Hi and welcome!
I have some helpful links if it will help make your story writing easier!
Summary
Dara Amarie’s website has a lot of helpful templates and tutorials:
Episode | Dara Amarie (dara-amarie.com)
And here’s a few links for background and overlay drives :
Be sure to read the rules and credit if needed
Marysol’s bg drive - Google Drive
@orangeweedie.episode | Linktree
@SHOUT.EPISODE FREE DRIVE - Google Drive
AV3RY.EPI BACKGROUNDS - Google Drive
Cinnamon Toast’s Background and Overlay Drive - Google Drive
Here’s a helpful thread about using different types of zooms:
HOW TO: Different Types of Zooms - Creator’s Corner - Episode Forums
Here’s a helpful thread with music sorted into categories, it can really help when trying to pick music easier:
Background Music Categorized [BOLDED MUSIC IS NEW] - Creator’s Corner / Directing Help & Tips - Episode Forums
This site has helpful image tools, but I mainly use it to resize my images. It’s worked really well for me so far:
Helpful Image Tools
Here’s another helpful website to make overlays! It’s a background remover:
Remove Background from Image for Free – remove.bg
Some advice I have is to plan out your story in a notes app. It’s really helped me see the bigger picture for my own story and think about important details to implement. Sometimes if I run out of ideas, I draw inspiration from shows, or even ChatGPT Then usually my mind goes racing with potential scenes to put in to make the story better and give it depth, and to give even my side characters more depth. You got this