So, as you all know, I used AI to turn my screenplays into novels and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Instead of months of labor, it only took days!
CAVEAT: AI is garbage in, garbage out so you need to input the right prompts. Also, my novels are really novellas at about 100-200 pages. A little short, but I'll take it for my first stint.
About a month later, after my Amazon free ebook promotion ended, I had close to 300 orders across eleven ebooks. Pretty good right?
After taking a look at the loglines and synopsis for my content, I realized that they could use more work to be a little more engaging. I put them into an AI program, and...
BOOOM!
I was able to create loglines and synopsis for all of my projects and have a new partner for my writing.
Conclusion: I feel a lot more confident in creating more content with AI and can't wait until I write my next novel.
Any thoughts
So, is there an AI that can turn a novel into a screenplay? If so, I've a few dozen waiting that call.
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I took some book notes and tried AI to see what it did. It was so written with internet hyp - ergo, no understanding of what the book is saying that I called and got a refund. I am very familiar with AI technology in other settings, but for telling your story, its not telling your story; that requires a writer.
Jayme Norrie Yup. You have to work with AI to get a good story. I recommend creating the "story" and characters and structure first, then plug it into AI to get the novel. If you trust AI to do everything, you'll find yourself in BIG trouble.
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Carol M. Salter I would think that it can turn your novel into a screenplay. I would suggest that you get a screenplay book and a produced screenplay to make sure you're getting what you requested.
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I do think I will take the book into a screenplay with AI and go through page by page to assure that the story in its format is as compelling as the novel. At the end of the day, it's going to have to take a described scene and shorten it by 50-80% and what I found that the license it takes to do it may not be reflective of the complexity or depth of what it is rewriting. It's amazing to use, no doubt. I use it for answers to all kinds of things. But it's also just a big bag of math; algorithms.
Anthony, could you tell us the exact steps you took and prompts you used to go from screenplay to book? I have a pilot that I will turn into a book, but was wondering if AI would be faster than doing it manually.
Debra Holland Sure. I took my script and input it into Grok3 scene by scene. I used the following prompts: 1) Turn my (genre) screenplay scene into a manuscript; 2) Don't change the dialogue; 3) Use present tense; 4) Use active voice 5) use rhetorical devices; 5) Use vivid imagery. This should work. Be sure to check the scenes before locking it in. Let me know if you need help.