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Frequently asked questions
What is The Screenwriter’s Room?
An adaptation room for finished novels. TSR adapts a finished novel into a professional first-draft feature screenplay the way a screenwriter would; you own the story and approve every choice before a page is written. It is in build today, and seats open after the proof.
Is TSR AI-powered?
Yes. TSR uses AI within a controlled adaptation system to build the first screenplay draft scene by scene. It does not simply ask AI to convert an entire novel in one prompt. The manuscript is analyzed, planned, adapted, checked and rendered through separate stages, with major story changes brought to the author through the Adaptation Plan.
Plainly: yes. Software writes the first draft, scene by scene, inside the plan you approved, and every line that is not yours is flagged in your Adaptation Record for you to keep, change or remove.
Does TSR write my screenplay for me?
TSR builds the first complete screenplay draft with you. TSR adapts your novel the way a screenwriter would, and shows you every choice before a page is written. Every scene traces to your pages.
Will TSR change my story?
Adapting a novel means making a screenwriter’s choices: what is cut, combined or reordered, scenes the film must show, the first and last images. TSR makes those choices openly and shows every one of them in your Adaptation Plan before writing begins. What you must keep, and the meaning of your ending, never change without your yes.
What is the Adaptation Plan?
The adapter’s plan for your film, in plain words, shown to you before a page is written: the story as we read it, the structure, the film beat by beat, every cut, combination and reorder, every scene the film needs that your book doesn’t have (with a page or two showing how it would play), the first and last images, and what you told us must remain. You approve it as a whole, or change or veto any single choice in your own words.
What is Author Gate A?
The moment before writing begins: the adapter’s first meeting with you, over your Adaptation Plan. Nothing is written before Author Gate A. The pause at Author Gate A, while you read and rule on your Adaptation Plan, counts as your time, not the room’s.
What do I receive?
Four documents: the Screenplay as a PDF reading copy and an editable .docx working copy; the Adaptation Record; the Screen Brief; and the Development Package, the kit for the next draft.
What is the Adaptation Record?
The heart of TSR, where it shows its work: every scene with the pages it came from, every chapter used, merged or cut, every combination, every line written for the screen, and every adapter’s choice from your plan, with your ruling. You keep, change or remove each item.
Is the screenplay finished, or ready to sell?
No. It is a first draft: a complete first-draft feature screenplay of your novel, in industry format, faithful to your story. It is not a finished screenplay, a promise of a sale, an option, representation, a production or a placement.
How long will my screenplay be?
90 to 120 script pages when your book supports it, counted from FADE IN to FADE OUT on the PDF. Length is measured after writing and a draft is never padded.
What if my novel is short, or very long?
TSR works with novels of about 50,000 to 120,000 words. Under that, a book often holds a short film rather than a feature; over it, more than one feature can carry. Either way we will say so before a seat is used.
My novel isn’t in English. Can my characters speak other languages?
TSR adapts novels written in English. Your characters may speak other languages; the screenplay writes their dialogue in English, with a reading note, as produced films do.
Does TSR adapt for television?
No. At launch TSR adapts novels into feature films. Television belongs to the sister room, The Showrunner’s Room.
Do I need the screen rights?
Yes. You must own or control the screen rights, or the novel must be your own unpublished work. It is the required first step, before a seat is used.
My novel was already made into a famous film. Will TSR copy it?
No. TSR adapts your pages, not a film of them. Every draft is designed to be checked for lines, scenes and names that appear in a famous film of the book but not on its pages; any such borrowing is treated as a fault and removed.
Who writes the scenes?
The room’s writing stages: a language model working one scene at a time, from your own passages, under the rules and checks described on How It Works. Code counts, traces and checks; every line that is not yours is flagged for you.
Why not just hire a screenwriter?
You can, and TSR will never tell you not to. A working screenwriter could take a draft further in ways this room doesn’t. TSR gives you a complete first draft and a full record of how it was built — a strong place to start, or to bring to a screenwriter.
How much does it cost?
Three free, controlled beta conversions come first. The price is published after the blind benchmark and the first measured conversions.
Is there a revision round?
Choices are settled at Author Gate A, before writing, so there is no revision round after delivery. You, or the screenwriter you hire, take the draft forward in the .docx working copy.
How long does a conversion take?
How long a conversion takes is published only after the finished system has been measured several times.
When can I start?
Seats open after the proof: every release gate green, including the blind human benchmark, and the owner’s word. To hear when, write to info@lovingmywords.com.
What happens to my manuscript?
It will be used for your conversion and nothing else. TSR is designed so that your manuscript is deleted from our server once your four documents are delivered. The full page is Privacy.
Does this website collect anything about me?
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What if I am struggling right now?
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