How to Guide the Flow of Your AI Story

When generating a story with My Spicy Vanilla, one of the most powerful ways to guide the tone, structure, and pacing is by selecting a Narrative Type. This setting tells the AI what role the current chapter plays within the overall arc of the story—so it can tailor the style, focus, and content accordingly.

Whether you're building anticipation with a prologue or tying up emotional threads in an epilogue, each narrative type gives you creative control over how the story unfolds.

 

Available Narrative Types

Prologue

Sets the tone and immerses the reader before the main story begins.

• Focus: Mood, world-building, background
• Style: Descriptive, atmospheric
• No dialogue or direct action
• Best for opening a story with intrigue or context

 

Interlude

Provides a thoughtful pause in the main narrative.

• Focus: Themes, emotions, inner reflections
• Style: Slower pace, introspective or poetic
• Doesn't advance the plot directly
• Ideal for exploring subtext, side characters, or ambiance

 

Flashback

Takes the reader back to a significant moment in the past.

• Focus: Key past events that shape the present
• Style: Fully immersive in a past timeline
• Clearly marked as a memory
• Great for adding depth and character history

 

Flashforward

Glimpses into future events that connect to the story’s trajectory.

• Focus: Foreshadowing or future consequences
• Style: Visionary but grounded in plot relevance
• Seamless transitions are key
• Useful for building suspense or emotional weight

 

Climax

Delivers the peak of tension and emotional impact.

• Focus: Major conflicts or dramatic turning points
• Style: Intense, fast-paced, emotionally charged
• Resolves a central struggle
• Use this to anchor the most powerful moment of your story

 

Denouement

Unwinds the story after the climax.

• Focus: Resolution and closure
• Style: Calm, reflective, explanatory
• Ties up loose ends and shows consequences
• Ideal for showing how things settle post-conflict

 

Epilogue

Offers a final reflection on what happened after the story ends.

• Focus: The “what comes next” for the characters
• Style: Concise and meaningful
• Adds long-term perspective or emotional finality
• Perfect for leaving the reader with a lasting impression

 

Why It Matters

Choosing a narrative type gives your story better structure and emotional rhythm. It helps the AI match your storytelling goals—whether that’s building tension, deepening character insight, or wrapping up with grace.

By assigning a clear purpose to each chapter, you can guide the AI like a director shaping a scene—making sure each part of your story feels intentional and cohesive.