17. ✍️ AI Story Generator
Overview
An interactive web app that crafts short stories or chapters based on user prompts, with controls for genre, tone, length, and character/plot elements.
Primary Use Cases
- Authors & writers overcoming writer’s block
- Educators generating reading material or writing prompts
- Content creators producing narrative scripts for podcasts or videos
Key Features
- Prompt form: genre, setting, main characters, length
- Iterative editing: users can revise prompts or “continue story”
- Style presets: fairy‐tale, sci‐fi, mystery, romance, etc.
- Downloadable output in Markdown, PDF, or ePub
- Character & plot outline export
Tech Stack
- Frontend: React + TypeScript + Tailwind (prompt builder & editor)
- Backend: FastAPI (Python); optional Go microservice for rate-limiting
- AI Models:
- Generation:
gpt-3.5-turbo
(via Hugging Face) or fine-tuned GPT-J
- Optionally: a small fine-tuned
T5
for shorter “flash fiction”
Architecture
- Prompt Service: receives user inputs → constructs system+user messages.
- Generation Service: calls HF chat/completion API → returns story text.