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Forkreel
Branch a rough film idea into story paths and work through structure
- Score
- 45
- confidence 38
- Evidence
- 4
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 0
- named in sources
- First version
- 35 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop app
- PWA: runs in the browser, installs on Mac and Windows
- Market since
- 2023
- Emerging market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop app: Screenwriters and filmmakers develop complex story structures, branch narratives, and work through screenplay structure during extended writing sessions. Sample screens on a computer, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
New story
Ready to branch- LoglineLighthouse keeper…
About this appAI proposal
Forkreel takes a rough film concept and grows it into a graph of story directions. Each node is a beat or sequence. You pick a branch, rewrite it, split it again or park it, and nothing is lost when you change course.
It is made for screenwriters and filmmakers who are stuck on structure, such as a sagging second act, and found general AI writing tools gave generic, formulaic output. Forkreel asks for premise, want and stakes, then offers distinct options rather than one smooth average.
When a path feels right, export it as a screenplay-formatted outline for your usual writing software. Whether the model avoids generic output is the thing to test with working writers.
- Tagline
- Follow every fork of the story before you commit to one.
- Voice
- CuriousDirectCraft-minded
- Why this name
- Fork for the branching paths, reel for film. Two plain syllable groups, easy to say. Trademark check still needed.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Concept to branching graph
Enter a logline or rough notes and get several distinct story directions laid out as a graph you can zoom and rearrange.
No member yet
Second-act repair mode
Mark where the story sags. Forkreel proposes turns, reversals and complications that fit the setup you already have.
No member yet
Branch, compare, keep
Split any node into alternatives, view two paths side by side, and shelve unused branches instead of deleting them.
No member yet
Pushback on generic turns
Each suggestion names the conflict it raises and flags cliched turns, so you can ask for something less expected.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
Check the name against trademark registers before using it.
Palette
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Typography
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Follow every fork of the story before you commit to one.
PricingAI proposal
The material names no competitor prices. The free tier of 3 projects comes from the opportunity; paid prices are a starting point to test.
Free
Free
- 3 projects
- Basic branching
- Standard generations
Writer
$15 a month
- Unlimited projects
- Higher-quality generations
- Screenplay outline export
- Story versions
Pro
$39 a month
- Priority processing
- Second-act repair mode
- Batch exports
- Early features
Would you pay Writer · $15 a month?
Your answer tells PWAS which prices people accept. It changes no score.
No answers yet.
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$194,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- Shared outputs. Writers share a read-only link to a story graph or outline with collaborators, directors or producers, who can comment on branches and see the Forkreel name.
- Do they become customers?
- Collaborators who comment are also writers and may sign up, but a one-time reader may not. Test how many viewers of shared graphs start their own project.
- First customers
- Independent screenwriters and short-film directors who are developing a feature and stuck on structure, working alone or in pairs.
- Where to reach them
- Screenwriting communities: Share worked examples of second-act repair in forums and Hacker News-style discussions, and ask for feedback.
- Writing groups and workshops: Offer free sessions to small groups and gather their graphs and feedback.
- Short-form demos: Post videos of a logline turning into a graph and an exported outline.
- First milestone
- Ten writers use it on a real script and five pay for the Writer tier within two months.
Why people already pay for this
- Public claimFilmmakers and screenwriters encounter the same problem: lack of structured exploration of narrative possibilities from an initial concept.
- Public claimExisting general-purpose AI writing tools do not meet the needs of screenwriters; they produce generic, formulaic output unsuitable for cinema.
- Public claimThe tool is actively used by its creators to solve creative problems, specifically to work through narrative structure issues.
- Public claimThe branching graph format changes how writers approach story development by encouraging exploration of multiple possibilities rather than early commitment.
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Graph canvasReact Flow node-graph libraryInteractive branching graph with drag, zoom and custom nodes.
- This app · Model inferenceHosted open-weight LLM, fine-tunedNeeded for story-specific generation beyond generic output; the material points to open models.
RisksAI inference
- AIFine-tuning may still yield formulaic branches. Whether writers find them less generic than general tools is the central unproven claim.
- DataTraining on high-quality cinema raises questions about which scripts and films may be used and under what rights.
- CommercialMany screenwriters distrust AI tools. Willingness to pay for a subscription is unverified.
- Intellectual propertyWriters need clarity that their ideas are not used to train models or shown to others.
- TechnicalExport to professional screenwriting formats must open cleanly; format quirks may take extra work.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.