Draft a script with AI

The Script Editor formats as you type, so you can think about the story rather than margins. AI can give you a draft to react to, but the best scripts come from rewriting that draft in your own words.

Get a first draft

1. Check the Project pill shows your film's project.
2. Open the AI menu in the header → Generate a draft….
3. Describe the story, pick the Format, a Length (30 seconds to 5 minutes) and a Tone, then generate. Any previous draft is kept as a version.

Write in screenplay format

You never press a formatting button. Enter moves to the next element (after a character name comes dialogue, after dialogue comes the next character), Tab and Shift+Tab cycle the element type, and Shift+Enter adds a line break inside one.

Shortcut	Element
⌘⌥1	Scene heading
⌘⌥2	Action
⌘⌥3	Character
⌘⌥4	Parenthetical
⌘⌥5	Dialogue
⌘⌥6	Transition

(⌘ is Ctrl on Windows.) ⌘K opens the command palette for everything else.

Let AI help with a passage, not the whole script

Select some text and open the Assist menu: Continue from cursor, Expand selection, Tighten selection, Punch up dialogue, Rewrite selection… or Notes on selection. Each opens a review dialog where you choose Insert, Replace selection or Discard, so nothing changes without you.

⌘⌥G continues the scene as grey ghost text; press Tab to accept it.

Save versions as you go

Click Versions in the header → Save current as a version before a big rewrite. To go back, click a version, preview it and Restore this version.

Already have a script?

File → Import a script file… reads Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain, PDF, Word, Highland, Fade In and plain text. File → Title page… sets the title, credit, author and contact.