A feature screenplay is 90 to 120 pages of a very particular shape, and that shape is half the battle. Producers and contest readers toss scripts that get the format wrong before they judge the story. Here is how to get from a premise to a correctly formatted draft with AI doing the heavy lifting.
Step 1: Start with a premise, not a blank page
Go to Create a Story and pick Movie Script. Describe the film in a few sentences, the way you would pitch it to a friend: who the protagonist is, what goes wrong, what is at stake. Choose a genre (thriller, comedy, horror, sci-fi, romance) and an audience. That is enough for the AI to plan a full three-act structure.
Step 2: Pick a length
Movie scripts on BookZeta run 25 to 150 pages. The old rule of thumb holds: one page is roughly one minute of screen time. A tight indie drama might be 90 pages, a short film 25. The AI plans about three pages per scene, so a 90-page feature comes out near 30 scenes with a beginning, middle, and end actually planned, not improvised until the ending falls apart.
Step 3: Generate, then read it like a producer
Quick Mode writes the entire screenplay: sluglines, action, character names, parentheticals, dialogue, transitions. Read it in the online reader, where the contents menu lists every scene heading so you can jump straight to the scene that bothers you. First drafts are for finding the good scenes. Nobody shoots page one of draft one, and now you have a full draft to react to instead of a blinking cursor.
Step 4: Rewrite the scenes that matter
Open the script in Writer Studio for the pass that makes it yours. The editor is built for screenplays: element types switch between action, character, dialogue, and the rest with a keystroke, and everything sits in Courier at the proper indents while you type. Ask the AI to punch up a flat exchange, tighten an action block, or generate an alternate version of a scene from your notes, and keep your own lines everywhere else. If you want to understand the format itself, we break down every element in Script formatting explained.
Step 5: Export a script that looks like a script
Export as PDF for reading and submissions: Courier, industry margins, and a plain typed title page, because real screenplays do not have cover art. Export DOCX when someone needs to leave comments in Word or Google Docs, or EPUB for reading on the go. Full details in Exporting your script.
What it costs
Generating a movie script uses the same creation points as generating a novel. Writing and editing by hand in Writer Studio is free; you spend points only when the AI generates for you.
Also new: TV episode scripts and stage plays. Or skip the reading and start your screenplay now.
