How to write a manga story with AI

Build the concept from people, not genre

Starting from a genre or setting tends to produce a story you have seen before. Decide first what the protagonist lacks, the event that shaped them, what they will not give up and what they hide. Then place a counterpart who answers the same question differently. The question the story asks the reader emerges from that contrast.

Choose the setting last. Pick the place where that life shows most painfully, and the setting becomes part of the story rather than decoration. Write the title and synopsis only after this is settled.

Structure the whole with a plot

Each work has one plot. Have the AI produce a first draft, break it into scenes, revise parts and check continuity between episodes. Each of these is a coin-based operation; partial revisions and continuity checks count against the editorial AI's free allowance.

How to use the editorial AI

The editorial AI is used differently at each stage. Consultation and diagnosis are available within a monthly free allowance; beyond it, coins are used. Idea suggestions (first drafts, episode ideas, compositions) have a free allowance depending on the subscription plan and use coins without one.

• Consult: talk through the setting and developments. Good for questions like "what should the protagonist lose first?"
• Suggest: get a first pass at a synopsis, an episode or a page. Editing a draft is easier than starting from nothing
• Diagnose: get the weak points of a manuscript pointed out, such as a soft climax or an unexplained motive

Into a screenplay, then to both manga and anime

The content of an episode lives as a medium-independent screenplay. Write it yourself, or use an AI draft, an import from a story you wrote, or an import from manga (AI drafts and imports use coins). From the same screenplay you can generate pages for manga or video per scene for anime.

Give every scene something that happens and something that changes. Scenes of talk where nothing moves come out as the same composition again and again when drawn.

Branching stories driven by reader choices

CromStudio also supports "character stories" where readers choose how to proceed. An episode is built from twelve scenes, each with its choices and destinations. You can add parameters such as affinity and hidden events that unlock when conditions are met. Validating and saving the manuscript is free.

Dead ends and choices pointing to non-existent scenes are caught by validation when you submit. Readers progress through the story on the crom manga app as if talking to the character.