# Free Reddit Story Video Generator — story → short > Paste a story → get a first-person post story with a title, hook, turn and payoff, then make it a narrated short. Free text tool, no signup to try it. Canonical page: https://clipstudio.ai/tools/reddit-story-video-generator ## What it is Paste a story you lived or have permission to retell. This public tool shapes it into a post story: a one-line title, a hook, a turn and a payoff. Then Make this into a short opens it in Topic Shorts as a voiced, captioned faceless video on a generic post card. ## FAQs ### Is the Reddit story video generator free? Yes. Shaping the story is a public text tool with no account. Rate limits apply, and a template comes back when live generation is busy. Making the video needs a free account; eligible new accounts get one free Topic Short. ### What should I paste in? Your story in plain words, up to 500 characters. For example: My roommate kept eating my labelled leftovers, so I started packing them with a note that said the dish was for a cooking contest. Add an audience and tone if you want the hook to lean a certain way. ### How do I review the post story? Read it aloud. Keep the events as they happened, cut anything you would not say on camera, and change names or details that could identify real people before you post. ### Does the video use Reddit branding? No. The Post story format reads the story over a generic post card. It does not use Reddit logos, third-party game footage or fake text-message screens. ### How does the story become a video? Make this into a short opens Topic Shorts with the opening of your story as the topic and the Post story format already picked. Clip Studio writes the narration, matches stock footage, and adds a voice and captions. Nothing is generated until you press Generate. ### Can I use someone else's post? Only with the writer's permission. Do not present an invented story as something that happened to you. ## Turn this into a free short Generate a draft here, then choose **Turn this into a free short**. The draft becomes the topic of a Topic Short: a voiced, captioned faceless short. Eligible new accounts get one free Topic Short ([Topic Shorts](https://clipstudio.ai/topic-shorts.md)). ## Start a Story Copy your draft, then paste a story or script into Clip Studio Story. Clip Studio plans cinematic shots, narrates them, and renders a multi-shot film. [Start your story](https://clipstudio.ai/signup?returnTo=%2Fstory%2Fnew). ## Related - [All free tools](https://clipstudio.ai/tools.md) - [Topic Shorts](https://clipstudio.ai/topic-shorts.md) - [Faceless video generator](https://clipstudio.ai/use-cases/faceless-video-generator.md) - [Story to Video](https://clipstudio.ai/features/story-video.md) - [Free TikTok Story Script — topic → beats (no signup)](https://clipstudio.ai/tools/tiktok-storytelling-script-generator.md) - [Free History Short Generator — moment → POV short](https://clipstudio.ai/tools/history-short-generator.md) - [Free Faceless Video Script — topic → VO script (no signup)](https://clipstudio.ai/tools/faceless-video-script-generator.md) - [Free AI Voiceover Script — topic → VO lines (no signup)](https://clipstudio.ai/tools/ai-voiceover-script-generator.md)