# Your first story (/docs/getting-started/first-story)

## Create a story [#create-a-story]

On the stories page, press **N** or choose **New story**. The story opens on its board.

## Lay out the story [#lay-out-the-story]

1. Press **S** to add a sequence where you point. A sequence is a stretch of story with one or more scenes.
2. To continue the story, drag the dot on the right edge of a sequence onto empty board. This starts a new sequence after it.
3. To let the audience decide, select a sequence. In the inspector, under **What happens next**, choose **Audience decides** and pick a type, such as **Poll**. This adds an interaction with its outcomes.
4. Drag the dot next to each outcome onto the sequence it leads to.

The first sequence is the start of the story.

## Write and build a scene [#write-and-build-a-scene]

1. Open a sequence and add a scene.
2. Write the scene in the **Script** node on its canvas.
3. Click the spark in the Script node's header to plan shots from the script, or add nodes yourself.
4. Press **G** to generate every node that's ready.

## Play it [#play-it]

Right-click a sequence and choose **Play from here**, or open **Play**. At each interaction, click the outcome you want.

## Get help in the app [#get-help-in-the-app]

Press **?** for the shortcuts of the screen you are on. Press **⌘K** (Ctrl+K on Windows) to find any sequence, scene or command, or to ask Living Stories for help with the story.