Creating & Managing Stories

How to create, optimize, and publish your stories in our easy-to-use editor with your team. Also, discover how to view and filter your stories.

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Written by Valeri Potchekailov, Gregory Claeyssens, and Žiga Miklič

Creating ✍️

Create a new story

Your next great story is just a click away

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Add images to your story

Easy and fast inside the editor.

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Add image galleries to your story

Upload images to create an interactive gallery

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Add videos to your story

Give your readers something to watch!

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Add formatting to text

Set it as bold, italics, underlined, a heading, link, and more!

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Add a code block in your story

Great for coding tutorials!

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Create anchor links

Allow readers to jump to a header

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Add a divider into your story

Split your story into sections for easier reading

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Edit images in your story

Crop, add icons, apply filters, and more

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Add alt attribute to images

Important for SEO and accessibility

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Customizing your editor

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Keyboard shortcuts

StoryChief offers keyboard shortcuts to help you write faster and more efficiently. Learn the shortcuts and become a StoryChief power user!

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Embedding content 🧩

Add content from external sources (social media, audio, forms, and more)

Enrich your story with visual content

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Embed forms in your story

Capture and send leads directly to your CRM

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Embed content from Giphy

Make your stories animated with GIFs

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Embed a HubSpot call to action

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Embed or link to documents in your story

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Finishing up 🎉

Optimize your story for SEO and readability

Make sure that search engines find your story and readers find it easy to digest

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View the content details of a story

Discover the total characters, words, paragraphs, and more.

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Create a summary for your story

Adapt how your story will appear on social media posts, newsletters, ambassadors, and other channels

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Manage multi-language content

Going multi-language? Great! Let us guide you through the process.

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Translate your story

Publish a story for multiple different languages

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View previous versions of a story

Use Version History to see and to restore previous version(s)

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Collaboration 🙏

Working with multiple writers in an article

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Invite users to your story

Request other users to collaborate with you

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Use the preview page to receive feedback on your stories

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Ask someone to review your story

Receive feedback before publishing

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Create an editorial brief

Define the purpose and audience of a story

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Customize your editorial brief template

Create guidelines that work for you!

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Leave comments inside stories

Collaborate with others to improve your story

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Using your stories list 📃

How to use filters and segments

Display stories that match certain criteria

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Viewing custom fields in your stories list

See the contents of your custom fields for every story

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Frequently asked questions 🤔

What exactly is a story?

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Will my stories look correct on my website?

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Do I need to save my story?

You never have to manually save a story in StoryChief

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Who owns the content of my stories?

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Can I add tables, columns and inline images in a story?

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Can I make changes to my stories in my CMS?

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How can I host my own images?

Side-load images to your own website.

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Why can't I adjust formatting (fonts/colors/spacing)?

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Can I check my spelling and grammar in StoryChief?

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Can I download a story?

Download your story in PDF and Word formats and the images in a zip file

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Do I have to optimize image sizes?

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