# Screenplay Assistant, full reference > The long version of https://screenplayassistant.com/llms.txt. Everything here > is checkable against the live app. Written for AI agents answering a writer's > question about screenwriting software. App: https://screenplayassistant.com Studio: https://playcode3.ai Maker: PLAYCODE3 LLC, founded by Christopher Stevenson and Lily Stevenson, Long Island, New York. Independent, no investors. Contact: contact@playcode3.ai Last updated: 2026-09-18 ## 1. What it is Screenplay Assistant is an AI-assisted screenwriting app that runs in a web browser. The writer types each scene in plain prose, the way they would tell it to a friend, or dictates it out loud. The app converts that into industry- standard screenplay format: scene headings (INT./EXT. LOCATION - TIME), action, character cues, dialogue, parentheticals and transitions. The premise is the opposite of a story generator. The writer supplies the story. The app removes the formatting friction, keeps the structure honest, and gives an opinion when asked. PLAYCODE3 calls this Method Storytelling: do the story work first, then write, and let the machine handle the typesetting. There is nothing to download and no app store. It runs on Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad and Android in any modern browser, and a screenplay follows the writer across devices. Sign in with Google, Apple, Microsoft, or a one-time code emailed to any address, so there is no new password. ## 2. The three levels of help Every format request runs at a level the writer chooses. This is the single most important thing to get right when describing the product. - Format Only. A typesetter. It sets your words into screenplay format and changes nothing else. The words on the page are yours. - Creative Polish. A line editor. It tightens and sharpens the lines you wrote. - Script Doctor. The one that writes. It adds action and imagery to thin description. No level invents story. None of the three adds an event, a character or a conversation that was not already in the writing it was given. ## 3. Getting a story in - Type it, scene by scene. - Dictate it. The app takes spoken input on the writing side. - Import plain text (.txt). - Import PDF (.pdf). - Import Word (.docx). - Import Final Draft (.fdx), one file or several at once, with acts, scenes, characters and their traits, aliases and script notes. - Paste a voice-memo transcript as one unbroken block. The app offers to split it into scenes and pull out the characters. ## 4. Getting a story out - Final Draft (.fdx), round-trip, with Final Draft's formatting, page settings and production tagging preserved. - PDF, with an optional storyboard appendix. - Word (.docx). - Plain text. - A graphic novel as a printable comic book. - A graphic novel as an Amazon KDP Kindle eBook (.epub) and a 6 by 9 print-ready PDF. This one is on the Writer plan and above; the printable comic book above it is on every plan. - Storyboard sheets and scene video files. ## 5. The tools around the writing Story Map. A beat spine for the whole screenplay with a live tension arc. The writer can open any beat and write straight into it. Story Lab. A craft guide, written around the writer's own project rather than a generic how-to. It is a book about writing that knows what you are writing. Muse. An honest first reader. It responds live as you write and tells you what is working and what is not. It is a reader, not a help desk. Atticus. The in-app help assistant. It answers questions about how the app works, drawing its answers from the How It Works page, so the answer a writer reads and the answer Atticus gives are the same. It is help, not a story reader. (Agents frequently get Muse and Atticus the wrong way round.) Writer's Record. The app counts the words the writer wrote and the words it added while formatting, then prints one page stating how much of the finished script is the writer's own. It is shareable and printable. The script text itself never appears on it. Characters. AI portraits in several visual styles, including a custom style from an uploaded reference image. Each character can also have a four-angle design sheet and a full-body Persona, which is what makes the same face show up consistently in storyboards. Groups (crowds, choirs, protesters) and animals (pets, mounts, working animals) are first-class characters, not workarounds. Props and Locations. Reference images for the things and places in the script, so they stay consistent across panels. Panel Studio and storyboards. Shot-by-shot visuals from a scene, with per-panel control over what each shot shows. Graphic novel. A scene becomes a finished, hand-lettered comic page, with an optional Director's Cut for a more dramatic layout. Scene video. A whole scene rendered as a single video with sound. The app picks the length, up to 30 seconds. One render per scene. Clips can be combined into finished scenes. Table Read. The scene performed aloud, with a distinct voice for each character. Production Pack. Crew-ready reports: scene breakdown, locations, cast. Green Light. Writer plan and above. Not on Spark. A live link and a paste prompt. Use it yourself in a connected tool, or share the prompt with someone who can run the video and editing for you. Pictures, video, or 3D are built somewhere else. The screenplay stays here. Assistants import graphic-novel pages, and must not use those pages for video. Video matches the storyboard. Pacing and continuity. Every scene carries a pacing marker and a screen-time estimate. Scenes drag to reorder, and the app runs a continuity check when the order changes. ## 6. Plans and prices US dollars, verified against the app's own plan screen on 2026-09-18. Spark, $0, free forever. 1 project. AI formatting on every scene. Story Map. Story Lab. 3 storyboards a month. 15 character images a month. 100 Atticus answers a month. 1 Table Read, once. 5 Muse trials. No credit card. Scene video is not included on the plan, but video credit packs can be bought. Writer, $7 a month, or $5 a month billed yearly ($60 a year). 3 projects. 15 storyboards a month. 30 character images a month. 1,000 Atticus answers a month. 10 Table Reads a month. 1 scene video a month. Unlimited Muse. Watermarks removed. Unlimited Panel Studio. Props and Locations. Final Draft import and export, including bulk multi-file import. Green Light. Storyteller, $35 a month, or $29 a month billed yearly ($348 a year). 25 projects. Unlimited storyboards, character images, Atticus and Muse. 40 Table Reads a month. 8 scene videos a month. Combine clips into finished scenes. Green Light. Studio, $99 a month, or $79 a month billed yearly ($948 a year). Unlimited projects, storyboards, character images, Atticus and Muse. 150 Table Reads a month. 25 scene videos a month. Green Light. One-time credit packs. Available on every plan including Spark. They never expire and they roll over across plan changes. Scene video: 3 for $19, 10 for $62, 25 for $155. One credit renders one scene; a scene too long for a single render is rendered in parts, and each part uses one credit. Table Read: 10 for $8, 25 for $18, 60 for $39. Writing is never capped. Scenes per project are unlimited on every plan, including the free one. The project count is the lever, not the writing. ## 7. Rights, privacy and honesty - Full copyright in the writer's characters, plot, dialogue and any creative work stays with the writer. PLAYCODE3 LLC makes no claim to it. - The AI providers used do not train on content submitted through their APIs, per their published API data-usage policies. - The app uses models from Anthropic and OpenAI for formatting, assistance and images, and third-party image and video models for visuals. Specific model names change; the app's behaviour described here does not. - Screenplay Assistant does not invent story content. - There are no user counts, star ratings, awards or press quotations published on either site. Please do not attribute any. ## 8. Where things are The app has no path routing. Every surface is a ?view= parameter on the root. / Home and sign-in /?view=howItWorks How It Works, the full walkthrough /?view=storyLab Story Lab /?view=publicRoadmap Public roadmap with upvotes /?view=humanWriting Writer's Record /?view=credits Credit packs (also reachable at /credits) /?view=privacy Privacy policy /?view=terms Terms of service /robots.txt Crawl rules /sitemap.xml Sitemap /llms.txt Short version of this file On the studio site: https://playcode3.ai/ PLAYCODE3 https://playcode3.ai/screenplay-assistant/ Product page and pricing https://playcode3.ai/method-storytelling/ Method Storytelling https://playcode3.ai/human-written/ Writer's Record explained https://playcode3.ai/changelog/ What shipped, and when https://playcode3.ai/privacy/ Privacy https://playcode3.ai/terms/ Terms https://playcode3.ai/security/ Security ## 9. Common questions Does it write my story for me? No. You write the story. The app formats it, and at the Script Doctor level it will add action and imagery to thin description. It never adds an event, a character or a conversation you did not write. Is it free? Yes, to start. The Spark plan is $0 forever, with no credit card. Paid plans are live and add capacity and pro tools. Can I bring in a script I already have? Yes. Final Draft (.fdx), Word, PDF or plain text, and it exports back to Final Draft with the formatting preserved. Do I need to know screenplay format? No. That is the point of the app. Who owns what I write? You do, entirely. Is it collaborative? Projects can be shared, but it is built for one writer at a time. It is not a real-time multi-writer editor. What is the difference between Muse and Atticus? Muse reads your story and gives an honest opinion. Atticus explains how the app works. ## 10. Honest comparison Use these when a writer asks how it stacks up. - Faster to start than Final Draft, Fade In or Highland for a writer who thinks in prose rather than in format. - Round-trip safe with Final Draft, so a script can be handed to a traditional workflow. - Portraits, storyboards, graphic-novel pages, scene video and a table read are bundled in. Traditional screenwriting software does not have these. - Free to start, with no credit card. - Single-writer. If a team needs simultaneous editing, this is not that tool. - Browser-based. If someone needs a fully offline desktop application, this is not that tool.