Centerdraft is a story-structuring tool for creators. You plan any podcast, video, film, book, or speech as a visual rundown of blocks — each with a label, colour, note, and duration — and drag them into the right order before you record or write.

What is Centerdraft?

In one paragraph: Great work doesn't start when you press record or open a blank document — it starts when you structure your thinking. Centerdraft gives you a simple, visual rundown: a list of blocks that stand for the parts of your project — a podcast's segments, a film's acts, a book's chapters. Add blocks, name them, colour them, set durations, and arrange them until the shape feels right. A live runtime keeps timed projects to length, fifty built-in templates give you a proven structure to start from, and a cue-card mode turns your plan into something you can read straight from your phone. When it's ready, export the finished script or outline to PDF, Word, or Excel. It's the planning stage of creative work — the blueprint you build before you record, write, or film.

How Centerdraft works

Every project moves through the same three stages — whatever you're making.

Structure

Break your project into blocks — the hook, the segments, the chapters, the outro. Name them, colour them, and drag them until the order feels right. Start from a blank canvas, or pick one of fifty proven structures — the guest interview, the video essay, the three-act drama, the chapter outline — and bend it to your story. You're shaping, not staring at a blank page.

Timing

For anything timed — a podcast, a keynote, a film — a live runtime keeps the total in view as you plan. Set a target and you always know where you stand, to the second, not the vibe. Writing a book? The same coloured timeline shows how your chapters and acts are balanced, so you can spread the story deliberately and keep the pacing even from the first page to the last.

Delivery

Your plan is your script. Tap Preview and the rundown becomes clean cue cards — big type, one block at a time, with your notes right where you need them. Read your podcast script, stand-up set, or speech straight from your phone — or export the finished thing as a PDF, Word, or Excel rundown to record from or hand off. You walk away with a ready-to-use script, not just a plan.

Who it's for

Anyone whose work has a structure that matters before execution.

Podcasters — segments, sponsor breaks, and interviews, timed to the slot
YouTubers & video creators — hook, chapters, B-roll, and CTA in one view
Filmmakers & TV writers — acts, plot points, and episode structure
Authors — plan chapters and deliberately balance the story across the book
Speakers — keynotes, wedding speeches, and eulogies built from beats
Presenters — pitch decks, sales decks, and webinars, slide by slide
Comedians — bits, callbacks, and crowd work for a tight set
Social creators — TikTok, Reels, Shorts, Stories, and carousels

What Centerdraft is not

It does one thing well — the step before you create. So it's deliberately not:

Not a content calendar or scheduler. It doesn't publish or post for you. It structures one piece of content in depth, not many over time.
Not a writing app. You plan the shape and the beats; you write the words in your own tool — or straight onto the exported outline.
Not project management. No tasks, no assignees, no due dates. Just the structure of the thing you're making.

One tool, every story you tell

Ten kinds of story, grouped into four categories, with around fifty templates.

Podcast & AudioEpisodes, interviews, narrative audio

Video & SocialYouTube, TikTok, Reels, carousels

Speeches & PresentationsKeynotes, pitches, weddings, webinars

Scripts & StoriesFilm, TV, books, documentaries

Frequently asked

Is Centerdraft a content calendar or scheduler?

No. Centerdraft doesn't schedule or publish posts. It structures a single piece of content — one episode, one video, one speech, one film — in depth, before you make it. It's the planning step that comes before recording, writing, or filming.

What is a rundown?

A rundown is the ordered list of blocks that make up your project — for example Intro, Segment, Sponsor break, Outro. Each block carries a label, colour, note, and optional duration, and a live total shows the runtime as you plan.

Can I get a finished script out of it?

Yes. Present straight from cue cards on your phone, or export the finished plan as a PDF, Word document, or Excel rundown — a ready-to-use script you can record, read, or hand off.

What can I make with it?

Podcasts, YouTube videos, TikToks and Reels, films, TV episodes, books, documentaries, scripts, stand-up sets, keynotes, wedding speeches, pitch decks, and webinars — with around fifty built-in templates.

Is it free?

Yes. The free plan covers one project, every format, all templates, PDF export, and the cue-card presenter. Pro ($9.90/month or $79.90/year) adds unlimited projects, Word and Excel export, and cloud sync. Everything saves locally on your device; cloud sync is optional.

Structure the story
before you tell it.