.

Question 3

How is slide duration calculated?

Accepted Answer

Each slide gets a duration between 3 and 15 seconds based on its text length and slide type. Hook and CTA slides get longer durations (more time to land the message). Poll and question slides get 10-15s so viewers have time to interact. Default text slides get 5-8s depending on character count.

Question 4

What is the story sequence validator?

Accepted Answer

Two checks run on every generated storyboard: (1) Sequence validator confirms a hook slide (first slide) and a CTA slide (last slide) are present — required for effective stories. (2) Flow checker confirms slides follow a logical progression from intro to CTA with no gaps (e.g. tutorial must have at least one 'step' slide before 'result').

Question 5

What extra features does this tool have compared to others?

Accepted Answer

(1) 7 story-type templates (announcement, tutorial, BTS, Q&A, poll, list, story-time). (2) Slide text overlay generator (concise per-slide text). (3) Sticker placement recommender (6 sticker types). (4) Story sequence validator (hook + CTA). (5) Story flow checker. (6) 4 tone presets (casual, professional, playful, urgent). (7) Slide count calculator. (8) Poll slide generator (question + 2 options). (9) Question sticker slide generator. (10) Link sticker slide generator (with URL). (11) Render as text storyboard. (12) Render as CSV (slide_num, type, text_overlay, stickers, duration_sec). (13) Copy + Download .txt + Download CSV. (14) History (localStorage, last 20). (15) Shareable URL (inputs encoded in hash). (16) Summary stats (slides, by type, by sticker). (17) Slide duration calculator (3-15s per slide). (18) Story variation generator (2 variations with different hooks). (19) Music suggestion per story type (built-in mood-to-genre mapping).

Question 6

Is my data sent anywhere?

Accepted Answer

No. All story planning runs locally in your browser. Your topic and inputs never leave this device. History is stored in localStorage on this device only.

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